Science & Technology

Grameenphone IPO lottery today

Wed October 28, 2009 - 1:22am BdST

The lottery for allotment of Initial Public Offering (IPO) shares of Grameenphone Ltd. will be held today from 10:30 am, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, in the city. For the convenience of investors, Grameenphone's IPO lottery result will also be available through SMS, within 4 hours of its publication. Share applicants can check the lottery result on their mobile phone connections; all operator connections are valid for this service.

Govt orders 'cellphone gun' alert

Tue October 27, 2009 - 10:35am BdST

The government yesterday asked the local administrators-Divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners (DCs) and the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) to create public awareness about 'Mobile Gun', a swanky lethal weapons. The directive was given to the field-level officials at a meeting with the divisional commissioners held at the cabinet division with the cabinet secretary M Abdul Aziz in the chair.

GP's record IPO closes with over 1m applications

Mon October 19, 2009 - 10:01pm BdST

Grameenphone's record initial public offering ended Sunday for non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) investors, with total subscription over three times the issue target. Though the subscription closed on Oct 8 for locals, NRBs could submit their applications until Sunday (Oct 18).

2 local firms join global IT rally

Mon October 19, 2009 - 7:01am BdST

Two Bangladeshi companies joined the bandwagon of over 3,300 IT firms from 83 countries converging on Gitex Technology Week 2009 that kicked off Sunday in Dubai. Gitex is rated as one of the world’s top three ICT exhibitions and biggest international trade events for IT and telecommunications in the Middle East that draws global high-tech giants like Blackberry, Dell, HP, Microsoft and Oracle.

Internet piracy major threat to world media

Fri October 16, 2009 - 3:31am BdST

A director with the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) said Friday that Internet piracy was a major threat to world's media. "I think a major challenge for the media is how to deal with the Internet, which provides a lot of opportunities and also a lot of dangers," said Eric McDonald Wishart, AFP's Asia-Pacific director who is here to attend the World Media Summit.

GP launches edn info service

Thu October 15, 2009 - 11:39pm BdST

Grameenphone has launched a new value-added service yesterday that would provide callers education-related information over the phone. The service, Studyline, would be accessible from any GP connection by dialling 2255. It would offer admission information on local schools, colleges and universities along with admission procedures of renowned universities of the world, according to a statement by the company.

30,000 land phones in city out of order

Wed October 14, 2009 - 2:52am BdST

About 30 thousand land phone lines under Maghbazar exchange went out of order from 3.30pm yesterday due to technical fault, according to sources. Prime minister's Jamuna residence and cabinet members' houses on Minto Road apart from other houses were affected in the glitch.

Digium launches IP telephony products

Sun October 11, 2009 - 1:11am BdST

Digium, a leading manufacturer of Internet Protocol (IP) products based on the open-source Asterisk platform, yesterday launched IP telephony solutions for IP telephony service providers, small and medium enterprises, corporate and financial sectors. The United States based Digium has an array of IP products and solutions tailored to meet the needs of different segment of the customers.

Experts warn about dangers of GE tech

Sat October 10, 2009 - 7:15am BdST

Agricultural scientists, development activists and civic leaders have warned that unrestrained introduction of genetic engineering technology in farming in the name of increasing output would ultimately deprive farmers of their right to seeds and lead to ecological disasters.

Country’s cell phone users hit 5 crore

Sat October 10, 2009 - 6:56am BdST

The total number of mobile phone users in impoverished Bangladesh has hit 50 million (5 crore), making it one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the region, officials said Thursday. The country’s telecoms regulator said mobile phone subscribers crossed 50.4 million at the end of September, meaning more than one in three people in one of the poorest countries in the world has a cell phone.