DHAKA: Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) urged the government to withdraw SIM tax and SIM replacement tax to keep the development of telecommunication sector in the country unhurt. The organization also urged to review high rated corporate taxes. AMTOB

DHAKA: The European Commission is to open a formal investigation into Apple, Starbucks and Fiat in relation to tax arrangements with three EU countries. The firms’ arrangements with Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will be investigated. Announcing the move, tax commissioner

DHAKA: Bangladesh has been awarded the prestigious ‘World Summit on Information Society 2014 Prize’ at the WSIS+10 High Level Event of ITU at Geneva before the Ministers, Heads of UN organizations and the civil societies. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the prize

DHAKA: Apple will commercially launch its smartwatch device in October. The company plans to initially produce 3-5 million smartwatches per month, the Nikkei reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reports telecompaper.com. According to the same source, Apple’s

DHAKA: Google has launched tests for Project Loon, a network of balloons designed to provide internet service in rural and remote areas, of Brazil. Brazil’s communications ministry said, telecompaper.com reports. Two balloons have been launched in Piaui providing internet, thanks to a

DHAKA: The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) has ruled in favor of local firm iFone’s rights to the ‘iFone’ name. IMPI said ads for Apple’s iPhone have encroach on the trademark, media reports, says telecompaper.com. Mexico’s iFone registered the name in 2003 for

FROM Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC): Eminent writer of Bangla language, physicist and educationist Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal once again imparted his magic through talking to children. He said, “We want to use technology at the same time we must be aware about

FROM Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC): Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim took photo with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Grameenphone Augment Reality Zone of Digital World-2014 in BICC on Saturday. State minister for Information and Communication

FROM BANGABANDHU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER: Access to Information (A2i) and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate of initiatives and innovations on Information technology. The MOU was signed at Hall of Fame of

DHAKA: ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, which was begin in the city on Wednesday to showcase potential and demonstrate development of ICT sector of Bangladesh will be ended on Saturday.  A lot of seminars and workshops were held in last three days in

DHAKA: In the next budget, mobile phone users will have to pay tax Tk 100 for re-registration the SIM card in case of damaging and losing old one.  The finance minister AMA Muhith made the assertion in an interview with a national daily. AMA Muhith is set to announce country’s 44th

DHAKA: Samsung Bangladesh declared Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd as their official distributor to distribute smart phones and tablet PC’s within the country. In this regard, Samsung Bangladesh and Smart Technologies recently signed am accord in this connection. Smart Technologies,

DHAKA: Self-educated inventors both in rural and urban areas are appreciable but due to lack of publicity their innovations cannot come under spot light. Poverty is the main cause of that, said information minister Hasanul Haq Inu. The information minister, as chief guest, made this

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics unveiled the Samsung Z, the first commercially available smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system.The phone will be on show at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco from 3 June and launch first in Russia in Q3. Samsung said it plans to bring

DHAKA: With Samsung Galaxy S5, S5 Active and K Zoom already launched, the tech community is now waiting for the launch of the Galaxy S5 mini.  The smaller version of flagship model Galaxy S5 has been leaked several times earlier, but the latest leak gives a photo and detailed

DHAKA: Google received 12,000 requests from people seeking to be ‘forgotten’ by the world’s leading search engine on the first day it offered the service. A company spokesman in Germany said Saturday, reports The Straits Times. The requests, submitted on Friday, came after Google

DHAKA: Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. The move comes after a landmark European Union court ruling earlier this month, which gave people the "right to be forgotten". Links to "irrelevant" and outdated

DHAKA: With the launch of LG’s new G3 smartphone, all major Android smartphone makers have now released their 2014 flagship devices to the market.  By virtue of being the last of the four to be announced, the South Korean tech company’s newest device, which will compete against the

DHAKA: Japan’s Sony has signed a partnership in China to manufacture and sell its PlayStation consoles on the mainland. The deal, formed as two joint ventures with Shanghai Oriental Pearl, gives Sony access to an estimated 500 million gamers in China. China has had a ban on gaming

DHAKA: Information and Telecommunications Technology State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday categorically said he would propose to withdraw or reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) completely on internet. He also expressed hope that the cost of internet service would be reduced after the