Ensure safety, security of journalists, women rights defenders: workshop
Speakers at a workshop in Dhaka on Wednesday urged the government to ensure digital safety and security for journalists and women human rights defenders...
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AI in social transformation
ARTIFICIAL intelligence has a multifaceted impact on digital contents and social media. In recent years, the impact of AI-embedded social media channels has had a profound effect on developing countries. These technologies have transformed both economic activities and social activism by providing new frontiers for growth and civic engagement that...
Of bayonets, digital shackles and free speech
FREEDOM of speech, that most glorious of ideals, once envisioned as the beating heart of democracy, has devolved into a tragicomedy in many parts of the world. In some nations, it is a grand performance piece 鈥� hailed with great fanfare but existing only as a figment of collective imagination. Others prefer a more Kafkaesque approach...
Road map to wholesome society
IN DEVELOPING nations such as Bangladesh, access to timely and quality health care remains a big challenge for a significant portion of the population. According to a report of the World Bank, Bangladesh suffers from...
Digital communication and food supply chain
With growing population and urbanisation in Bangladesh over the decades, the country is faced with the challenge of supplying foods to various destinations without much distortion in prices. In this digital age, it is important to make market information, data and intelligence available to all stakeholders so that no one loses and there is no...
Speech offence cases to go with DSA repeal: Asif Nazrul
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Friday said that the lawsuits filed over 鈥榮peech offence鈥� would be dismissed simultaneously with the repeal of the Digital Security Act.
CGS, CFJ recommends dropping pending cases under cybersecurity law
Cases pending under repealed provisions of Bangladesh鈥檚 Information and Communication Technology Act should be dropped, the Clooney Foundation for Justice鈥檚 TrialWatch Initiative and Centre for Governance Studies said in a report released on Saturday...
How state actors can strengthen fact-checking?
IN THE ever-changing landscape of misinformation in South Asia, there has always been a debate about the state鈥檚 role in fact-checking. Can the state take on the role of fact-checker? If so, how can the state ensure that its fact-checking initiatives do not lead to censorship, especially in politically sensitive or controversial areas?..
Opportunities, challenges for digital nomads
THE term 鈥榙igital nomad鈥� has been at the centre of much discussion in technologically advanced societies. It refers to a career that combines the ultimate freedom of technology-based life and...
NBR moves to digitalise tax audit selection
The National Board of Revenue has initiated a plan to digitalise its tax audit selection process, replacing the long-standing manual method, to eliminate human interference and restore taxpayer confidence...
Safeguarding digital sovereignty
IN AN increasingly interconnected world, outsourcing public services to foreign entities has become a growing global trend. Bangladesh, like many other nations, is embracing this shift, as seen in its recent decision to assign the printing and issuance of driving licenses to Madras IT. This decision, however, prompts a larger question: How much control...
Bangladesh to withdraw 1,340 DSA, CSA, ICT cases due to making remarks
The interim government has announced the withdrawal of all cases filed under the cybercrime laws during the 15-year tenure of Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-mass uprising...
Syed Ali appointed as e-CAB administrator
The government has appointed Muhammad Syed Ali, deputy secretary of central digital cell of the commerce ministry, as administrator of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh...
Bridge digital divide to leverage global trade opportunities: WTO
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has urged the low- and middle-income countries to bridge the digital divide, tackle regulatory capacity and compliance issues to take...
US requests dispute talks on Canada digital services tax
The United States said Friday that it has requested dispute settlement talks with Canada over a recently introduced digital services tax...
Expressions cos鈥� staff donate to chief adviser鈥檚 relief fund
Employees of Expressions Limited, Express Events and Digital Expressions 鈥� referred to as Expressions Family, made donations to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund on Tuesday, said a press release...
BB suspends Nagad Digital Bank license
The Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday said that the digital banking license for Nagad Digital Bank PLC was suspended and the central bank would review the process...
One year in, EU turning up heat in big tech fight
If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel...
BB seeks Nagad Digital Bank鈥檚 5 foreign shareholders info
Bangladesh Bank has requested the foreign ministry to provide information of five foreign sponsor shareholders of Nagad Digital Bank PLC...
Digital platform protriodh.net launched to tackle crimes
Crime has increased across Bangladesh following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime amid mass uprising on August 5; many communities therefore are forced to be at the forefront of safeguarding their neighborhoods in the absence of law enforcers...
Editors鈥� Council for removing barriers to free journalism
The Editors鈥� Council on Monday in a statement urged the interim government to remove the obstacles to independent journalism.
BASIS urges interim govt to repeal CSA
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act 2023...
MTB gets Euromoney recognition
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has been named the 鈥楤est digital bank in Bangladesh鈥� for 2024 by Euromoney, said a press release...
Dozens of countries finalise digital trade deal talks: Britain
Dozens of countries have finalised years of negotiations towards a 鈥榞roundbreaking鈥� agreement drawing up global digital trade rules, Britain said Friday.
MTB named most innovative digital bank by Int鈥檒 Finance
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has been named 鈥楳ost Innovative Digital Bank 鈥� Bangladesh 2024鈥� by International Finance, said a press release....
Akash Digital TV launches new DTH HD platform
Akash Digital TV, Bangladesh鈥檚 only DTH Pay TV operator, owned by Beximco Communications Limited, announced the launch of a new DTH HD platform together with a pioneering Akash Go Companion App along with My Akash Self Care App that would shape the future for world class media and entertainment and transform the TV viewing and user experiences and access to premium content in Bangladesh, said a press release on Tuesday...
Digitalisation plays important role in expanding int鈥檒 trade: Waseqa
State minister for finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan on Monday said that international trade digitalisation would play an important role in expansion of international trade and ensuring sustainable and inclusive development of Bangladesh....
Internet banking transactions double in one year
The amount of internet banking transactions in Bangladesh has doubled over the past year, reflecting an increase in adoption of digital financial technologies...
Govt must overhaul Cyber Security Act and then redraft rules
THE observations that Transparency International Bangladesh has made on the Cyber Security Rules 2004 鈥� consequent on the Cyber Security Act 2003 passed in September 2023 鈥� suggest that the government has not made the course correction that it needed even after repeated criticism of the law by the well-meaning section of society...
Nagad given licence for Bangladesh's first full-fledged digital bank
The Bangladesh Bank on Monday approved a banking licence for Nagad Digital Bank PLC, the first full-fledged digital bank in Bangladesh, and listed it as...