Technology

Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was reportedly arrested on Saturday evening at Bourget Airport near Paris, according to unnamed sources cited by the French media outlets TF1 TV and BFM TV. Telegram, particularly influential in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the former Soviet Union, is ranked as one of the major social ...

A total of 1235 mobile towers in 10 flood affected districts have not working. Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) informed it on Friday in a press release. The districts include Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sylhet. Already the Bangladesh Army has provided all out necessary assistance including vessels and speedboats to carry the equipment, ...

The mobile and broadband internet services faced shutdown during the recent quota reform movement at the verbal instruction of then state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology and the NTMC, an organization affiliated to the home ministry. A primary probe report submitted today to the Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry revealed this, said an official handout, reports BSS. ...

The country’s leading telecom operator Grameenphone has announced free internet services to all of their users for two days. The mobile operator, in its verified Facebook page, said that their users will be able to enjoy free mobile data on Friday (August 9) and Saturday (August 10) from 6am to 6pm. It said the users won’t have to recharge any ...

NASA on Tuesday postponed the departure of astronauts bound for the International Space Station on a SpaceX flight due to ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The Starliner, which brought two NASA astronauts aboard the ISS in early June, has been docked for the past two months due to anomalies detected in its propulsion system during its flight, with the ...

The government has ordered to shut mobile internet services as violence centering non-cooperation movement of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement spread to the country. “A direction to stop 4G services came to us,” a top official of mobile phone operator informed this to media on Sunday. It was learned that after 1pm on Sunday, all mobile operators have shut mobile internet ...

Social media platform Facebook and Russian-based messaging app Telegram have been found unresponsive on mobile network. According to the relevant sources, after 12.15 pm on Friday, users have been having trouble using the two apps with a few of them facing no such issue. Those concerned say that if Facebook is closed on mobile data, the use of VPN will ...

Access to all social media platforms–Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Whatsapp– restored on Wednesday afternoon after 14 days’ of restriction following the violence centering Quota Reform Movement. Users can log in to their respective Facebook IDs after 2pm without VPN application. Earlier at 1pm, State Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced that all social media platforms will ...

After 10 days of outage, 4G internet restored in the country at 3PM on Sunday. Earlier in the day, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak informed that 5GB bonus will be given for free to all users for three days. But decision on social media platforms–Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok–on 31 July.  

State Minister of Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said a meeting to discuss the restoration of mobile internet 4G services will be held on Sunday. The state minister shared the information while addressing an event held at Agargaon in the capital marking 54th birthday of Sajeeb Wazed Joy. He said the Ministry of ...