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ICT trailblazers honoured

Five companies and two individuals were honoured this evening at the 9th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of Bangladesh’s information and communication technology sector

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ICT trailblazers to be honoured at 9th BRAC-The Daily Star ICT Awards

Five companies and two individuals are expected to receive the awards in six categories at the 9th edition of the BRAC Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards

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Govt appoints administrator to BASIS

The administrator is asked to hold election in 120 days

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Robi launches video chat support for speech, hearing-impaired customers

This service will connect the users with agents trained in sign language from 10 am to 7pm daily

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Visa Leadership Conclave emphasises deepening of digitisation of Bangladesh economy

Recognising the importance of Bangladesh as a market, a Visa Leadership Conclave in Dhaka reiterated Visa’s focus on expanding digitisation of the Bangladesh economy..The digital payment solutions provider recently organised the annual “Visa Leadership Conclave Bangladesh 2024” at a hotel

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Satellite internet could enhance rural connectivity: Bida executive chairman 

This connectivity could help upskill young people, says Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun

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Strengthen IP rights regime to attract investment: AmCham

Bangladesh needs a stronger intellectual property protection mechanism to become more attractive for foreign direct investment, according to Syed Ershad Ahmed, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham)..“A strengthened intellectual property rights (IPR) regime is

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BTRC to issue more NTTN licences if needed

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will issue more Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) licences if services to customers are compromised as the regulator prioritises service quality, said BTRC Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Md Emdad Ul Bari yesterday.

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Mobile, internet users complain of poor service at BTRC hearing

Mobile and internet subscribers in Bangladesh yesterday complained about several issues, including poor network coverage, slow internet speeds and “unjust” balance deductions of local carriers

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Crawling peg system: A welcome step but will it be enough to boost reserves?

The crawling peg system for the taka is a delayed and, perhaps, inadequate response to the bleeding of forex reserves. Some economists suggest the central bank should go beyond this formula and open the exchange rate to market forces to stop the continuous erosion of reserves. Either way, exporters and remitters will celebrate more flexibility in the exchange rate.

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Bangladesh uses Oracle’s full cloud services at data centres 

The Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL), a government-owned data storage and disaster recovery services provider, has equipped its data centres with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Dedicated Region

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US support sought to build Smart Bangladesh

ERD secretary sits with US delegation on the sidelines of the ADB annual meeting

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Conclude ex-Robi CEO’s case in 3 months: HC

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed lodged a lawsuit seeking Tk 227 crore compensation for his 'wrongful dismissal'

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aamra technologies’ entire bandwidth blocked

The IIG operator didn’t share Tk 22 crore revenue in time

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Bangladesh lags behind peers in digital adoption for business

Less than half of the companies in Bangladesh use computers, according to a World Bank’s survey that revealed the country’s weak position in digital adoption for business compared to peer economies and neighboring nations.

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Robi records a massive 153% jump in profit

It made Tk 106.7 crore in 2024’s Q1, up from Tk 42 crore in 2023’s Q1

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Submarine cable breakdown disrupts Bangladesh internet

It will take at least 2 to 3 days to resume the connection

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Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam to meet users, boost supplier ties

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi on Monday, starting a two-day visit to Vietnam, a key manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker, during which he is expected to meet students and content creators, state media said.

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