Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said the EVM project will be placed in the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for its approval.
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Many conservatives fret over Trump’s war on tech giants
President Donald Trump’s simmering war against Silicon Valley is raising concerns, notably among conservatives, about a politically motivated crackdown on tech firms that could damage free speech protections.
New iPhones aim for momentum in sputtering smartphone market
Apple is set to unveil new iPhones, aiming to gain fresh momentum in the premium segment of a global smartphone market showing signs of fatigue. In its usual secretive style, Apple has remained mum about revelations planned for Wednesday’s event…
Three British schoolboys visit Porsche Museum in Stuttgart
Monowara Begum Moni Oh nice, yells Hasib al Rashid, 12 at the first sight at the Porsche Porsche-Museum a, museum Architecture in book form. The Porsche museum itself is an architectural wonder of metal and glass.
Positive move on finance vital to execute Paris Deal – G77
Bangkok, 7 Sept. 2018 (Prerna Bomzan) – At a joint-stocktake session of the Bangkok climate talks held on Sept 6 to assess progress on the work to produce a negotiating text for guidelines to implement the Paris Agreement (PA), developing countries called…
GP, Banglalink get 3cr numbers in new series
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has allocated three crore numbers to two mobile network operators (MNOs) – Grameenphone and Banglalink – in two new number series, 013 and 014, following their repeated appeals.
Int’l Confce on Bio-chemistry Research held at RU
Rajshahi, Sept 6 – An International Conference on “Research of Biochemistry in Sustainable development and Prosperous life” held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday. Organized by the Biochemistry and Molecular department of the university the conference was held at the Senate building…
How agroecology can ensure dietary diversity, high nutrition
Around the world, there is a major shift in dietary patterns underway towards uniformity. This ‘global dietary transition’ phenomenon is historically unprecedented and is occurring fastest in the urban areas of developing countries. About 3 billion people currently have low-quality…
The world Is digitalising – so too should regulators
Governments, including the Swedish government, are beginning to explore how legislating could be improved in light of digital technologies. This is welcome but something that businesses and business leaders have known for some time: the data being generated by our…
Japan to test mini ‘space elevator’
A Japanese team working to develop a “space elevator” will conduct a first trial this month, blasting off a miniature version on satellites to test the technology.
Bangabandhu Satellite-1 starts transmission
Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first commercial satellite of the country, will begin its experimental operation by facilitating Bangladesh Television (BTV) air live the matches of the 12th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship Cup beginning on Tuesday.
EVM use to depends on stakeholders’ acceptance: CEC
The use of the electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election will depend on enactment of law, stakeholders’ acceptance, attaining of capability and overall environment.
BNP strongly criticises EC’s opting for EVMs in next polls
BNP on Friday turned down the Election Commission’s (EC’s) decision to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the national elections, saying such machines can easily be manipulated.
No substitute to filters to keep media free: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said today “to keep the media free of trash of yellow journalism, lie, provocation, vulgarity, chitchat and truncated information there was no choice to having an efficient sift.”
Small leak in Russian capsule patched at space station
Astronauts scrambled Thursday to patch a tiny hole in a Russian capsule that was allowing air to leak from the International Space Station.
Election Commissioner Mahbub opposes EVM at EC meeting
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar opposed a move to amend the law to allow electronic voting machines or EVMs in the looming national election.
India’s solar water ATMs, irrigation pumping are replicable
At New Delhi’s Savda Ghevra slum settlement, waterborne diseases have become less frequent thanks to solar-powered water ATMs that were installed here as a social enterprise venture three years ago.
Rwanda is saving its important crop – the banana – with SMS
By Aimable Twahirwa Kigali, Aug 29 2018 (IPS) – When Telesphore Ruzigamanzi, a smallholder banana farmer from a remote village in Eastern Rwanda, discovered a peculiar yellowish hue on his crop before it started to dry up, he did not…
How a melting glacier 7000 km away influences our monsoon
by Sahana Ghosh on 28 August 2018 • Indian researchers have documented accelerated glacial melting at an Arctic fjord, a much-discussed factor projected to influence Indian monsoon with changing global climate.
BD Elections Dec end: Preparation to use EVMs in 100 seats
The Election Commission has planned to hold the 11th national election in the last week of December next and it is acquiring capacity to use EVMs in one-third polling stations across the country.
Facebook bans Myanmar army chief, military’s TV network
Facebook on Monday banned Myanmar’s army chief and removed dozens of other pages, which, the social media platform said, have covertly pushed the messages of the Myanmar military.
Artificial intelligence beyond the superpowers
By Perry World House Much of the debate over how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect geopolitics focuses on the emerging arms race between Washington and Beijing, as well as investments by major military powers like Russia. And to be sure,…
Can tech giants work together against their common enemies?
Facebook, Twitter and Google routinely squabble for users, engineers and advertising money. Yet it makes sense for these tech giants to work together on security threats, elections meddling and other common ills.
Rooppur NPP: Over 1400 specialists, trained in Russia
Dhaka, Aug 20 – A 4.5 months training course on “Major Construction Works Management” intended for the Rooppur Nuclear Nuclear Power Plant staff began at Rosatom Technical Academy in the Russian city Obninsk last week. By the end of the…
Online cattle-trading gathers pace alongside open BD markets
e-CAB happy over gradual growth Dhaka, Aug 19 – Though the traditional markets still remain the key source of charm for cattle collection, digital platforms, like previous four years, bring greater comfort to consumers in buying their sacrificial animals ahead…
‘Alert against fake accounts of Bangabandhu family members’
Dhaka, Aug 18 – Mentioning that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Hossain Wazed and sister Sheikh Rehana have no personal or official account or page in social media sites, especially Facebook and Twitter, Awami League has urged all…
Rights body for Mobile call rate of 10 poisha a minute
Dhaka, Aug 18 – Citizens’ Rights Movement (CRM), an NGO working for people’s rights, on Saturday demanded fixation of mobile phone call rate at 10 paisha per minute with a per second pulse.
Google tracks users even if app turn rd off: policy clarified
Google has revised an erroneous description on its website of how its “Location History” setting works, clarifying that it continues to track users even if they’ve disabled the setting.
Woman held in Dhaka for ‘spreading rumour on FB’
Dhaka, Aug 17 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday night arrested a woman from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area for spreading a rumour on social networking site Facebook to instigate the recent student movement for road safety.
SpaceX vows manned flight to space station is on track
Tech magnate Elon Musk’s SpaceX vowed Monday to send its first astronauts into orbit on schedule next year — part of a drive to restore America’s dominance of the space race.