The government has taken initiatives to prepare a 10-year ICT roadmap under Bangladesh National Enterprise Architecture (BNA) to operate e-Government activities smoothly, official sources said.The World Bank financed Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer…
STAFF REPORTER State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Junaid Ahmed Palak yesterday said that the government is planning to enact ‘Digital Security Act 2016’.
Observing that cyber crime is more serious than murder and rape, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday there will be provisions of maximum 14 years’ imprisonment in the proposed ‘Digital Security Act-2016’, aiming to tackle the menace.
Facebook’s effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. India’s telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on…
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to Refayet Ahmed, 28, in a case filed on the charge of spreading anti-state and anti-government propaganda.
Dhaka – The government on Monday lifted the temporary restriction on all mobile messaging and calling apps as well as social networking sites, including Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter and Imo. “We’ve withdrawn temporary restriction on all social networking sites as…
Staff Reporter The government this afternoon lifted the temporary restriction on all mobile messaging and calling apps as well as social networking sites including viber, whatsapp, skype, twitter, imo for the convenience of people.
The government has blocked Twitter, Skype and imo in Bangladesh barely three days into unblocking Facebook. The latest clampdown on micro-blogging site Twitter, Microsoft Corp’s online telephone and video service Skype, and communication app imo came on Sunday night amid…
The two day long BPO summit ended yesterday with the hope of creating employment opportunities for 2,00,000 people in the next six years.
Dhaka, – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the government will soon take a decision over lifting the ban on the social networking site facebook. The minister said this while talking to reporters after a meeting with a two-member…
STAFF REPORTER State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim yesterday said those who are using social media like facebook through alternative servers are violation of law.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the temporary ban on social networking site Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber will be withdrawn after getting the green signal from law-enforcing agencies.
The government should specifically say when it will lift the bar on Facebook, Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has said. He was speaking to journalists in the IPvision SUST 5th CSE Carnival 2015 at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)…
Bangladesh government will indefinitely shut down instant messaging applications such as Viber and WhatsApp as a part of a crackdown on terrorists who uses them as a tool to communicate, Prime Miniser Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday.
The government has initiated a registration process for online newspapers, aiming to ensure various government facilities for those and also check yellow journalism.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hinted at temporary regulation of the internet in the coming days, in particular some communication apps like Viber, to allow police and detectives to trace the militants and their activities.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the political power of social media, as he visited the headquarters of Facebook in California. “To leaders all over the world: you are not going to gain by running away from social media,”…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder People from any corner of Bangladesh now have cyber access to the world through smart phones or computers. They can make business deals, transactions, and know of well-beings of near and dear ones across continents by using…
An e-library was opened at the Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the e-library, sponsored by leading mobile phone operator Robi, on the faculty premise. A total of 35…
By Olivia Becker Facing mounting public anger and ridicule, India announced Tuesday that it will lift its controversial and short-lived ban on pornographic websites, and clarified that it will only ban child porn. “The intermediaries [internet service providers] are hereby…
Bangladesh has set out its course in building a technology park, inking a deal with leading local conglomerate Summit Group having partnership with India’s Infinity Infosys Parks Limited to boost the country’s growing ICT industry. “This is part of our…
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy 2015’ seeking the ICT sector’s faster development and promotion to help the country achieve the middle-income status by 2021 and turn it into a…
Hackers with suspected links to China appear to have accessed sensitive data on US intelligence and military personnel, American officials say. Details of a major hack emerged last week, but officials have now given details of a potential second breach.…
Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech this week that Windows 10 would be the “last version” of the dominant desktop software. His comments were echoed by Microsoft which said it would update Windows in future…
The government has set up a ‘dashboard’ to monitor online teaching and learning at multimedia class rooms in 20,500 educational institutions across the country, officials said.
The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict hailed as a victory for free speech in the world’s largest growth market for the Internet. Section…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said over 12 crore people, out of the country’s 16 crore population, are mobile phone subscribers while 4.5 crore use the Internet. He said this while responding to a supplementary question…
By Samuel Oakford One year after the Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, the European Union and NATO want to step up an information campaign to counter what they’ve called “false narratives” disseminated by the Kremlin. On Sunday, Gen. Philip…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her firm determination to overcome the “present problems”, saying that none has the right to impede the country’s development. “When the country achieved adequate progress in every sector, unfortunately at that time we…
Detective Branch of police arrested KM Ziauddin Fahad, chief coordinator of publicity wing of Shibir and editorial admin of over 50 radical facebook pages including Basher Kella, from his sister’s house on Comilla Cadet College teachers’ residential area on Thursday.…