State Minister for Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak publicly apologised before the nation for his failure to ensure uninterrupted internet connection and to prevent rumors on social media. “I am shouldering all responsibilities for my failure

Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the U.S. company by a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its

Facebook and messaging app Telegram is inaccessible on mobile networks. According to sources, the cache server of Meta platforms, Telegram on mobile networks was halted on Friday (August 2) after 12:30pm. Facebook, Messenger and Telegram were made inaccessible through mobile data as

Uber has announced a deal which aims to bring 100,000 electric vehicles (EVs) made by China's BYD to the ride-hailing giant's global fleet of cars. The two companies say they will offer Uber drivers incentives to switch to electric cars, including discounts on maintenance,

Social media platforms, namely Facebook and WhatsApp, have become accessible on Wednesday (July 31) afternoon. Social media users started to get uninterrupted access to social media platforms shortly after 2:00pm, allowing people to log in to the social social media platforms from both

Access to Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms will be restored by this evening, announced State Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak. Earlier this morning, Minister Palak held an online meeting with representatives from Meta,

Mobile internet has been restored today (July 28) across the country after 10 days of restricting internet over students' quota movement. Earlier, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak at a briefing said that mobile internet was likely to be restored across the country around

Mobile internet is likely to be restored across the country around 3:00pm today (July 28), according to State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak. He made the remark at a briefing after meeting with mobile operators at BTRC Bhaban in the capital on Sunday morning. Palak also

Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached. Just before he could hit send, Bangladesh's internet was shut down, stranding him and the rest of the country offline. Student-led protests against quotas for highly

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that a meeting with the mobile operators will be held on Sunday (28 July) to restore mobile internet. He made the statement while speaking as the Chief Guest at the 'Trees for Peace'

OpenAI on Thursday said it was putting its artificial intelligence engine to work in a challenge to Google's market-dominating search engine. The startup behind ChatGPT announced that it is testing a "SearchGPT" prototype that is "designed to combine the strength of

The government on Tuesday night started restoring broadband internet with restrictions on Facebook and WhatsApp to limit anti-state propaganda on social media. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were instructed to reconnect essential services like media, hospitals, airports, and

The internet connectivity on mobile networks nationwide has been halted without prior notice. According to rights body activists, this unannounced internet shutdown is a violation of human rights in today's connected society. The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of

BASIS on Sunday launched its America Desk to expand Bangladesh’s tech export opportunities in the world’s largest economy, and to increase business-to-business knowledge sharing with the tech powerhouse. The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services

Meta has said it is rolling back restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to regain the White House in November. The social media company headed by Mark Zuckerberg had indefinitely suspended

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released photos from the James Webb Space Telescope showing a pair of entangled galaxies. The space agency released a photo of the two galaxies — one named Penguin and the other Egg — on Friday, marking the

Two weeks ahead of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, Samsung Electronics unveiled the next frontier of Galaxy AI with Galaxy Unpacked 2024 on Wednesday, 10 July (local time) at the Carrousel du Louvre — located underground the historic Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Attendees

A union representing workers at South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics has called on its roughly 30,000 members to go on strike indefinitely, as part of its campaign for better pay and benefits. The announcement came on the last day of a three-day general strike being held

China's biggest electric car maker BYD has agreed a $1bn (£780m) deal to set up a manufacturing plant in Turkey, as it continues to expand outside its home country. The new plant will be able to produce up to 150,000 vehicles a year, according to Turkish state news agency

Cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday as investors focused on the payout of nearly $9 billion to users of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. As of 10:50 a.m. London time, bitcoin’s price slumped nearly 6% in 24 hours to hit $54,500.53, marking the first time it’s traded below