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…
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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…
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…
Govt to prepare 10-year ICT Roadmap
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…
14 yrs imprisonment for cyber crimes
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.
India puts brakes on Facebook’s Free Basics scheme
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…
Govt withdraws ban on social networking sites
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 “We’ve withdrawn temporary restriction on all social networking sites as…
Temporary restriction on all mobile social apps has removed
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.
Twitter, Skype, imo banned after unblocking Facebook
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…
BPO summit ends with hope of huge opportunities
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.
facebook to reopen soon, says minister
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…
Social networks will be opened after getting law enforcers’ green signal
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.
When users can access Facebook?
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)…
Viber, WhatsApp messaging aps face closure in Bangladesh
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.
Some social apps may temporarily be restricted
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.
Modi hails social media power, he used before election, at Facebook HQ
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,”…
e-governance and development in Bangladesh
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…
India just walked back its ban on hundreds of porn websites
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…
Summit Group partners with India’s Infosys Parks to build tech park
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…
Cabinet okays Information and Communication Tech Policy
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…
Bd Mobile phone subscribers now over 120 million
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…
Hartals, blockades have no effectiveness now: Hasina
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…
‘Bansher Kella’ facebook site administrator arrested
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.…
Tech-savvy women farmers find success with SIM cards
By Stella Paul Mahabubnagar, India, Mar (IPS) – Jawadi Vimalamma, 36, looks admiringly at her cell phone. It’s a simple device that can only be used to send or receive a call or a text message. Yet to the farmer…
New ICT policy draft approved in cabinet
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy-2015’ aimed at development and promotion of ICT sector to ensure its effective use to achieve nation’s development goals. The approval was given in the…
Viber, WhatsApp, Tango services resume operation
Services of the suspended five widely-used messaging and VoIP applications have resumed as the telecom regulator did not continue restriction further. “The messaging and VoIP applications are now in operation in the country, as the restriction was not renewed,” M…
North Korea partially back online after internet collapse
Some internet services have been restored in North Korea after an almost unprecedented internet outage, amid a cyber security row with the US. Though there has been no comment from the authorities in Pyongyang, US experts reported the restoration. Some…
Bangladesh asked facebook for information on 17 users
Bangladesh government has sought information on 17 users from Facebook in the first six months of 2014. The social media website, however, has not responded to any of the requests, according its report on such pleas from January to June.…
China denounces US cyber-theft charges
China has denounced charges brought by the US against five army officers accused of economic cyber-espionage. Beijing said it had “never engaged or participated” in cyber theft and that the charges would damage co-operation between the two countries. China summoned…