KHULNA: Freelancing has steadily been growing for past several years as a popular choice of profession among the country’s young people.Khulna IT has arranged scores of training courses to help people build their career.Freelancers are now working from home after receiving the

DHAKA: The passengers of flight RX-786 returning from Bangkok on Thursday evening (January 21) were standing in front of immigration booth at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.As many as 120 passengers had MRP (Machine Readable Passport) and immigration form filled in own

DHAKA: Posts and Telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim stated that mobile phone subscribers will get one minute talk time as compensation for every call-drop. Tarana Halim, now visiting Malaysia and Singapore, posted this message on her official Facebook page on Friday (22

DHAKA: Ericsson signed a contract with Robi Axiata Limited to upgrade the latter’s network in Chittagong and Comilla regions.The agreement also makes way for the deployment substantial number of 3G/WCDMA sites in the same regions, said a press release on Thursday (January 21).According

DHAKA: Apple has announced that it will be opening its first iOS app development centre in Europe at a partner institution in Naples, Italy. The programme will be the first of many, said Apple, as the company seeks to give students practical skills and training on developing iOS apps,

NATORE: Ansarullah Bangla Team-11 issued death threat to 21 people, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.A letter with death threat was sent to Natore Press Club general secretary Dulal Sarkar on Thursday (January 21) in Natore

DHAKA: Computing giant Microsoft has pledged to provide $1bn-worth of cloud computing resources to organizations it deems to be working for the ‘public good’.The resources will be shared out over the next three years to about 70,000 non-profits and 900 university research projects.In

DHAKA: WhatsApp announced it will stop charging users an annual fee to access the messaging app.Jan Koum, co-founder of WahtsApp, made the announcement at the Digital-Life-Design Conference in Munich, reports telecompaper.com.Registered users were previously asked to pay EUR 1/USD 1 for

DHAKA: The Asus ZenFone Max, the latest ZenFone series smartphone, which was made available in India on Friday (January 16).This was unveiled in India earlier this month.The smartphone will be going on sale via online as well as offline retailers.Priced at Rs. 9,999 (Tk 11,574.94), the

DHAKA: The government is going to introduce mobile training centers to train people in rural areas in use of new information and communication technologies (ICT).ICT department will train the youths, including rural students, from this coming March through six specialized busses, said

DHAKA: A two-day Career Festival-2016 has started on the campus of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday (January 13). A score of 27 institutions have partaken in this festival, jointly organized by bdJobs and MIST. MIST commandant Major

CHITTAGONG: A three-day Digital Innovative Fair will kick off at the outer part of MA Aziz Stadium in port city on February 25.Chittagong District Administration will organize the fair.District administration sources told banglanews that the fair has been organized annually to showcase

DHAKA: Facebook authorities have appointed Bangla translator to filter offensive contents written in Bangla.The giant social media site took the initiative in response to Bangladesh government’s letter.State minister for the posts, telecommunications and Information Technology (IT)

DHAKA: Samsung is giving ‘dream come true offer’ in the 3-day Grameen Phone Smartphone and Tab Expo at Bangabandhu International Convention Center (BICC) in the city on Friday. Buying a Smartphone from the Samsung mega stall can charm the luck of the buyer with a car or LED television

DHAKA: Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver’s seat in developing self-driving, ‘autonomous’ cars, and Japan’s Toyota Motor is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology.As automakers enter agreements

DHAKA: The three-day Smartphone & Tab Expo-2016 will begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in city on Thursday.Leading mobile operator of the country Grameenphone is the title sponsor of the expo while co-sponsors are Elite, Huawei, Samsung and Symphony.State

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Wednesday said the waves for 4G network would be auctioned by this year.The state minister made the disclosure while addressing a press conference organized to observe second anniversary of the government and to

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim is set to hold a meeting with Facebook authorities in Singapore on January 12.She made this disclosure at a press conference at secretariat in city on Wednesday (January 6).‘We will discuss about cyber security,

DHAKA: Internet firm Yahoo has shut down its video hub Yahoo Screen after the website failed to attract viewers.The closure is part of the company’s efforts to cut costs as chief executive Marissa Mayer tries to make it profitable.Mayer redesigned Yahoo Screen 16 months ago to make it a

DHAKA: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.In a Facebook post, he said his personal challenge this year would be to build a "simple AI" like Jarvis from Hollywood blockbuster film Iron Man,