The transaction cost per thousand is 6 Taka, in Nagad
Bangladesh Post Department's digital financial transaction "Nagad" has reduced the transaction costs of small and medium traders by 6 taka in the face of the epidemic cervical virus. That is why "Nagad" brings 'Independent Merchant's service.Under this service, a " Nagad " "independent merchant" trader can now make payments to another " Nagad " "independent merchant" as payment for the merchandise required, at a cost of only 6 taka per thousand from now.All the individuals of Bangladesh will profit in a roundabout way by decreasing the exchange expenses of little and medium brokers. This " Nagad " activity will positively affect individuals' lives. The Mobile Financial Service (MFS) thinks " Nagad " implies that individuals will endure if small business survive. Hence, at this crucial point in time in the express, the state administration " Nagad " plans to remain by five kinds of organizations and merchants.These incorporate pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, staple goods, post workplaces, markets, and little and medium brokers. Likewise, under the heading of Hon'ble Minister Mostafa Jabbar, chats with portable administrators from the earliest starting point of the lockdown in the nation have chosen to purchase computerized cash for versatile top-up retailers the nation over.As a result, retailers like Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk can buy digital top-ups on mobile at any time through " Nagad ". As a result, people are enjoying continuous service in this disaster due to " Nagad ".Besides, " Nagad " is using that money to reduce transaction costs by reducing its advertising budget to stand beside the common man in such a crisis. Apart from this, initiatives have been taken not to charge the first 1000 taka cash out of Nagad and to reduce the settlement charges for essential commodities and medicines.Workers of " Nagad " distribute food and necessities free of cost to the underprivileged people in 492 Upazilas of the country under the care of the state-owned postal department. " Nagad " believes, "If people live, the country will survive".
Over 500,000 Zoom accounts being sold on Dark Web, hacker forums for FREE
Over 500,000 Zoom account being hacked and sold on a hacker forum, the dark web according to a new report by BleepingComputer. A portion of these Zoom accounts was being offered for nothing on hackers’ gatherings with the goal that programmers can utilize them in zoom-shelling tricks and malignant exercises. The more significant part a million records of Zoom, a virtual meeting specialist organization, have been sold on the dark web and hacker forums, and now and again, parted with for nothing. Zoom has surged in popularity in recent weeks as the number of people working from home has increased but concerns about the videoconferencing app's security have also made the headlines. However, the availability of Zoom accounts on the dark web does not appear to be a direct consequence of the app's failings. A portion of these Zoom accounts was being offered for nothing on programmer gatherings with the goal that programmers can utilize them in zoom-shelling tricks and malignant exercises. Others are sold for not exactly a penny each. These credentials are gathered through credential stuffing attacks where threat actors attempt to login to Zoom using accounts leaked in older data breaches, and successful logins were then compiled into lists that were sold to other hackers, The Daily Mail reported on Monday citing online forum BleepingComputer. BleepingComputer said Cybersecurity insight firm Cyblec first saw around April 1 that free Zoom accounts were being presented on programmer gatherings on the increase expanded notoriety in the programmer network. The accounts are reportedly being shared via text sharing sites as lists of email addresses and password combinations. The account can include a victim's email address, password, personal meeting URL, and their hockey. Cybersecurity firm Cyble, which had the option to buy 530,000 Zoom credentials for not exactly a penny each at $0.0020 per account, said the Zoom accounts started showing up in the hackers' network toward the start of April, with hackers offering the accounts to build notoriety. While Zoom has developed as a primary video chatting provider during the COVID-19 pandemic, the application is defaced by the day by day news about it being inclined to hacking. Issues that have hit its believability is information offering to Facebook, uncovered LinkedIn profiles, and a "malware-like" installer for macOS.
