Bangladesh ICT News

Important Notice for Free Software Supporters Using Gmail Service

2011-05-11T22:17:00.000+06:00

Are you using Gmail? Nearly 50% of the FSF's 40,000 strong supporter mailing list has an @gmail.com email address. JavaScript, once lauded for adding simple visual effects to web pages, is now used by web sites like Gmail to run powerful programs on your computer. These programs, like any other program running on your computer, should be free software. But right now, the vast majority of

Hurricane Electric IPv6 New Exchange Point & Deployment Growth News | Inside Bauani's Mind

2011-05-11T22:05:00.000+06:00

Hurricane Electric IPv6 New Exchange Point & Deployment Growth News* New Exchange Point ConnectionsWe have added exchange point connections to Equinix Paris, France-IX, and MICE (Minneapolis, MN).* IPv6 Deployment GrowthThe global IPv6 routing table has passed 5400 IPv6 prefixes.Of the 37807 networks in the world running BGP, the number running IPv6 has increased to 3828, or 10.1 percent.Of the

Bangladesh Probe says Yunus's Grameen 'flouting' Rules: Future of Grameen Phone

2011-05-06T14:17:00.001+06:00

Future of Grameen Phone: The report also proposes that the Grameen Bank should take over the Grameen Telecom which has 34 per cent stake in Grameenphone, equivalent to $1.25 billion. A Bangladeshi probe has accused Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of turning his pioneering microfinance bank into a "massive conglomerate" against its own rules, the chief investigator said Tuesday. The government

Barriers Hamper Exports Bangladesh to India

2011-05-06T14:00:00.000+06:00

Researchers in both countries have found that Bangladesh is not able to export its products to India for many reasons. Some of them are mentioned below: Barrister Harun ur RashidIndia's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma arrived in Bangladesh on April 23, leading a 33-member delegation and a host of high profile businessmen, on a two day visit to Bangladesh to hold talks on bilateral trade. It is an

Informatics Masters Bursary from Manchester University

2011-05-06T13:58:00.002+06:00

The 2011 Development Leaders Bursary - worth £6,150 - is available for developing country applicants to the one-year MSc ICT4D programme http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/06237/?code=06237&pg=2 It is also tenable on the MSc Mgmt & Info. Systems programme:http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/01388/index.asp?code=&pg=2 Application and eligibility

CIPR Delivers Recommendations to Make Best Budget for IT Sector of Bangladesh

2011-05-06T13:49:00.001+06:00

Speakers at a roundtable discussion titled Reflections of the National ICT Policy on National Budgets found every year allocated budget for ICT sector is very less according to the recommended allocations of the National ICT Policy. IT focused think-tank Center for ICT Policy Research, CIPR, arranged the roundtable discussion on the last day of BCS Digital Expo2011 where most of leaders of IT

Using Other's Article On Your Blog or Writing Reference

2011-04-29T18:04:00.001+06:00

Using Other's Article On Your Blog or Writing Reference Sometime we just copy and pest other's article which might be license under someone else. Sometime we do it as the Internet is not stable and nobody can assure that the article URL will be there in future. Mr. Shahriar Tariq, Volunteer, Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance (http://linux.org.bd/ check our forum: http://forum.linux.org.bd) wrote

iPhone Knows Where Were You Last Night?

2011-04-28T17:15:00.000+06:00

The things we do and say online leave behind ever-growing trails of personal information. This was dramatically demonstrated last week when security researchers revealed that Apple's iPhone tracks users' locations and saves them to a secret file on the device — and onto users' computers when the two are synced. Apple has promised to fix the problem, but things like this happen all too often.

Bangladesh: Mobile Phones Create Opportunities for Villagers in Bangladesh

2011-04-28T17:11:00.001+06:00

Bangladesh: Private Sector Development: Mobile Phones Create Opportunities for Villagers in BangladeshChallengeAt the time of appraisal in 2000, Bangladesh had one of the lowest teledensity rates in the world: 0.26 telephones per 100 inhabitants. The fixed line incumbent, the Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board (BTTB) had only 350,000 lines in service for a population of 125 million. The

Bangladesh Low-cost Private Power Generation To Increase Electricity Supply

2011-04-28T17:07:00.001+06:00

Bangladesh: Low-cost Private Power Generation in BangladeshChallengeBangladesh is a poor, densely populated country of about 162 million people. A longstanding impediment to economic growth and poverty reduction has been an inadequate and unreliable power supply. In the late 1990s, fewer than 30 percent of residents had access to electricity. The weak finances and limited capacity of the two main

Under The Dominance of Internet - What Bangladeshi Can Do

2011-04-23T22:39:00.000+06:00

Dominance of Internet is inevitable either for capitalistic or humanistic purposes. If we want to survive in a densely populated country, we do not have any other way than setting up a well-built cyber society. Cyber society was mere imagination of a few sci-fi writers in the middle of the last century. Cynics, even some scientists, said the concept of hi-tech based society is possible only in

TV Interview: E-Learning in KSA

2011-04-23T22:26:00.000+06:00

Great job. Congrats for your continuous success. My rgds On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Badrul Khan, Ph.D. wrote: Salam. I hope all is well. I would like to share a TV interview with Saudi Arabia's Channel 2 on e-learning which might be of interest to you. It seems that there may be some opportunities for Bangladeshi IT and e-learning professionals in KSA: Please follow the link

Cheap laptops in Bangladesh? Just Forget It

2011-04-23T22:22:00.000+06:00

The prices of Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS)-assembled laptops appear to have overshot the projected ones even before their long-awaited production commenced. Hasanul Haque Inu, parliamentary committee head on the telecom ministry, announced on Wednesday that the three models of laptops would be priced at Tk 12,000, Tk 18,000 and Tk 27,000. They would reach the market in July, he said. Telecom

Re: Can we tell â€“Governance, m-Businessâ€¦?

