internet

Reliability of Online News Sources

With the advent of the Internet, several of our mundane tasks got shifted. The Internet gives quick access to news and some of us often rely on it but how can you say for sure what you read on the Internet is hard fact?
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM

‘Telecom operators will be forced to compensate call drops’

The country’s mobile phone operators will be forced to compensate their users for call drops, State Minister for Telecommunication Tarana Halim says
6 January 2016, 07:43 AM

Not WHY, but HOW?

Can we for one minute assume a dog needs to wear pants? In doing so, how you think it would wear it?
30 December 2015, 06:25 AM

Mobile internet use drops after Facebook bar

Telecom regulator registers 5.14 crore active mobile internet connections last month – what was 5.23 crore in October-end. The move comes after weeks of ban on Facebook that started last month and continued till December. BTRC, however, did not explain the reason of the fall.
22 December 2015, 09:42 AM

Every country should govern its own Internet: China

Every nation should have independent authority over its own Internet, Chinese President Xi Jinping says, telling a government-organised conference that "freedom and order" are both necessary in cyberspace.
16 December 2015, 09:52 AM

Child-safe Internet

A lot of children who use the Internet are being exposed to harmful materials and there has to be proper monitoring to ensure safety of children as well as the state.
29 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Teenagers feel helpless to cyber-crime: Study

About 70 percent of the high school students using internet facility in Bangladesh say they feel helpless in face of cyber-crimes, a study reveals.
28 November 2015, 14:54 PM

PM introduces 3G at Dahagram

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 3G network at Dahagram enclaves in Lalmonirhat.
25 November 2015, 08:53 AM

Internet restored after an hour’s block

Internet blocked across country for over an hour shortly after blocking of Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber.
18 November 2015, 09:29 AM

Google’s net balloons to circle Earth

Google believes it is on course to have enough internet-beaming balloons in the stratosphere to form a ring over part of the world next year.
29 October 2015, 04:30 AM

Kaspersky boss warns of emerging cybercrime threats

Russian online security specialist Eugene Kaspersky says cybercriminals will one day go for bigger targets than PCs and mobiles, sabotaging entire transport networks, electrical grids or financial systems.
4 October 2015, 08:38 AM

Online security for the average internet user

Here are a few internet security and privacy basics to save you from the hassle of having your information or account stolen.
20 September 2015, 07:04 AM

33 internet providers’ licenses cancelled

Bangladesh’s telecom regulator scraps licenses of 33 internet service providers after they failed to pay for their license renewal in time.
17 September 2015, 10:41 AM

Bandwidth price reduced by 43%

Wholesale prices of internet bandwidth will come down by up to 43 percent to discourage imports from India and also dispose of its huge amount of unused bandwidth from September 1.
31 August 2015, 11:47 AM

Providing DSL broadband internet to Upazilas

When developed countries, particularly European countries, are still using DSL despite the presence of fibre optic and cable technology, there is no reason why the BTCL should not capture the market first with its currently available infrastructure with only some up-gradation work.
28 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Australian digital users illegally download content regularly: Survey

Nearly half of Australia's digital users illegally download movies, TV shows and music on a regular basis, a government survey has found.
22 July 2015, 07:33 AM

Half the world will use internet by 2015: Report

Nearly half of the global population will be using the internet by the end of this year, according to a new report.
26 May 2015, 13:38 PM

Internet is running out of room – but we can save it

Are we running out of internet? It might sound like an odd question, but researchers meet in London to discuss a coming "capacity crunch", and what to do about it.
18 May 2015, 07:23 AM

80pc Bangladesh internet users on Facebook

An overwhelming 80 percent internet users of Bangladesh are Facebook users, authorities monitoring the internet says.
17 May 2015, 09:20 AM

Chance to lift up 10m Bangladeshis: Zuckerberg

Access to Internet can help lift up more than 10 million people in Bangladesh from poverty, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg writes on the occasion of launching Internet.org in Bangladesh.
12 May 2015, 10:57 AM