Science & Technology

GP injects new life into DSE

Mon March 22, 2010 - 1:09am BdST

Dhaka stocks posted its second biggest single-day gain in history on Sunday after market heavyweight Grameenphone lifted investors morale by declaring a better-than-expected dividend.

PMO tracks cyber attack to Indian IP address

Sun March 21, 2010 - 10:28pm BdST

A cyber attack on government websites, operating out of the prime minister's office, has been tracked to an Indian IP address, an official said on Sunday.

Govt asked to explain actions against RanksTel

Sun March 21, 2010 - 4:28pm BdST

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule upon the government to explain within seven days why its action suspending the operation of RanksTel and canceling its licence should not be declared illegal.

The BTRC will continue its investigation of illegal VoIP activities by any telephone operator or Internet service provider and shut them down, if found guilty, as it did in cases of three private landline companies and 18 ISPs recently.

BTRC sues RanksTel chairman, 11 others

Sun March 21, 2010 - 12:33am BdST

The telecoms regulator filed a case on Saturday against 12 RanksTel executives including its chairman A Rauf Chowdhury.

Bangladesh likely to produce laptops by June

Sat March 20, 2010 - 8:11pm BdST

Bangladesh will produce laptops for Taka 12,000 only which are expected to come to the market by June. Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) will sign an agreement with Malaysian company Think F Transistor (TFT) to produce laptop in the country.

Govt websites hacked

Sat March 20, 2010 - 4:56pm BdST

Bangladesh government websites, operating out of the Prime Minister's Office, were under cyber attack on Saturday by hackers purporting to be "Indian". bdnews24.com, at around 2.30am, found that 19 out of 64 district web portals had been hacked by "MIL INDIAN HACKER", threatening "cyber war" in retaliation to any terrorist attack by Pakistan on Indian soil "via Bangladesh".

Regulator plans SMS tariff cut

Sat March 20, 2010 - 1:50am BdST

The telecom regulator is set to slash mobile short message service (SMS) charges by at least 50 percent, a move that is expected to encourage users to air more texts.

Cisco sees Bangladesh as fast-emerging IT mkt

Sat March 20, 2010 - 1:43am BdST

Cisco Systems Incorporate, the world leader in networking for Internet, sees Bangladesh as a fast-emerging market for Information Technology (IT) business likely to emerge as a key partner of global networking growth engine. "Bangladesh is a fast-growing emerging market and will be among the global growth engines over the next two to three years," Sandeep Roy, Country Manager-Channels, India and SAARC, Cisco Services told the FE.

RanksTel shut down by BTRC, 3 officials held

Fri March 19, 2010 - 4:07pm BdST

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Friday closed operation of RanksTel for its alleged involvement in illegal VoIP (voice over internet protocol) business.