SMS will be sent to the customer for collecting health information
In order to know the general state of the people in coronavirus circumstances, SMS will be sent to all cell phone clients to get health data from the customers. It was accounted for that the SMS began on Sunday morning. If everyone responds to such use of technology, then everyone will get an idea about a basic image of health. Mobile SMS subscribers will be asked to dial * 3332 # if you have shortness of breath, fever or cough. Such SMS will be sent to every single mobile network for two days. Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on Saturday sent an order to the administrators. It is reported that if a customer calls * 3332 #, he will get an IVR voice of 90 seconds where he will be asked five questions again. Answers received from customers will go directly to the Institute of Pathology, Disease Control and Research or IEDCR. Later, after reviewing them, some customers will be called from the IEDCR to provide more details, he said.
HelloDoc - The Virtual Hospital to treat patient at home
Junaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology, inaugurated the Virtual Hospital “HelloDoc” on the initiative of Lifestyle Apps in a web-based manner. He inaugurated this virtual hospital on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 5:00 pm.State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said the country is moving ahead with technology. Today, due to the advancement of information and technology, we have achieved to set a virtual hospital. We have now started all communication online. There is no alternative to using technology to provide citizen services at home for all the people of the country. We want to make maximum use of the technology to reach the core needs of 170 million citizens in the country.Initially, a skilled team of around 42 doctors will provide patients with this platform. At this time of the coroner, when most of the private chambers were closed, about doctors had come forward to take care of patients. From your own home, you can consult a doctor via video conference and teleconference. At the same time, emergency diagnostic tests and emergency ambulance services provided by the doctor can be taken from the same medium at home. There will be a free service through Messenger. The service will be available soon through the mobile app. To get free doctor services online, visit the AmarLab Facebook page. Link- https://web.facebook.com/amarlab.bd/
No alternative of technology to keep 170 million people at home: Junaid Ahmed Palak
People all over the country should stay at home to protect themselves and others from this pandemic coronavirus outbreak. And to do this, civil services must reach their helping hands to the citizen. As a result, there is no alternative to technology to keep 170 million people at home. The Minister emphasized the need for integrated planning to tackle the impact of technology and expressed if Corona outbreaks continue to go like this, the technology would have to be widely utilized to keep the health, education, food, and food supply across the country. Junaid Ahmed Palak spoke at the inauguration of Virtual Hospital Hello Doc on Tuesday (April 7th) this afternoon."We want to make maximum use of our digital platform to reach the basic rights of 170 million people," he said. At that moment, we went a few steps further through the opening of this hospital or messenger bot.State Minister for Information and Communications Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said the Corona situation was likely to be prolonged after the inauguration. 40 state's hotspots have been distinguished as the hotspots of the flare-up of the infection, as indicated by data obtained from the national digital analytics platform. Local lifestyle apps Kotha Technologies Chairman Mahbub Zaman, co-founders of AmarLab Tajin Shadid and Tamjid Siddique Spondon, chief executive Istiq Zahid, Head of Business Development Haseeb Ahmed, Head of Operations Dr. Sajjad Rahat Hossain and Argo Ventures Limited Chairman Fida-e-Zahir, Chief Technical Officer Arbab Ur Rahman and Head of Operations Sheikh Fayaz Morsalin were present on occasion.
Find Coronary Risk Assessment at Home
As of late, Bangladesh is confronting some genuine difficulties foreseeing with the lethal COVID-19. Startling lockdown is on the way to forestall coronary outbreaks in the nation. The administration has guided people, in general, to keep up good social ways from their homes. Currently, the Department of Information and Communication Technology has created a website to check the risk of coronavirus online at home.This website is fair to assess symptoms by some inquiry checking and allows us to know whether you are at risk of getting coronavirus. If you are in danger, there are recommendations. This risk assessment service can be found on the Website platform (www.livecoronatest.com). Information can likewise be accessible at Messenger Group (m.me/ictdivisionbd). State Minister for Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak formally propelled the service at an online press conference on Monday, March 30th. By visiting the link (livecoronatest.com a person would know how much Corona is at risk. By responding to different inquiries and giving data, he would find out about its latent capacity dangers. Besides, the proper specialists of the government would have the option to survey the circumstance dependent on the data given by the residents. Data with respect to Corona infection would be gotten through the messenger group. Junaid Ahmed Palak said that the IEDCR is giving updates about corona infection through public interviews each day. Thousands of phones are also coming to 333 different call centers. Not only that, but millions of calls have also come in those days. There are some typical inquiries of residents. Many are posing a similar inquiry again and again. We have distinguished these regular inquiries through Machine Learning. I have concocted with a new solution to reduce the pressure on everyone, including doctors, call centers."Appropriate information services would lessen the dread of people. The main goal of these initiatives is to make everybody mindful through technology," the minister said. At the press conference, several initiatives for entrepreneurs in awareness of Corona were highlighted. These initiatives include Corona Action Bot (CAB), callfornation.com, probashihelpline.com. According to the press conference, the Start-up Bangladesh (Startupbangladesh.gov.bd) platform also has 17 different Innovative Initiative. Information Technology Secretary NM Ziaul Alam and senior officials of various projects under it have attended the press conference.
