The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is introducing online tax payment system so the individual and corporate taxpayers can file tax returns and get tax certificates from anywhere and any place without facing hassles.
Category: ICT Horizon
Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park renamed Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park has been renamed after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a mark of respect to him. “With the approval from the Father of…
BD globally 5th with people having no net access: WB
With 148 million offline population, Bangladesh still has the world’s fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet, said a World Bank report. India has the largest number of 1.003 billion people who are not connected…
Canadian Police obtained BlackBerry’s global decryption key
By Justin Ling and Jordan Pearson A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal’s criminal underworld shows that Canada’s federal policing agency has had a global encryption key for BlackBerry devices since 2010. The revelations are contained in a stack of court…
HC signals for continuing biometric SIM registration
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday cleared the path for continuing the SIM/RUIM registration through the ongoing biometric process terming it legal, unb news agency reported. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul…
Hearing on biometric SIM registration legality April 12
The High Court Sunday fixed April 12 for delivering its order on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of biometric registration for purchase of mobile operators’ Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. After concluding final hearing on a rule issued…
‘Biometric registration of 50pc SIMs complete’
Nearly 50 per cent of the total SIMs has been completed verification with biometric identity since the campaign launched in December 16 last year. “A total of 5.45 crore SIMs of all operators have successfully been re-registered using biometric system…
Foreign envoys urged to promote ‘Digital World 2016’
Dhaka – Bangladesh has called on foreign envoys to help ensure participation of ministers concerned and renowned IT farms of their respective countries in the upcoming “Digital World-2016”, , BSS news agency has reported.
Amitabh Bachchan reaches 20 million fan following on Twitter
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has become the first Bollywood celebrity to have 20 million followers on popular micro-blogging site Twitter. The 73-year-old megastar beaten his contemporaries Shah Rukh Khan (18.6 million), Aamir Khan (16.9 million), Salman Khan (16.8 million) and Priyanka…
FBI: Attacker’s phone possibly accessible without Apple help
Los Angeles – The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it. In a stunning…
Training of 75,000 IT professionals in 3 years: Joy
Dhaka – Describing the shortage of skilled manpower as the ” biggest challenge” for Bangladesh’s further development in the IT sector, Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the government targeted to train up 75,000…
UK parliament passes contentious online spying law
London — A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country passed its first major vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
‘Malware suspected in BB fund hacking’
Investigators suspect unknown hackers managed to install malware in the Bangladesh central bank’s computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account, two bank officials briefed on the matter said on Friday.…
South Asia analysis: Digital age needs analogue base
Nalaka Gunawardene South Asia has made rapid strides in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in recent years, but far more needs to be done to bridge the digital divide. Many of the region’s 1.7 billion people still struggle to access…
Part of Bangladesh Bank’s hacked money released
Bangladesh Bank released a statement on Monday to the media on Monday, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit is working with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the Philippines to recover the rest of the funds. But the central bank did…
Inventor of email, Raymond Tomlinson, dies
New York-Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and a technological leader, has died, his employer said Sunday. Tomlinson died Saturday, the Raytheon Co. said; the details were not immediately available. Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in…
In Apple vs FBI case, compromise appears elusive
As Apple’s legal battle with the FBI over encryption heads toward a showdown, there appears little hope for a compromise that would placate both sides and avert a divisive court decision.
Central bank’s advisory on strengthening cyber security posture
Dhaka – With increasing digitization and automation of the financial sector, cyber security threats have increased in sophistication with organized crime and state-level actors deploying targeted attacks. Bangladesh remains vulnerable to cyber-attacks because traditional cyber defenses such as anti-virus software…
Country’s 1st hi-tech park Ground Breaking Ceremony held
STAFF REPORTER The dream of having a Hi-Tech park in Kalikaoir upazilla in Gazipur yesterday got new impetus with the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the First Signature Building at Block II and First Hi-Tech Manufacturing Unit in Block V.
Apple boss Tim Cook hits back at FBI investigation
Dave Lee Apple boss Tim Cook has hit back at the FBI over the handling of a court order to help unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook. Mr Cook told ABC his company first learned of…
Apple rejects ‘unprecedented’ order to help FBI
Apple computers is resisting a U.S. government order to unlock its encrypted iPhone software to help the FBI examine a phone used by the militants who killed 14 people in a terrorist-style attack in California in December. Apple’s chief executive…
Most of Hillary Clinton’s emails to be released
By Jason Leopold In a major victory for transparency, a federal judge on Thursday ordered the State Department to release former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails prior to the Democratic primary and caucus remaining this month. The order was…
Computer lab inaugurated at RU Pol Science deptt
Computer Lab and Week-long training program on Information and communication technology under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) have been inaugurated in Political Science department of Rajshahi University (RU).
Twitter suspends 125,000 accounts for ‘terrorist content’
Washington – Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, as part of a stepped-up effort to crack down on “terrorist content” on the messaging platform, it said Friday. The accounts frozen since…
Julian Assange Slams UK Response to UN Ruling
Julian Assange has insisted the UK and Sweden must respect the United Nations ruling that he has been unlawfully detained, formally announced on Friday.”We have now a victory, and decided law on this case,” he said via video link at…
Yahoo to announce job cuts
Embattled Internet pioneer Yahoo will announce job cuts when it releases its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer will lay out a cost-cutting plan that includes chopping 15…
Reports CIA Had Plane On Ready To ‘Kidnap’ Snowden
A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he…
Facebook to respond within 48 hours: Tarana
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday said Facebook authorities will respond within 48 hours to the complaints of Bangladesh government over issues relating to violence against women and militant acts through the social networking site.
Signs of Secret Phone Surveillance Across London
A VICE News investigation has found evidence that sophisticated surveillance equipment that spies on people’s phones is being used across London, and uncovered a growing black market for the technology worldwide.Signs of IMSI catchers — also known as stingrays or…
BTRC sets nine criteria for mobile no. Portability
Telecoms regulators have finalised the reviewed draft of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) policy.Some criteria have been set in the draft guidelines for the contractor that will get the job to give the subscribers the facility to change mobile-phone operators…