DHAKA: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said TV, YouTube or Netflix cannot be substitute for cinema.  “Cinema is the substitute for cinema, nothing else,” Hasan said at the inaugural ceremony of the 7th National Film Day in Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) on

DHAKA:  Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the government did not ban broadcast of any foreign television channels in Bangladesh. The minister said “We have not asked anyone to stop transmission of any foreign TV channel. The government just implemented the current law. As

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued a set of directives to prevent illegal and unregistered SIM sale.  The fine was set at Tk 5,000 for sale of each SIM card without biometric registration, false information and pre-activation. The directives

Nasa has called India's destruction of a satellite a "terrible thing" that could threaten the International Space Station (ISS). The space agency's chief, Jim Bridenstine, said that the risk of debris colliding with the ISS had risen by 44% over 10 days due to the test.

Facebook has promised to explore restrictions on live-streaming, two weeks after it was used during gun attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the social media giant agreed with calls it "must do more". Fifty people were killed in the

Apple Inc., in an unprecedented retreat, canceled its highly anticipated AirPower wireless charging mat and apologized to customers who were waiting for it. The device, designed to charge an Apple Watch, iPhone and AirPods all at once, was originally announced alongside the iPhone X in

India has joined a club of space superpowers, its prime minister said on Wednesday, after successfully shooting down one of its own satellites with a locally-developed missile.  Narendra Modi made the surprise announcement that India was “now an established space power” in a press

Facebook has said it will block "praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism" on Facebook and Instagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve its ability to identify and block material from terrorist groups. Facebook users

Facebook has said a live broadcast of last week's Christchurch attacks was viewed fewer than 200 times, as the firm faces growing criticism for failing to block the footage. On Friday, a gunman live-streamed for 17 minutes an attack on two mosques that killed 50 people. Facebook

Facebook is suffering the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users - compared to around 2.3bn monthly users today.

DHAKA:  The local electronics giant Walton is going to produce five best smart refrigerators of global models. The features include innovative design, quality, capacity, reasonable rates and advanced tecknology with the target of grabbing a remarkable portion of potential electronics

DHAKA: Bangabandhu-I satellite authority will provide free broadcast  service to all private TV channels for three months on the occasion of its 1st year launching anniversary. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud told reporters after emerging from a meeting with Association of

Back in August, Spotify secured a major partnership as Samsung's go-to music provider.  That power couple gets serious on Friday (Mar 8), with the announcement that Spotify will now be pre-installed on the newest Samsung mobile devices, allowing listeners to start using the app as

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes secure, private messaging services will become more popular than open platforms. In a blog, Mr Zuckerberg outlined his vision to transform Facebook into a "privacy-focused platform." Facebook owns Messenger and WhatsApp, but message

Huawei has filed a lawsuit against the US government over a ban that restricts government agencies from using its products. It said the US failed to provide evidence to support the ban, and the firm also rejected claims it had links to the Chinese government. The US has restricted

Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel prize winner in physics and a member of Russia's parliament, has died aged 88 in St Petersburg, the Russian Communist party said on Saturday. Alferov shared the nearly $1 million award, which recognised his research work in the 1970s in information

Facebook and Instagram are suing four companies and three people in China for creating and promoting the sale of fake accounts, likes and followers on the social networks. The lawsuit, which was filed in US federal court, alleges that the companies and people violated US intellectual

The US is about to take a major step towards being able to fly its astronauts into space once again. California's SpaceX firm is performing a demonstration of a new rocket and capsule system, which, if it works well, will be approved to carry people. Routine crew missions to the

DHAKA: International body for domain control management ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has assured its all-out support to resolve the Joint Letter (Jukto Borno) problems of Bangla font in Unicode. ICT ministry here disclosed the development in a press

Short-form video sharing app TikTok has been handed the largest ever fine for a US case involving children's data privacy. The company has agreed to pay $5.7m (£4.3m) and implement new measures to handle users who say they are under 13. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said