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Internet users rising 3pct a year

December 24, 2009

bd-internet-usersAt least five million people in the country are currently using the Internet, with the number of users rising by three percent a year, the ICT secretary said on Thursday.

The country’s 30 percent areas will be brought under the Internet…

Symphony Bangladesh launches ‘Symphony D85’

October 14, 2009

Symhony brings out new stylish “Symphony D85″. Aminur Rashid, CEO of Symphony Bangladesh, launched the handset on October 11, says a press release.

Jakaria Shahid, CFO, Rezwanul Hoque, Director, Ahmed Pasha, CMO and Munim Md. Istiaque, Marketing Manager of the company…

Facebook buys social media start-up FriendFeed

August 12, 2009

Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, said it will buy FriendFeed, netting a group of prized ex-Google engineers in the fast-growing Internet business.

FriendFeed, an up-and-coming social media startup, lets people share content online in real time across various social networks and…

Bangladesh ranks 2nd highest in software piracy with 92%

August 10, 2009

With 92 percent software piracy in Bangladesh, the first in the Asian Pacific region and the second highest in the world, the country’s experts urged the government to initiate a move for use of open sources software.

A report, Global Software…

Laptop fair woos many in Ctg

June 12, 2009

With the slogan “Making Notebook PCs affordable for the middle and lower-middle class”, a three-day laptop fair was recently held at the port city of Chittagong.laptop_fair

Maker Communication, an event management company, organised the fair titled “Laptop Fair Chittagong 2009”, providing…

Mobile Payment- A Technology for Digital Bangladesh

May 20, 2009

2009-05-15__tech01Bangladesh has a nascent financial market. To achieve the goal of Digital Bangladesh, we have to turn this into a thriving financial market with real-time transactions and secure, trusted payment systems. We are already sitting on an infrastructure and consumer-base:…

Belden in Bangladesh

April 30, 2009

With the slogan ’sending all the right signal’, Belden, a US based signal transmission and data networking product manufacturer, officially launched their products in Bangladesh on April 23 at a city hotel.

In an hour-long presentation, Pavan Mahajan, business head building,…

Making digital Bangladesh: No time to waste

April 17, 2009

The present government took office with the vision of creating digital Bangladesh. There seems to be genuine interest for implementing the commitment made by the ruling party in its manifesto. Surely, it is an encouraging sign.

In the World Summit on…

Cabinet okays ICT amendment act

April 17, 2009

The cabinet on Thursday approved Information and Communication Technology (ICT) amendment Act, 2009 and proposal for ratification of the new charter of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

The approval was given at its regular meeting held at the cabinet room…

DU ICT training for visually impaired students

April 8, 2009

ictWith a view to introducing Information Communication Technology (ICT) to the Visually Impaired student and staff in University of Dhaka a three month long training programme has been organized at Resource Centre of Central Library, Dhaka University from 2nd November…