National Hackathon is propelling to Combat COVID-19
COVID-19 or new coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic. This emergency, like health and healthcare, has had a tremendous antagonistic effect on the monetary activities of the individuals just as the economy. Considering the current scenario, National Hackathon is propelling innovative technology to combat novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To address the emergency as a team with the youth of the nation, the "Act COVID-19 Online Hackathon" has been sorted out by the Information and Communication Technology Department (ICT). Due to the lockdown, this hackathon will be held online.As indicated by the ICT Department, this hackathon is mostly a coding competition from which technical solutions will be discovered to deal with Corona Virus. To address the current national emergency, a platform called “CallForNation” has been made by the Information and Communication Technology Department. The stage was inaugurated on March 30 by Minister of State for Information and Communications Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak. This hackathon is being held as its first activity. It will be held shortly after registration.Ask to inquire, State Minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak stated, "There are numerous skilled youngsters in our country. Nevertheless, some are researchers, innovators, or programming engineers. I believe, the impediments made by the Novel Corona infection can be handled by the development and authority of our youth. That's why, on this platform, I urge all of them to work together. To offer something to the nation, this is their most unique chance."To overcome the circumstance emerging, online hackathons can be dealt with 6 issues. These themes are – Socioeconomically Disadvantaged People, Business Operations and Production, Health care Equipment and Treatment, Access to Information, Mental Health, and others. Other categories incorporate the opportunity to manage any issues that may arise in the present situation.To solve this problem, young people from Bangladesh have looked for imaginative ideas, projects, and plans. All steps will be taken to identify the seed fund, the supply of crude materials, or the initiatives to be broadly perceived for financial support to the selected 10 innovators.Insights regarding hackathons can be found and registered athttps://callfornation.com/Participants likewise can participate in the hackathon either individually or in a group manner. Intrigued stakeholders must submit the proposed venture with the prototype of the innovation by April 20, as stated by the ICT department.
Oracle Celebrates 20 years by opening new branch in Bangladesh
Oracle one of the best tech giant company in the world open its new branch in Dhaka Bangladesh but it has begun its operations in Bangladesh twenty years back. Finance Minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal appreciated the US tech giant’s move in Bangladesh and mentioned Bangladesh economy surged 8.15 percent last fiscal year, the highest in the Asia Pacific region. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present with US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and he said “I would like to congratulate Oracle on this milestone, particularly since they have been close technology partners supporting Bangladesh’s development agenda”. Zunaid Ahmed Palak also said “The government is committed to transform Bangladesh into a digital nation by 2021 and we look forward to working with the Oracle to fulfill this important vision,”. “With an ecosystem of a 50-plus strong partner community in Bangladesh, we continue to support the digital transformation for our customers in the region,” said Rubaba Dowla, managing director of Oracle Bangladesh. “This new office is another milestone of our commitment to the country,” she said. n Bangladesh, Oracle has been experiencing strong demand for its cloud solutions from many organisations including Ananta Group, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Bridge Authority, Bangladesh Computer Council, Bangladesh Election Commission, bKash, BRAC Bank, DBL Group, Department of Immigration and Passport, Dulal Brothers, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, National Board of Revenue, National Polymer, Partex Star Group, Union Group, Pacific Jeans to name a few. Bangladeshi firms are leveraging Oracle Cloud to fulfill a variety of business requirements including to manage and retain talent, deliver better customer experiences, launch new services faster, or reduce costs.
