Educational activities through online classes started through the iDEA project under the ICT Division. Through video conferencing by the “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project” of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division, the inaugural ceremony of online class activities was organized at Dhaka Residential Model College on Monday. State
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Emergency meeting of BCC held to address the corona situation with the startups of iDEA
An emergency meeting was held on April 22, 2020 with the startups of the “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project” of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division to address the corona situation. The Executive Director of BCC Mr. Parthapratim Deb presided over the meeting, which was held via online
ICT Division launches online training program
To give a boost to internet-based working culture especially freelancing which holds huge promise, ICT Division on May 17 launched an interactive online training program to fight against uncertainties of these pandemic times. Bangladesh has the second largest online workforce in the world with 6.5 lakh freelancers and the government wants to
Women key to $170 billion market opportunity in mobile phone industry: GSMA
If women can be connected to mobile Internet and mobile financial services that will open up $170 billion market opportunity in the mobile phone industry by 2020, according to GSM Association or GSMA. GSMA recently initiated the ‘Connected Women’ program to bring together women who were lagging behind in Internet and
What budgetary measures we have for “Digital Bangladesh” this year?
National budget in each year opens the book for the aspiring IT entrepreneurs and make them to calculate what they are going to get and lose. While these calculations become tricky sometimes because of some budgetary measures which at best can be termed as ‘vague’ and ‘counter-intuitive,’ it forces the
WITH CURRENT PROGRESS EMPLOYMENT IN THE BPO SECTOR WILL GROW FROM 40 THOUSAND TO 100 THOUSAND IN THREE YEARS: SAJEEB WAZED
The ICT Advisor to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed expressed optimism and hope at the advancement of the BPO industry in the country during his speech at BPO Summit 2018 held last month, saying that the ICT sector is capable of employing more people than possible in government jobs. Organized jointly
‘WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A VC ECOSYSTEM WHERE INVESTORS WILL EAGERLY FUND STARTUPS’
Anyone attending tech startup related events for the past couple of years would instantly recognise Tina Jabeen. She has been ubiquitous in such programs, often seen animatedly talking to her audience on stage, or responding to queries by people after she gets off the stage. Approachable and friendly, the atypical
APICTA AWARD: ‘THE OSCAR OF ICT’ HELD IN DHAKA
APICTA Award—dubbed as the ‘Oscar of ICT’ was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in December 10. The four-day long event started in December 7 at the Radisson Hotel and it ended with a stupendous gala event on Sunday night at the BICC. Organized jointly by the Department of
