Technology
5G to be launched at end of 2021: Joy
Industry Desk: Prime Minister’s Information andCommunication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has revealed thelaunching of 5G service in the country to take place at the end of this year.“We are aiming to launch 5G (and) planning to pilot it at the end of thisyear,” he said at a business…
Read More »Hassle-free land mgt system to be developed
Hasina in Bhumi Bhaban inauguration program Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterdaysaid the government wants to develop a hassle-free land management system in the country so that mass people do not suffer in any way.“We want to develop a system so that people must not face unnecessary harassment and…
Read More »Survey, design completed for 31-km subway metro
Staff Correspondent: The government has successfully completedstudy, survey and basic design for construction of 31.241-km first everunderground and elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1 between Airport-Kamalapur and Purbachal-Natun Bazar-Pitalganj of Rupganj route.“With maintaining health guidelines strictly, we’ve also completed 77 percent work of the detailed design of the project,” Managing…
Read More »Future belongs to technologies: FS
Meeting on digital archiving, creating digital service design lab held in MoFA Staff Correspondent: Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said artificial intelligence, Blockchain and other modern technologies need to be gradually introduced for the greater welfare of people and reaping the benefits of Digital Bangladesh.He laid emphasis on recalibrating…
Read More »Next step of digital Bangladesh is cashless society: Joy
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday said that the next step of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society to ensure transparency, accountability and mobility in financial transactions.“The next dream of digital Bangladesh is to make a cashless society. The blaze service is a…
Read More »Cyber crime goes on unabated
Propagandist active at home and abroad Golam Mostafa Jibon: An organized syndicate involved with various cyber crimes has become active again to carry different types of propaganda based on rumors against the father of the nation, the Prime Minister and the incumbent government with a view to create instability across…
Read More »Most pumps supplying adulterated fuel oil
Destroying car engines in short time Golam Mostafa Jibon: Stealing of fuel oils from most of the fuel pumps in the capital through different tricks is going on unabated due to lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned.On the other hand, adulterated fuels are being supplied randomly that damaging…
Read More »Telecos demand review of taxation in budget
Industry Desk: Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) yesterday made appeal to the government for reconsidering the proposed taxation in the national budget in telecom industry considering their recommendations.Elaborating on the predicaments being faced by the telecom industry, AMTOB Secretary General Brig Gen S M Farhad (Retd.) in…
Read More »Padma Bridge construction progress is 93.50pc: Quader
Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the progress of the main bridge construction works of the much-anticipated Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project has reached 93.50 percent.“The progress of construction works of the main bridge is 93.50 percent. River training works progress…
Read More »Vaccine registration to resume after arrivalof Chinese doses
Staff Correspondent: The new registration for Covid-19 jabs will be resumed after the arrival of Chinese vaccines in Bangladesh, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.Earlier last week, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that the government will buy 1.5 crore Sinopharm vaccines from China, and its first consignment is likely…
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