UGC visited a study tour comprises 50 trainee of two batches of Foundation Training
The UGC visited a study tour comprises 50 trainee of two batches of Foundation Training (coming from 20 universities) run by the Graduate Training Institute (GTI) financed by the University Grants Commission. Professor. Dr. Md Sajjad Hossain, Honorable Member of the Commission and also a full-time member of the Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) spoke about the University automation for the visitors. The Graduate Training Institute is the first institute of BAU, established in 1976. GTI was established with the financial assistance of FAO/UNDP to train officers working in agriculture and rural development GTI performs the third function of the university: extension and community service. The motive behind establishing GTI in BAU campus was to make links between teaching, research and extension. Speaking on the occasion of 16th and 17th foundation training for University officers, Prof. Dr. Sajjad Hossain delineates about the prospectus of Foundation Training more specifically training on teaching, learning, curriculum and quality assurance provided by GTI- Graduate Training Institute, BAU, Mymensingh. “It’s a training of changing attitude, a training of making fellowship with other 15 university's teacher colleagues, a training of gathering & sharing knowledge, a training of making individuals a lifelong learner". Professor Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain, Member, UGC; Jesmin Pervin, Additional Director of International Co-operation & Collaboration ,among others, were present in the courtesy call.
Top 10 Software Company in Bangladesh
The software has developed during that time from projects put on plates to now about prompt access through online activation. Before, customary software organizations delivered programming projects offered to shoppers through a circle that required buy time and establishment. In the present day, on account of the internet and cloud technology, clients would now be able to increase quick access to a software installation upon purchase. This article looks at the top 10 software companies across Bangladesh along with some of their brightest company highlights. Who Are Bangladesh’s Top Ten Software Companies? TigerIT Bangladesh: Tiger IT is reliable and one of the most renowned software companies in Bangladesh with more than ten years of long haul involvement, contributing to the IT part of the nation. They have huge involvement in building up various applications and games alongside a couple of government ventures. This IT firm in Bangladesh demonstrates its imaginative execution in setting up NIST guaranteed AFIS. Tiger IT expands on its experience and concentrated abilities to give national scale IT arrangements. It has profound knowledge into biometrics data including an enormous populace. They have a decent work culture. KaziSoftware Limited: Kazi Software Established in 2004, Kazi Software is an award-winning custom software development company. They help enterprises and startups design, build and launch innovative products. They work with their clients as a coordinated group– empowering them to convey better, faster and at a lower cost. The mission of this IT Company in Dhaka is to simplify the ways of life of the clients in terms of using advanced technology. Administrative jobs, e-commerce associations, research related works, etc. are being performed in a wide range by Kazi IT. NewCred: NewsCred is on a mission to make marketing better for everyone. As the leading content marketing software, NewsCred provides the world’s most ambitious brands – Pepsi, Visa, Dell, ConAgra, Hewlett Packard, and more – with the best solutions in content creation, marketing management, cross-channel publishing, and measurement. Every day, marketers rely on NewsCred to orchestrate their marketing across channels, collaborate with global teams, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Enosis: Enosis Solutions is an offshore software engineering, image processing, and consultancy company where people, knowledge and proven methodologies converge to deliver high-value services in record time. They maintain a performance-oriented work culture. DataSoft: Data Soft is referred to as the first CMMI Level 5 software development company in Bangladesh. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, USA is a well-known industry which is used to measure the maturity of software development processes. They are the first software company in Bangladesh to be recognized as the CMMI Level 5 Software Development Company for its software engineering capabilities and high maturity in the area of software applications. Brain Station 23 Limited: Brain Station 23 Limited is a 100+ people software development company in Bangladesh, working since 2006, providing enterprise & customized web applications and mobile software development services to both local and international clients. With 90+ Talented CS graduates, we have been serving local clients along with small and medium-sized clients located in the US, Canada, The UK, and other European countries. SELISErockin' software: SELISE is a software firm engaged in the creation