Google announced Thursday (June 7) it would not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to “cause or directly facilitate injury to people,” as it unveiled a set of principles for these technologies. Chief executive Sundar Pichai, in a blog post outlining the company’s

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) will shut the landlines and internet services in city’s Motijheel area from June 8-11. Earlier, the telephone services of BTCL have also been shut during June 1 to June 4 due to transferring the existing underground primary

TANGAIL: State Minister for Information Tarana Halim said the process to commercial use of Bangabandhu-I satellite is expected to begin within next 6-7 months. Meanwhile, the satellite has started to send signals, she said. “Bangabandhu satellite has a total of 40 transponders. Of

DHAKA: Bangabandhu-I, the first commercial satellite of the country, has reached its orbital slot on 119.1 degrees on Tuesday (May 22), on the eleventh day after its launch.   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy informed about it on his Facebook page

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy expressed his jubilation on his Facebook page over the launch of Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh. “With an accurate, successful launch, Bangladesh has entered into the space age. Our first

DHAKA: The ‘Bangabandhu-1’ satellite, the first satellite of the country, will be launched on May 10 this year as per fresh schedule. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) senior assistant director Md Zakir Hossain Khan told Banglanews on Monday (May 7). The

DHAKA: CTO Tech Summit will be held on 11th and 12th May (Friday and Saturday) in Dhaka, which is the first time for Bangladesh, said a press release.  The first day inauguration program will be held at Dhanmondi Club and the second day program will be held at Daffodil Tower

DHAKA: Twitter warned its 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch exposed some in plain text on its internal network, reports BBC. The social network said an internal investigation had found no indication passwords were stolen or misused by insiders. However, it

DHAKA: The launching of Bangladesh’s first satellite ‘Bangabandhu-1’ has been deferred to May 7, which was slated to be launched on May 4. Post Telecom & ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar confirmed the decision in a discussion at Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

DHAKA: State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said that he has found post missing from his Facebook account. He expressed deep concern regarding this.   “My Facebook account faced huge strain overnight. Hacking. Post delete. You could understand who could have

DHAKA: A seminar on “E-Commerce and Women Empowerment in Developing Countries” was held at UNCTAD E-Commerce Week 2018, the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday (April 18).  The session was jointly organized by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

DHAKA: The persisting bad weather has caused electricity disruption in many parts of the country including Faridpur and Barishal areas, affecting the mobile networks too.  As a result, some subscribers may face sporadic service interruptions.  The Telecom operators are working

DHAKA: Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) presented a proposal to NBR for lifting the 21.75pc tax imposed on mobile phone internet. The tax includes VAT (Value Added Tax), SD and surcharge. Besides, leaders of the telecom operators’ body also urged for

DHAKA: Bangladesh has become the top destination country for increasing demand of outsourcing worldwide, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser also her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Joy, as the chief guest, was addressing the inauguration program of two-day long Business Process

DHAKA: Like previous years, the world's search engine giant is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla new year, by replacing its regular home page graphic with a special doodle. The doodle, featuring a parade of colorful banners in the shape of an elephant, has

DHAKA: The High Court directed the government to realize all sorts of tax including VAT on internet-based service providers including Google, YouTube and Facebook. Besides, the court also issued a rule asking why directions should not be given to collect tax from all those companies.

DHAKA: Russia is set to invest on a large scale in the IT sector of Bangladesh. A deal with leading Bangladeshi IT company ‘Unicom Bangladesh’ was signed with an aim to develop cyber security and e-governance jointly.  The deal was signed between Unicom Bangladesh and Right, at

DHAKA: Finally, the Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh, is scheduled to be launched on May 4. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmud said on Wednesday (April 11). The satellite will be launched from Florida’s

DHAKA: Unique Business System Limited has launched HP DesignJet printer in Bangladesh, said a press release issued on Thursday (April 5). The printer consisting of special features is very effective for the simplification of educational curriculum operations in country’s different

DHAKA: Facebook believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. About 1.1 million of them are UK-based, BBC was told. The overall figure had been previously quoted as being 50 million by the whistleblower