2011-04-23T22:18:00.000+06:00

Ms. Shuvra, Yes, you are right. We usually make this mistake. It should be mobile phone or cell phone. To make the name short, people call it only mobile. So, according to your proposal any of the words "P (phone) or MP, CP" can be added before the names of various mobile related services. Thanks and Regards/P.K. LASKAR ============================== --- In ict_of_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com,

Bangladesh Want to Use Electronic Voting Machine on Next National Elections

2011-04-19T03:30:00.001+06:00

The Election Commission of Bangladesh plans to use the Electronic Voting Machine(EVM) from next national elections, an Election Commissioner said on a press conference. Talking to reporters at the EC secretariat Commissioner M Sohul Hussain said they will soon discuss the issue with political parties. "If electronic voting machine is used there is no need of ballot box and ballot paper in the

Can we tell – Governance, m-Business…?

2011-04-19T03:24:00.000+06:00

According to English dictionaries the word "mobile" alone itself doesn't mean any sort of phone at all. The word "Phone" should be called after "Mobile". Mean it should be "Mobile Phone", which can be move from place to place. Mobile means "changing quickly" or "moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place). Therefore, it is wrong to tell m-Infrastructure, m-Governance,

Bangladeshi Man Jailed for Creating Fake Facebook Account of A Girl

2011-04-19T03:14:00.001+06:00

A young man has been jailed for uploading vulgar photos of a girl on a social networking site. Accused Shakil Ahmed, age of 23 years, created a Facebook account in the name of the girl and uploaded the photos. Executive magistrate A H M Anwar Pasha told bdnews24.com that a Rapid Action Battalion team arrested Shakil from the city's Uttara area around 3pm on Saturday following a complaint from

World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2011

2011-04-19T03:05:00.000+06:00

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) continue to change the way we live, work and communicate. Every year, the WSIS Forum brings together global key players in the field of ICTs in one venue to learn, network, discuss future ICT developments and applications, and engage in new partnerships. ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP are pleased to invite you to the WSIS Forum 2011 to be held from

Seminar on ICT Policy and Budgets

2011-03-12T03:39:00.000+06:00

"Reflections of the National ICT Policy on the National Budgets" which will be one of the seminars which will sensitize the government to make an effective ICT Budget for the fiscal year 2011/12. It will be held at Bangobandhu Conference Center, BCS Digital Expo2011, on 13 March at 10:30 AM , Venue: Media Bazar. Shahidul K K Shuvra 01715245459 __._,_.___

Tutor training workshop on distance learning underway at BOU

2011-02-23T20:29:00.000+06:00

A three-day tutor training workshop began at the preview theatre of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) on Tuesday. BOU Vice Chancellor Prof. RIM Aminur Rashid inaugurated the workshop titled `Distance Learning'. Speaking on the occasion, the VC said that the workshop will enhance the capacity of the teachers in distance learning. A total of 54 participants from Bangladesh Open University, tutors

Information makes farmers rich

2011-02-23T20:28:00.000+06:00

Information makes farmers rich By Shahidul K K Shuvra To avoid unnecessary competitions among the people information exchange should be free from any hurdles. Involving farmers with the network of information exchange can be lucrative for them; in fact, it can be a great source of their income. Agro-experts having IT background observed these in a seminar titled "Information To be Source of

Leveraging potential of women in IT

2011-02-23T20:26:00.000+06:00

Leveraging potential of women in IT Shahidul K K Shuvra Positive role of women in IT sector is on the rise despite social prejudice against women education in technology. Changing mindsets regarding difference between boys and girls can invite more girls to computer science. Speakers delivered this view in a seminar titled "Leveraging the Potential of Women in Information Technology -

Oracle to ink partnership accord with top ten banks

2011-02-23T20:25:00.000+06:00

Oracle to ink partnership accord with top ten banksBy Shahidul K K Shuvra Oracle is taking more steps to boost level of hi-tech penetrating for escalating heading towards Digital Bangladesh. The tech giant has presence in the country from '99 and it is looking forward to ink partnership with top ten banks and four telecommunication companies. According to them at least six months are needed to

Bangladesh: IPI event highlights threats to press freedom

2011-02-23T20:24:00.000+06:00

Campaigns and Advocacy - Bangladesh IPI event highlights threats to press freedom, calls for legislative and self-regulatory reforms Over 20 representatives of Bangladesh's print and broadcast media have met in the country's capital, Dhaka, to discuss threats and challenges facing the media in Bangladesh, and possible solutions. The meeting, held on 10 January 2011 at the Jatri auditorium

World Cup Cricket 2011: Online streaming of matches big hit, brands find good value

2011-02-23T20:21:00.000+06:00

Online streaming of the ongoing cricket World Cup is proving to be a hit among netizens, with the website of the broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) registering over one million viewers in the India-Bangladesh opening match. "The web streaming has already attracted an incredible one million plus unique video viewers so far," ESS said,The online medium is thus turning to be a lucrative advertising