ICT

Software Technology Park opens for IT start-ups

A Software Technology Park is inaugurated that will prioritise start-up businesses in the information technology (IT) sector of Bangladesh.
18 October 2015, 06:27 AM

Charges accepted against 5 Noakhali ‘war criminals’

A tribunal in Dhaka accepts three charges brought against five war crimes suspects from Noakhali.
14 October 2015, 08:00 AM

2 ‘Razakars’ held in Moulvibazar

Police arrest two war crimes accused in Moulvibazar hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for five suspects.
13 October 2015, 12:51 PM

ICT wants charges against 19 Cox’s Bazar ‘war criminals’ by Nov 23

A tribunal has ordered prosecution to submit formal charges against 19 war crime suspects from Cox’s Bazar within November 23.
11 October 2015, 06:12 AM

Evidence found against 19 Cox’s Bazar war crime suspects

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal claims to have found “sufficient evidence against 19 war crimes accused” from Cox’s Bazar.
8 October 2015, 05:57 AM

Death warrants issued for SQ Chy, Mojaheed

A war crimes tribunal has issued death warrants for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. The warrants will be soon sent to authorities concerned and initiate the process of execution.
1 October 2015, 09:04 AM

War crimes: SQ Chy, Mojaheed’s full verdict released

Condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed can seek review of SC verdict in 15 days.
30 September 2015, 10:09 AM

The power of an information society

When the 'Digital India' initiative of the Indian Prime Minister receives the backing of none other than the Google CEO Sundar Pichai, one can't help but look at it with admiration.
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Technology doesn't make school pupils smarter: study

Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance.
15 September 2015, 08:17 AM

SIM re-registration starts Sep 13

Verification and re-registration process will continue for three months. Devoid of re-registration, a SIM will be blocked.
9 September 2015, 07:50 AM

One war crimes tribunal to be inactive from Sunday

When different organisations are demanding an increase in the number of war crimes tribunals for quick prosecution of war crimes suspects, the government initiates a process to keep one of the tribunals dormant.
3 September 2015, 07:51 AM

‘Section 57 gives admin unfettered discretion’

A lawyer who is representing a writ petitioner argued before the High Court that Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act provides “unfettered discretion to the administration”.
30 August 2015, 08:48 AM

Legal notice asks to scrap Section 57 (1) of ICT act

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to government requesting it to scrap Section 57 (1) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act which has come under severe criticism recently.
26 August 2015, 06:55 AM

Submit concise statement on Kashem’s appeal, SC asks AG

The Supreme Court today ordered the attorney general to submit a concise statement in two weeks on convicted war criminal Mir Kashem Ali’s appeal against his death sentence.
18 August 2015, 07:09 AM

No one is above the law: Tureen

Expressing satisfaction over the apex court’s death sentence for war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal said today that no one is above the law.
29 July 2015, 07:31 AM

Mancha for quick execution of SQ Chy

Gonojagoron Mancha demands immediate execution of the death penalty pronounced to the BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his crimes against humanity in 1971.
29 July 2015, 05:29 AM

SC upholds death penalty of BNP leader SQ Chy

Supreme Court upholds the death penalty of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his crimes against humanity during Liberation War.
29 July 2015, 03:08 AM

More efficient, more productive

Digital tools can empower the poorest by bringing them into the feedback dialogue. This gives clients of programmes the scope to steer their own growth and lodge grievances if necessary.
20 July 2015, 18:00 PM

State pleads upholding SQ Chy’s death

State pleads the apex court to uphold death for convicted war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury at appeal hearing.
1 July 2015, 09:57 AM

Trial of 4 ‘war criminals’ to begin in absentia

ICT-1 decides to hold trial of four alleged Razakars of Kishoreganj in absentia.
1 July 2015, 09:19 AM