DHAKA: Not everyone in the society is happy to let destiny take control of their life. The courageous and adventurous among us don’t shy away from challenging the accepted norms of the society in order to make their life more rewarding and meaningful. However, it involves a

DHAKA: The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet’s governance. The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the internet’s most important components. It

DHAKA: US tech giant Cisco Systems is cutting up to 7% of its global workforce, or 5,500 jobs, starting this summer. A report had suggested earlier in the day that the firm could cut as many as 14,000 jobs worldwide. Cisco said it was taking the ‘decisive’ move so it could

DHAKA: The world’s biggest personal computer-maker, Lenovo, said first-quarter earnings rose 64% to $173m, beating market expectations. The Chinese firm said its PC business had delivered ‘strong profits’ despite a slowdown in the overall market, reports the BBC. However,

DHAKA: Almost 7,000 ‘Islamophobic’ tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data seen by the BBC suggests. This compared to 2,500 in April, with peaks recorded following the Nice lorry attack and the attempted military coup in Turkey. Forty-nine words and

DHAKA: China Development Bank (CDB) Corporation sued Bangladesh telecom operator Citycell with the High Court (HC) to realize its dues – USD 36.6 million.   The single bench of Judge Syed Rifat Ahmed on Wednesday (August 17) fixed September 4 for next order in this regard.

DHAKA: Citycell users have got seven more days to shift to other operator as the authorities concerned has decided in principle to cancel their license. State minister Tarana Halim made the announcement at a press briefing after the meeting at secretariat in city Tuesday afternoon

DHAKA: Google has launched its video chatting app, called ‘Duo’. It represents Google’s response to other popular video calling options, including Apple’s FaceTime, Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s Messenger. It’s not that different from the other video chatting

DHAKA: General Pharmaceuticals Limited has recently subscribed to Robi’s corporate solution. In this connection, General Pharma managing director Dr Momenul Haq and Robi managing director and also CEO Supun Weerasinghe signed a corporate agreement on behalf of their respective

DHAKA: Symphony, leading mobile brand of Bangladesh, starts a promotional offer titled “Symphony Lakhpoti” from August 10. This offer is being made on three handsets, 1.4 GHz Octacore processor and two GB of RAM and 16GB ROM super- speed supported smartphone H 300, 6.0 Android

DHAKA: Robi with technical support from Huawei Technologies Bangladesh has successfully completed the 4G trial run recently. The 4G test run registered a blistering download speed of 71.26 Mbps. Huawei P9 Plus was used as the test device. The trial run of the super-fast 4G LTE

DHAKA: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has signed a corporate deal with mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited recently to avail its SME corporate connection. Under the agreement CCC will enjoy Robi’s SME corporate connection as well as its various Value Added (VAS) and data

DHAKA: Xiaomi, a leading global smartphone brand launches three smartphones for the first time in Bangladesh with Grameenphone through its national distributor. The launching event was held on August 10 at Grameenphone Corporate House with the presence of Grameenphone Chief Marketing

DHAKA: Robi has launched the time based internet purchasing mobile application - iBuddy which offers a number of duration options to choose from. It offers data packs for 10 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, two hours and 10 hours. For the first time in the country, such a time based

DHAKA: RealVU, the first “Direct-to-Home” (DTH) service provider in Bangladesh, has launched electronic program guide (EPG) in partnership with Gracenote. RealVU EPG provides a preview of ‘Program Information’ of seven days, so that the subscriber can choose comfortably and

DHAKA: Telenor Group CEO, Sigve Brekke, was in Dhaka on August 8 on a short trip to Grameenphone. The Telenor Group CEO conducted several internal meetings at GPHouse, the Grameenphone headquarters, at Bashundhara. He visited the new innovation centre,  set up at the GP corporate

DHAKA: Facebook has fired a warning shot at ad-blocking software by making changes that will force desktop users to see adverts. The rising popularity of ad-blockers poses a threat to online businesses that rely on advertising revenue. The social network told users it understood how

DHAKA: Grameenphone has launched their digital self-care channel MyGP which lets customers interact with GP through its rich and personalized user experience. The program was held at Hotel Westin in city on Tuesday (August 9). The GP customers can access all its services, offers,

DHAKA: Robi Axiata Limited and City Bank jointly offers attractive package to use unlimited data roaming service along with credit card facility at a specially discounted annual fee. City Bank’s Managing Director & CEO Sohail R. K. Hussain and Robi’s Managing Director and CEO Supun

DHAKA: Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers, has signed an agreement with Nokkhotrobari Resort and Conference Center to provide Banglalink Priyojon customers an offer to stay in the resort. The signing ceremony was held at tiger’s den in