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Team Obhijatrik wins AI for Bangla with software that reads Bangla handwriting
161 projects, a jury led by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal and a Tk 1 lakh first prize: the Bangladesh Computer Council's first AI for Bangla contest…
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Every operator SMS must be in Bangla by June, minister orders; here is what stays in English
Launched on the eve of Ekushey, the BTRC programme has Banglalink at 95 per cent, Grameenphone 92, Teletalk 89 and Robi 85. OTPs, brand…
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Messenger will now tell the other person when you screenshot an encrypted chat
Mark Zuckerberg announced screenshot alerts, GIFs, stickers and reactions for Messenger's end-to-end encrypted chats. Here is exactly when…
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Wordle: why the whole internet is guessing one five-letter word a day, and how to win it
A free web game with no app, no ads and one puzzle a day went from 90 players in November to two million in January. How it works, why it…
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63% of phones sold in Bangladesh last year were made here: 2.61 crore handsets from 14 factories
Fourteen local factories shipped 2.61 crore phones in 2021, 63 per cent of everything sold, and employ about 25,000 people, the telecom…
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Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion: what it means for Call of Duty and Candy Crush players
The biggest deal in Microsoft's history brings Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Warcraft and Overwatch under Xbox. Here is what changes for the…
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Saifuddahar Shahid, who put Bangla on the Macintosh with ShahidLipi, dies at 74
The creator of ShahidLipi, the first commercial Bangla software (1985), and the founder of amateur radio in Bangladesh died in Albuquerque…
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BlackBerry phones stop working on 4 January — and the reason they die when a server does
An old Android phone gets insecure. A BlackBerry stops being a phone, because its traffic was routed through the company’s own network, and…
Bangladesh
Bangla QR – cashless payment made easy for small traders
Central bank initiates “scan to pay” solution to bring micro-merchants into digital payment ecosystem
Bangladesh
Vast majority of women in Bangladesh never use computer, internet: Study
Some 96% of women in villages and 87% in cities in Bangladesh have never used a computer, according to a study by South Asian Network on…
Bangladesh
CID not arresting Dhamaka officials despite money laundering case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police is inactive to nab Dhamaka Shopping officials who have been accused in a money…
Bangladesh
BFIU seeks ringID, Tiktok’s bank account details
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of Bangladesh Bank has sought the bank details of the ringID, a social media platform…