State Minister for Fisheries and Live Stock Narayan Chandra Chanda here today said Bangladesh is going ahead using Information Technology (ICT). He added everyone getting access to ICT based knowledge and students must emphasis on ICT. Many people are earning…
Dhaka – Seventy percent of the total land area of Bangladesh is vulnerable to earthquake risk and 80 per cent of the total population under earthquake threat. Besides, 61% areas of the country are in flood risk, 23% flash flood…
Florida startup Moon Express is setting its sights high: ambitiously shooting to become the first private company to launch a small, unmanned craft to the moon before the year’s out. A big success could pave the way for scheduled flights…
Wapakoneta, Jul 30 (AP/UNB) – Ohio police say a rare gold replica of the lunar space module has been stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.
Using a cheap robot, a team of hackers has cracked open a leading-brand combination safe, live on stage in Las Vegas. The team from SparkFun Electronics was able to open a SentrySafe safe in around 30 minutes. The robot is…
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven accepted the resignation of two cabinet members on Thursday but refused to fire Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist. An alliance of opposition parties has nevertheless vowed to press for a no-confidence vote unless Hultqvist is removed…
Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising the weightless Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space. Helped by an instructor at the famed Star City…
Amazon has taken its first foray into South East Asia, launching its Prime Now service in Singapore. The move is seen as the start of an aggressive expansion in the region, which has a population of about 600 million people.…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government telecommunication authorities concerned to reconnect the Citycell’s frequency within 24 hours.
Electric cars constitute less than 0.1 percent of the vehicle market today, but the market and regulatory forces all but ensure electric vehicles will be the future of the auto industry. According to the 2016 Global Electric Vehicle Outlook from…
Manila – Global acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops sprang back in 2016 after suffering a decline in 2015, according to estimates by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).
Global smartphone demand totalled 347 million units in 2Q17, up four percent year-on-year. This makes it the strongest second quarter on record. Emerging Asia led the demand growth with a 13 percent year-on-year increase, followed by Central and Eastern Europe…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir today urged the commercial bank authorities to take necessary steps to ensure cyber security in the banking system. “Every bank should strengthen its ICT as it is taking forward the banking business. The importance…
Microsoft has partnered with a leading youth network of the country for providing basic computer training to around 50,000 students in different educational institutions across the country. Young Bangla, the youth network, has involved 2100 educational institutions and started picking…
Dubai – Dubai Municipality has announced the launch of a new aerial survey service using drones to provide orthophotos and topographic maps. The organisation said maps provided through this method would offer 200 times better clarity and 88 per cent…
New York, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle.
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space launch vehicle, admitting there is a “good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch.” Development…
The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months. The report in The Lancet Child &…
Online shopping may have its pros and cons, but when it comes to buying products that have an invisible morality tag, it’s the safest possible option, believes Franklin Paul. One of India’s most vocal advocates for youth rights to sexual…
Experts at a discussion here have stressed adoption of semi-automated jute fibre extraction machines and low-cost retting technologies to get high quality of fibre necessary for producing updated jute products. They came up with the opinion at a discussion arranged…
Lund University (Sweden) – Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms do is not as well known. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that algae and bacteria form flocks at very low concentrations…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together over a dozen of areas to boost digital economy and establish a knowledge-based society.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this end was signed between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Friday at…
NASA on Wednesday released a series of stunning images of a raging storm on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, snapped earlier this week as an unmanned probe zipped by. The US space agency’s Juno spacecraft flew over the…
Danielle Nierenberg Building a better food system requires hard work and perseverance. At Food Tank, we are continuously inspired by the people who have dedicated their lives to making food more sustainable, equitable, and nutritious. Food Tank is recognizing these…
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it, after their initial applications were denied, US media said.
Paris, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — A French court annulled a 1.1 billion-euro ($1.27 billion) tax adjustment imposed on Google by France’s tax authorities, saying Wednesday that the way the California firm operates in France allows it to be exempt from…
Scientists say a vast iceberg has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica.Scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said Wednesday the iceberg broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf.
The total market value of Chinese listed Internet firms hit a record high in Q2, according to a report released by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. The total value reached 7.24 trillion yuan (about 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars),…
Microsoft is announcing a project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the United States.Microsoft President Brad Smith says in a blog post that he plans to unveil details about the initiative at a Tuesday event in Washington,…
By Kanis Dursin Jakarta, Indonesia, Jul 10 (IPS) – Poultry farmer Bambang Sutrisno Setiawan had long heard about biosecurity but never gave serious thought to it, even when the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 forced him to cull thousands of…