Journalists can鈥檛 be fired without notice: Mahfuj
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Monday said that there was no scope to fire a journalist from his job without service any notice...
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Taiyeb warns about massive cyber attack ahead polls
Chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant to the ICT ministry Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb on Sunday warned about massive cyber attacks on the digital infrastructures and propagation of rumours and misinformation ahead of the national election...
Rumor Scanner detects 296 misinformation cases in April
Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organisation in Bangladesh, identified 296 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in April this year...
Combating disinformation
IN THE digital age, disinformation has emerged as a major challenge, affecting politics, public health, and social stability worldwide. Disinformation refers to deliberate falsehoods spread to mislead or manipulate people for political, economic, or ideological gain. Unlike misinformation, which is unintentionally incorrect, disinformation is crafted with intent and is often...
SHED alerts on SSC question leak rumor
Secondary and Higher Education Division has requested students and guardians to stay aware of the rumours regarding Secondary School Certificate question leaks.
Mahfuj for making Betar programmes time-befitting聽
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on Wednesday stressed on conducting a survey on listeners of Bangladesh Betar to make programmes of the state-run radio time-befitting in line with the listeners鈥� demand...
Govt websites must serve people, not bureaucracy
EVERY ministry, directorate, department, division, district and upazila administration office in Bangladesh now operates its own website. These websites were developed under the Access to Information programme of the former prime minister鈥檚 office, in collaboration with the Aspire to Innovation initiative of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology...
Transforming Info Commission into constitutional body demanded
Experts on Thursday urged to establish the Information Commission Bangladesh as an independent constitutional body to ensure its independence in strengthening democracy and accountability...
Rethinking Bangladesh-India relations
BANGLADESH is a dynamic and strategically significant nation, known for its struggles for language, democracy, and independence. Despite its potential to inspire globally, 53 years after independence, it has failed to establish a strong democratic framework or implement an independent foreign policy. While global democracy has expanded, Bangladesh has regressed...
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�, deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration...
Info adviser Nahid hints at leaving govt role to join new party
Information adviser Mohammad Nahid Islam has indicated that he may step down from his government position to join a new political party if he feels that working directly with people is more important than serving in the government.
3 brokerage firms get FIX certification
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday awarded financial information exchange certification, or FIX certification, to three brokerage houses to help them offer value-added services to their investors...
NID info leaked from 5 orgs: EC
The Election Commission has found initial evidence of the leaking of national identity card information to third parties from five institutions having deals with the EC on using its database for verification purposes...
Info ministry debunks Indian media reports on removing Liberation War content
The information ministry has termed the Indian media reports on chief adviser鈥檚 instruction to remove War of Independence-based content on government radio and television as 鈥榝ake and purpose-oriented鈥�...
Credit info database should return to rightful keepers
TWO decisions on the Credit Information Bureau database of the central bank during the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, keep menacing the database management more than five months and a half after the interim government鈥檚 installation on August 8 that year. The Bangladesh Bank imposed restrictions before the...
Pakistan outlaws disinformation with 3-year jail term
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent...
CIB officials at Bangladesh Bank denied access to their database
Officials of the Credit Information Bureau at Bangladesh Bank have been denied access to the CIB database for over a year and a half, allegedly to conceal borrowers鈥� default loan statuses.
Commission for data protection a timely demand
THIS is assuring that the government plans an independent commission to protect citizens鈥� data on digital platforms. An Information and Communication Technology Division policy adviser at the launch of a European Union-supported initiative for an effective e-governance and digital public services on January 27 said that the government鈥檚 plan for the...
BNP鈥檚 neutral govt demand sign of another Jan-11: Nahid
Information adviser Nahid Islam on Thursday said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir鈥檚 statement regarding the need for a neutral government indicated that they wanted another 1/11 government.
DRAFT CYBER PROTECTION ORDINANCE: Cyberbullying, warrantless search clauses dropped
The Information and Communication Technology Division has updated the draft Cyber Protection Ordinance 2024 by dropping nine controversial sections related to cyberbullying and warrantless search, among others, amid criticisms...
2,650 cos turned into ICT powerhouses: BASIS
The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services has led a remarkable transformation in the country鈥檚 ICT sector evolving from just 18 members in 1998 to over 2,650 thriving national business organisations today, said its administrator Muhammad Mehedi Hasan on Saturday...
Turkey keen to invest in renewable energy
Turkey has expressed keenness to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 various sectors, including renewable energy, automobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, logistics and construction industry...
All goodies slipping by
LIFE was not like this in the past. In our childhood, we saw many things that are not known to the children of the day. Or, I should say that we did not witness in our childhood what today鈥檚 children have been experiencing. It is not the common worries of life that I am trying to say here such as parenting and the schooling of children, mobile menace or...
Bringing information commission back to life demanded
Tathya Adhikar Forum, a platform for accessing information as citizens鈥� right, demanded that the Bangladesh Information Commission should be brought back to life since its activities remained suspended after the resignation of its three high officials in September following the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government...
Beximco鈥檚 loans reach Tk 50,098cr, BB tells HC聽
The Credit Information Bureau reported that as of November 30, 2024, the total outstanding loans and liabilities of Beximco Group companies amounted to Tk聽50,098.3 crore, the Bangladesh Bank said in an...
72pc accounts spreading misinformation against Bangladesh located in India: Rumor Scanner
Bangladeshi fact-checking initiative Rumor Scanner has found that about 72 per cent of social media accounts spreading fake and misinformation against Bangladesh are located in India.
Timely call to Meta to contain disinformation on Bangladesh
The constant flow of purposefully crafted, misleading, or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news has been a growing global concern, and it became particularly disconcerting for Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, when a section of communally oriented media outlets and many...
Govt appoints administrator to BASIS
The interim government has appointed additional secretary of the ICT Division Muhammed Mehedi Hassan as administrator to the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services...
Hefazat urges聽India鈥檚 action聽to stop disinformation against Bangladesh
Hefazat-e-Islam on Monday refrained from marching towards the office of the Indian assistant high commissioner in Chattogram, despite earlier announcement.
Disinformation spreads to spark division within communities: discussion
Speakers including an activist, a journalist and a researcher said at a panel discussion on Thursday that disinformation was spread to spark division within communities and that disinformation should be replaced by the right information.