Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a record of discussion (R/D) with the Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), and Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) for the project titled ‘Project for Enhancing Coastal Resilience through Technology-based Forest Manage...
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Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, has received the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Award for 2024. He was awarded in the category...
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Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that the government is making efforts to develop e-waste management system in Bangladesh. He said, as part of the effort, e-waste management regulations have already been formulated and an e-waste management plant will be constructed under the BEST project.
He also said that the government is strongly committed to implementing the sustainabl...
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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is moving towards utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business Intelligence (BI) tools in the areas of revenue collection, tax evasion prevention, and revenue-related research and development. This information has been revealed as part of the Smart Bangladesh initiative outlined by the NBR.
According to information provided by the NBR, the adoption of these technologies is expected to b...
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The Government of Bangladesh has been exploring diverse digital technologies to accelerate wildlife conservation. Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury conveyed the matter at a function organized on the occasion of World Wildlife Day-2024 under the slogan of connecting people and land, digital innovation in wildlife conser...
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'Gas Monkey' app offers LPG cylinder home deliveryThe Election Commission (EC) has directed the officials to change the passwords of the respective systems every month to prevent National Identity...
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Officially announced on November 12 by the Bangladesh Election Commission, the 'Smart Election Management BD' app has been recently released for public use. Intended to help voters identify their voting centres and stay updated with polls-related information, users can now sign up in the app using your NID information and phone number.
It is important to...
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Two initiatives of Aspire to Innovate-a2i named 'National Intelligence Employment and Entrepreneurship (NISE)' and 'Muktopaath' have recently won the WITSA 2023 Global Innovation and Technology Excellence Award.
The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA), an alliance of information technology sector organizations from various countries, gave the award in recognition of the two in...
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Personal information of the country's nearly 5.5 crore smart National Identity Card holders is now available in a Telegram channel, officials have acknowledged.
A Telegram bot provides people's names, gender, parents' names, phone numbers, addresses, photos, and other details when a 10-digit NID number is entered, many have said.
Mohammad Ashraf Hussain, system manager at the NID wing of...
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