BASIS

BASIS president resigns alleging ‘threats to family’

The resignation follows multiple cases filed against leaders in the ICT industry, including Ahmed, in connection with the mass movement of July and August

NASA Space Apps Challenge: Bangladesh becomes world champion for third time

Team Voyagers of Bangladesh has become the world champion in the best storytelling category at the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023

IT export to Japan surges

Local software and other information technology-enabled services (ITES) exports to Japan have witnessed a surge in recent times as Bangladeshi companies have established a foothold in the East Asian country. 

BASIS signs ICT deal with Japanese association

The MoU was signed at the Trade and Investment Summit in Japan

2 Bangladeshi World Champion teams participate in the NASA program

The champion teams, Team Olik (2018) and Team Mohakash (2021) participated in the NASA program on 15th and 16 March 2023 at the NASA headquarters in Washington DC, USA.

Bytes / BASIS SoftExpo 2023: Bringing on the SmartVerse

BASIS SoftExpo 2023, one of the largest IT events in Bangladesh, kicked off on February 23 with a wide range of activities and events that spanned four days.

Team Celestials wins Bangladesh's first women-only eSports competition

Eight teams with 50 female participants joined this e-sports championship. From there, three teams took part in the final. The winning teams were awarded Tk. 1,00,000 in total.

Everything that happened during the Startup Conference 2023

BASIS recently organised the Startup Conference during its 4-day long SoftExpo exhibition held at the Big Tent, Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.

Decoding the Doglapan

Here are some of the takeaways I loved most from the entire chat.

February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

SmartVerse highlights commitment towards becoming a Smart Nation: Russel T Ahmed

BASIS SoftExpo, the largest private-sector exposition aimed at showcasing IT and ITES products and services in Bangladesh, is back for its 17th edition and will be held on from 23 to 26 February 2023. This year, the event will be a congregation of ICT companies, personalities, professionals, key policymakers, industry leaders, and other ICT stakeholders. On the eve of the big event, we sat down to speak with Russel T Ahmed, President, BASIS, to talk about the Soft Expo and the ICT industry as a whole. 

October 1, 2022
October 1, 2022

Nasa Space Apps Challenge kicks off in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has launched the Nasa Space Apps Challenge 2022.

June 10, 2022
June 10, 2022

Priorities are set accurately, but inflation will be biggest headache

The leading chambers and trade body leaders have praised the government for fixing the priority areas of development, but they also said controlling inflation will be biggest headache for the Sheikh Hasina administration in the next fiscal year.

June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021

‘Apply escrow services for high-risk e-commerce platforms only’

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) today recommended the escrow services should only be applied for the high-risk e-commerce merchants, not for the regular online platforms.

December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

Socially distanced Digital World 2020 begins

Country's biggest technology expo Digital World 2020, co-organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Department of ICT (DoICT) of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and IT, was inaugurated by the President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday.

March 28, 2018
March 28, 2018

BASIS polls now Mar 31

The commerce ministry asks authorities concerned to hold the executive council election of BASIS for 2018-2020 as per the previous schedule on March 31.

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