DHAKA: Duty on smartphone importation and mobile phone SIM/RIM use was proposed to increase at the national budget placed for the fiscal year 2019-20.  As a result, mobile phone use will be costlier. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal also proposed to reduce duty on importing

Uber has said Australia will become the first international market for its flying taxi service Uber Air. The firm has selected Melbourne as the third pilot city for its air taxi programme, joining Dallas and Los Angeles. Test flights are due to start from 2020, with the aim of

DHAKA: Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and software. Customers who already have Huawei phones

Facebook and WhatsApp users are facing trouble across the world. It’s the go-to messaging service for many people, but WhatsApp crashed this morning. According to DownDetector the problems started at around 10:30am BST, and affected users across the UK and parts of Europe. The

Mechanical Engineering (ME) department students of International University of Business Agriculture & Technology (IUBAT) showcased their own solar-electric car at an event car on May 22 of 2019. The event was attended by IUBAT’s enthusiastic crowd comprising teachers, BRTA officers,

DHAKA: The existing online newsportals will have to submit the application to the Press Information Department for government registration by June 30.  The Ministry of Information on Monday (May 27) has issued a government letter regarding the matter.   The application should be

The SpaceX company has begun the roll-out of its orbiting broadband system. A Falcon-9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida late on Thursday, packed with 60 satellites capable of giving users on the ground high-speed connections to the internet. Entrepreneur Elon

DHAKA: International Organization for Business and Engineering (IOBE) has partnered with "She Loves Tech" and hosting the regional round of the China based startup competition in Bangladesh on July 5. "She Loves Tech" is the world’s largest startup competition focused on women and

The U.S. government on Monday temporarily eased some trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, a move that sought to minimize disruption for the telecom company’s customers around the world. The U.S. Commerce Department will allow Huawei Technologies to purchase

Google has barred phone maker Huawei off from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese firm. New Huawei smartphones will also lose access to popular Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of companies that

DHAKA: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first communication satellite of Bangladesh, has launched its commercial service through operational test of broadcasting of the country's television channels. An inaugural ceremony of the service as well as the launching anniversary was held at

DHAKA: Beximco Communications Limited has introduced the world-class DTH (Direct to Home) service first ever in the country. 'Akash’ will provide DTH service from Bangabandhu satellite-1 in Bangladesh, the 57th country of which its own satellites in the world. The DTH service

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries". He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose national security risks. The order does not name any

Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an

Facebook is suing a South Korean firm it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to allow it to audit the firm’s activities to see if user data was obtained and potentially sold. A source at

Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry scientific instruments, satellites and rovers. It will feature a new rocket engine

DHAKA: Internets users are likely to experience the data speed somewhat slow than the regular speed for the next one week, due to a repeater installation of Bangladesh's first ever submarine in Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) Managing Director

DHAKA: People from different parts of Bangladesh expressed their concern and dissatisfaction after failing to get information about severe cyclonic storm Fani as website of Bangladesh Meteorological Department is down since Thursday (May 2) noon. The danger signal at seaports has

Sales of Apple's iPhones fell at their steepest-ever rate, according to data for the three months to the end of March. The firm said revenue from the iPhone dropped by 17%, compared with the same period a year earlier, to $31bn. However, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said sales

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has revealed a series of changes to the firm's portfolio of social platforms, including Instagram and Whatsapp. The new designs and features for its apps are a direct response to widespread criticism of how the firm protects user data. Mr Zuckerberg