Technology
11,000 complaints against mobile cos
Staff Correspondent : In 2023, more than 11,000 complaints were made by customers against the country’s mobile phone operator companies. These complaints have been submitted to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The regulator said that 76 per cent of complaints have been resolved within a year. However, the assessment…
Read More »Teletalk facing network scarcity
Customers scraping Teletalk SIMs Staff Correspondent : Under a photocard of the ‘Minute Bundle’ offer recently posted on Teletalk’s verified official Facebook page, a Teletalk SIM customer named Eamon complained, “I have SIM but can’t get network because there is no tower.” So, I can’t use Teletalk SIM.Another person named…
Read More »Technology to be discussed in 2024
Industry Desk: Last year in the world of technology was in discussion for many reasons. One of the talking points in the tech sector in 2023 was artificial intelligence, which was sparked by the rise of emerging technologies such as generative AI and chatGPT. On the other hand, the debate…
Read More »More engineers than doctors in country
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) survey revealed the country’s fragile health care system. In the publication entitled Census 2022, the organization has shown that the number of doctors and dentists in the country is only 179,160 people. And the population of the country is 16 crore 98 lakh…
Read More »Nepali engineers develop fintech software
Industry Desk: ‘Gandalf Insight’, an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) application, developed by Nepali IT engineers is being showcased at the AWS– world’s largest cloud computing conference- taking place in the US city of Las Vegas.The software brings the power of AI to dashboard creation. It is designed…
Read More »NASA registers summer ‘23 as hottest on record
Industry Desk: The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, NASA announced on Thursday.The months of June, July, and August combined were 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit (0.23 degrees Celsius) warmer than any other summer in NASA’s record, and 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 Celsius) warmer than the…
Read More »Rising cost of data breaches: Call for stronger cybersecurity measures
Simran Lageju: The average cost of a data breach has soared to an unprecedented level, reaching an astonishing USD 4.45 million. This represents a 15.3% increase since 2020, according to IBM’s ‘The Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023.’ The increasing financial costs of data breaches highlight the urgent need…
Read More »Banks are fear of cyber-attack risk
Enhanced security measures Mahfuz Emran: Banks have taken extensive precautionary measures in view of the threat of cyber-attacks in the digital world of Bangladesh.They are working round-the-clock on the security of the database as well as making the customers aware. Keeping a close eye on own web pages and server…
Read More »BD warned of cyber-attack on 15 August
– Warning issued by CIRT– Bangladesh and Pakistan targeted Staff Correspondent: A group of hackers have threatened a ‘storm’ of cyber-attacks in Bangladeshi cyberspace. The hackers set 15 August as probable date to hit the cyberspace of the country. Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOVT CIRT) has issued…
Read More »Birth and death data missing from server
Inquiry report to HC Court Correspondent: An inquiry report into the ‘disappearance’ of a large number of data from the country’s Birth and Death Registration System (BDRIS) servers has been filed in the High Court.The report was submitted to the High Court bench consisting of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
