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Huawei lauds Bangladeshi ICT talents
China (Shenzhen), Sep 21 (UNB)- Huawei’s global CSR head Holy Ranaivozanany has highly appreciated Bangladesh saying that it has done a lot to reach the goal of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ .
Germany to have 1 million electric cars by 2022
Berlin, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Germans are beginning to embrace electric cars, with experts predicting the country will have a million hybrid or battery-electric vehicles on the road by 2022.
robishop.com begins pre-booking for Motorola devices
Dhaka, Sep 18 (UNB) - The country’s premier e-commerce site, robishop.com, is offering exclusive pre-booking facility for purchasing the latest exciting handsets from Motorola.
Robi’s My Sports offers live streaming of Asia Cup cricket
Dhaka, 16 September 2018: Robi is offering the live streaming service of all cricket matches of the ongoing Asia Cup cricket tournament through its sports entertainment content platform, My Sports.
Xiaomi launches Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Sept 16 (UNB) – Popular smartphone brand Xiaomi on Sunday introduced two more models--Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A-- in Bangladesh market.
Banglalink signs MoU with Le Méridien Dhaka
Dhaka, Sep 13 (UNB) - Banglalink has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Le Méridien Dhaka, a concern of Mariott International.
Got $1,100? Apple shows off its most expensive iPhone yet
Cupertino, Sep 13 (AP/UNB) — Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday, including its biggest and most expensive model yet, as the company seeks to widen the product's appeal amid slowing sales.
Gov’t to set up monitoring cell to identify rumours: Tarana
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - State Minister for Information Tarana Halim on Wednesday said the government has taken an initiative to set up a monitoring cell ahead of the next general election aiming to identify rumours in social networking sites.
The ‘Rumour Identification and Removal Centre’ will be in operation 24 hours round the clock at the PID section of Information Ministry from this month, she told reporters at the Secretariat.
The cell will continuously monitor different social networking sites and will inform local media through a press release within three hours if any rumour is found, she added.
“The monitoring cell will also inform media about the truth,” she said.
The state minister also said that seven experts will be appointed for working in each shift.
“BNP-Jammat has opened a publicity cell in London and spreading rumour from 300 websites,” she informed.
Replying to a question, the Minister said the cell will be opened to raise awareness among people.
Referring to the Bangabandhu Satellite-1, Tarana said Bangabandhu-1, the country’s first ever communications satellite, made its debut with the live coverage of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2018 on BTV.
Besides, a letter was sent to private television channels requesting them to use Bangabandhu-1 as it is capable to provide service, she added.
Samsung launches 5 models of 'N series' TV
Dhaka, Sept 9 (UNB) - Samsung Electronics Bangladesh on Sunday launched its latest 'N series' television of five different categories.
British Airways travelers' credit card details hacked
London, Sep 7 (AP/UNB) — British Airways is promising to compensate customers after reporting a major hack of its website that compromised credit card information of roughly 380,000 travelers.