Online Desk : Bangladesh’s first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-I would mark the second anniversary tomorrow at it was launched to the orbit on May 12, 2018 from United States. Bangabandhu Satellite (BS-I) has…
Category: Sci-Tech
Google to act against misinformation on coronavirus
Online Desk : Google on Thursday said it is pumping $6.5 million into fact-checkers and nonprofits as it battle against coronavirus misinformation. Fact-checking organizations, which often operate on relatively small budgets, are…
Pharma chiefs expect coronavirus vaccine in 12-18 months
Online Desk : The pharmaceutical industry expects it will take 12 to 18 months to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, executives said Thursday, as they jointly pledged to make it available worldwide…
Mobile phone towers do not cause harmful radiation: BTRC
Online Desk : Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) today binned fears of harmful radiations from mobile phone towers calling such speculations “completely baseless”. “There is no reason to get scared . ….
Banglalink IT Incubator announces top 7 startups for its 3rd Cohort at Gala Night
Online Desk : The Gala Night of the third edition of Banglalink IT Incubator, an early-stage startup incubation programme launched by Banglalink in association with Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority (BHTPA) to facilitate…
PM to open Sheikh Kamal IT Centre in Rajshahi
Online Desk ; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubation and Training Centre in Rajshahi through a videoconference from Dhaka tomorrow. “The prime minister will open…
Samsung Galaxy Note10+ now manufactured in Bangladesh
Online Desk : A Bangladeshi company is now manufacturing high-end Samsung Galaxy Note10+ locally, which is costing customers Tk 31,000 less than the price of an imported phone of the same model….
GP launches IoT Experience Zone in Chattogram
Online Desk : Grameenphone (GP) has launched IoT Experience Zone (EZ) at its Chattogram center recently. With it GP so far launched two EZ including one in the capital Dhaka. The inauguration…
New mission to take first peek at Sun’s poles: NASA
Desk Reports : U.S. space agency NASA announced Monday that NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch a new spacecraft to snap the first pictures of the sun’s north and…
GP reports solid business performance in 2019
Online Desk : Grameenphone Ltd has recently reported a total of Tk 14,370 crore revenue in 2019 registering a 8.1 percent annual growth. During the year, data revenue grew by 17 percent…
GP willing to pay Tk 2000cr to meet BTRC audit claim
Online Desk : Grameenphone (GP), the country’s largest mobile phone company, has proposed to obey the highest court’s order, indicating that it wants to pay Tk. 2,000 crore to meet the government’s…
US feds, states could join forces on Google probes: report
Desk Reports : The US Justice Department and state attorneys general are meeting this week for talks on their concurrent investigations into possible anti-competitive practices by Google, the Wall Street Journal reported…