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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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-e-Islam on Monday refrained from marching towards the office of the Indian assistant high commissioner in Chattogram, despite earlier announcement.
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.
Barishal City Corporation has issued an order, prohibiting its officials from providing any information to the media, individuals, or organisations on matters related to the city corporation...
Experts on Saturday said that a lack of integrated planning and supportive policy reforms remained as a significant obstacle to the growth of Bangladesh鈥檚 information and communication technology sector and...
M Rashidul Hasan has become the new president and Mostafizur Rahman Sohel senior vice-president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services...
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?..
Posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam on Sunday said that the interim government was trying to create a suitable environment to attract foreign companies to invest in Bangladesh with the aim of generating more job opportunities...
A REFORM agenda must precede the question 鈥� why reform? This question is, however, redundant when it relates to a dynamic sector such as health. As new knowledge on different aspects of healthcare science is generated constantly and society and beneficiaries also update their knowledge continuously, people鈥檚 needs and demands for health...
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...
Rights activists at a discussion on Sunday said that the information commission turned into a key barrier to getting information and they demanded that the commission be reformed for making it functional...
Water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said that the government planned to create a blue network using Dhaka鈥檚 canals...
Transparency International Bangladesh has called for streamlining the information commission and bringing amendments to the Right to Information Act so that Bangladesh nationals can reap the benefit of the right to information.
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Monday said that the interim government was hopeful about declaring the formation of the mass media reform commission by the next week...
Bangladesh has shown promising growth in its information technology (IT) sector, especially in software development and IT-enabled services, said a global report on...
Bangladesh's interim government information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam on Thursday said that the government had the responsibility to look after the families of the people who were killed during the students-led mass uprising.
A block on Elon Musk鈥檚 X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge passed an order in this regard, according to AFP.
The ministry of information and communication technology has directed six of its officials from various departments, organisations, and companies to refrain from performing their duties amid ongoing investigations into several allegations against them...
The High Court on Thursday scrapped a Dhaka Cyber Tribunal鈥檚 verdict that jailed noted human rights defender and former Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan for two years in a case related to alleged violation of now defunct the Information and Communication Technology Act 2006...
Information and communication technology division issued orders to 14 officers/consultants of Aspire to Innovate programme to refrain from official duties as investigation was underway against them over different allegations...
An open letter on Wednesday called on Indian media outlets to stop running false propaganda and misinformation campaigns about the recent mass uprising in Bangladesh and apologise to the brave Bangladeshi protesters...
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act 2023...
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat reiterated on Sunday that the government sought to resolve the ongoing crisis peacefully through dialogue, while...
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services on Tuesday said that the information technology business institutions, especially export-oriented technology services, were facing enormous losses every day due to the internet blackout...