Information and Communication Technology State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that 40 Artificial Intelligence (AI) services and tools related to language and technology are being developed under the ICT department, and will be available online by 2021. “Also, services like 'text to speech', spelling and grammar correction and OCR will b...
The International Affairs Sub-Committee organized a webinar "50 years of Bangladesh: Economy, Society, People, and Leadership" to reflect on the struggle of the people, assess the achievements, and provide challenges going forward. The keynote speakers in this webinar were Dr. Dianne Bolton, Dr. Eirik Jansen, and Dr. Anders Corr. Along with them...
The central bank has expanded the size of the stimulus package for large industries and services sector firms to make the low-cost funds available for the factories located in the economic zones. The volume of the package was enhanced by Tk 7,000 crore to Tk 40,000 crore as part of the central bank's effort to facilitate both local and foreign ...
The 35th span of the Padma Bridge was installed on Saturday (31st October) bringing a total of over 5.2 kilometers of the huge structure into view as the construction works of 6.15 kilometers long bridge started from December 2014. The span number ‘2B’ was installed on pillars no 8 and 9 at Mawa point, six days after the last one wa...
World Bank, in one of its reports, projects that Bangladesh will see increased remittance flow and secure eighth position in the world in terms of it in 2020. WB revealed the prediction in the report titled "COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens" published on October 29. According to the projection, two South Asian countries will see an inc...