of digital platforms from strategy to execution. Their understanding of information technology and the internet helps them enhance business performance across industries. They serve Insurers, Retailers, Telcos, Advisors, Sports Clubs, Civil Engineers and many more. They strategize, develop and maintain digital platforms for leading businesses across the world in Finance, Insurance, Consumer Goods, Sports, Events, Telco and Civil Engineering. Spellbit: Spellbit started its remarkable journey as a freelancing agency in IT-related services. The passionate and skillful service providers have been using their dynamic talent in their respective jobs. This is one of the best IT Firm in Bangladesh. The mission of Spellbit is to provide skillful service to the clients based on the demand and changing technology in time. Their ethics is based on honesty, they strictly follow to provide the desired services of the clients. IBCS-PRIMAX: IBCS-PRIMAX started its journey in 1989 with a mission to establish itself as a single-point customer-centric IT solution provider for the domestic and international market. The company strives to deliver professional business applications which is technologically agnostic. IBCS-PRIMAX’s delivers services to meet the diversified information needs of its valued clients in achieving their business objectives. Dream 71: One of the uprising software firms is Dream71 Bangladesh Ltd. Their main goal is to develop mobile application software development and game development. In a very short time, they’ve been able to draw the attention of the local market as well as the international market too. Their innovative work with A2I, text book based scientific game development, is supposed to be a milestone in the education sector of Bangladesh. They also have the legal patent to develop first-ever cricket related dynamic app of the country. Besides all these stuffs they have shown significant success to develop many more unique apps and games for several institutions. The unique part about Dream71 Bangladesh Ltd is not only in the local market they have expanded their wings in the international arena as well as having global partners from different parts of the world.
Meetup Program of ICT Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh Held in Uttara
Amrai Digital Bangladesh Forum, a meetup program of ICT entrepreneurs of Bangladesh at an elite hotel in Uttara, Dhaka. The organizers said it was originally part of a regular event. The initiators of Amrai DigitalBangladesh Forum is where the meetup program will be organized in different areas of Bangladesh, said the main attraction of the forum, Liaquat Hossain. Various speakers highlighted the government's development, contribution and future initiatives in the program. They said, "The government has been working for the development of the country and is currently coming to Qatar around the world as a model of development. But ordinary people rarely know about this subject. On the other hand, the Jamaat-e-BNP launched an opposition party active on the digital platform.” The speakers urged all to stand against the conspiracy.The Prime Minister addressed the contribution of the Government of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the construction of Digital Bangladesh, Information Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh, Mr. Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Architect of Digital Bangladesh and Mr. Junayed Ahmed Palak, the Honorable Minister of the Government of Bangladesh. Representatives from more than 60 companies were present on the occasion. Members of the forum said the perception of Bangabandhu would be the ideal soldier to join the forum.
Basis membership is mandatory for Software business
No organization will be able to do business in the software sector if there is no BASIS membership.Referring to a trade ministry circular, the organization said on Wednesday that it is mandatory for a business entity to have a membership of BASIS in order to conduct business in the software sector. Whether or not BASIS has membership in various government, private or non-governmental organizations will be verified.According to the statement issued recently from the trade union office of the Ministry of Commerce, all business entities in the software sector must accept membership of BASIS from now onwards under the provisions of section 4 of the Trade Organization Ordinance. All instances will be verified whether the software company has a membership of Basis.BASIS President Syed Almas Kabir said BASIS has been working closely with the Information Technology Department to build digital Bangladesh. The information and communications technology sector is constantly expanding and the number of business organizations is increasing. Therefore, all business organizations will work together for the development of this sector.Presently remote organizations will likewise need to take participation from BASIS and that will guarantee a check and harmony between their works in Bangladesh, said Farhana A Rahman, senior VP of the exchange body. Premise said the enrollment declaration will be checked in all legislature and non-government area before presenting any delicate.
