Some 28 per cent of the banks operating in the country are not prepared to thwart possible large-scale cyber attacks.On the other hand, 34 per cent of the banks are partially prepared and remaining 38 per cent are fully prepared to handle such possible digital security threats, a research paper...
Read morePALU, Sept 30 (Reuters): The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from communications and help. Dozens of people were reported to be trapped in the...
Read moreBangladesh should introduce carbon tax as a major way of reducing carbon emission and increasing government revenue, leading economic think tank Policy Research Institute has said. A carbon tax can bring substantial reduction in carbon emission without hurting the long term GDP growth, PRI researchers said at a seminar in...
Read moreLaw Minister Anisul Huq said the cabinet will discuss the Editors' Council's complaints regarding nine sections of the Digital Security Act, reports bdnews24.com.The government will meet the Editors' Council again after the discussion, he said.The decision was made after the government sat for a three-hour meeting with the media representatives...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday made a seven-point demand including "unconditional release" of the party's jailed chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia before the announcement of election schedule.From a grand rally at Suhrawardi Uddyan in the capital, it asked the government to step down by dissolving parliament and withdrew all...
Read moreAwami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday the Election Commission(EC) will announce the schedule for the upcoming parliamentary polls in the first week of November, reports UNB.He came up with the information while talking to reporters at the secretariat."BNP's demand for a neutral government to oversee the general...
Read moreThe United States has encouraged the government of Bangladesh to consider changes to the recently passed Digital Security Act (DSA), reports UNB.The US thinks the changes in the law would bring it into conformity with the country's Constitution and with Bangladesh's international commitments to human, civil and political rights."The United...
Read morePM likely to reach Dhaka todayLONDON, Sept 30: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Sunday on her way back to Dhaka concluding her weeklong visit to the US to attend the 73rd UN General Assembly session. A British Airways flight, carrying the Prime Minister, landed at Heathrow at 7:15...
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