Banglalink obtains ISO 27001:2013 certificate

Banglalink has obtained the ISO27001:2013 certificate, an international standard certification for information security, a press release said Monday. The certification was awarded to Banglalink by BereauVeritus, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification. The achievement was recognized by Erik Aas, CEO, Banglalink, Huseyin Turker, chief technology and information officer,

First of Emirates 120 retrofitted aircraft enters service

The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s US$ 2 billion retrofit program has been deployed on the Dubai-London Heathrow service recently. Under the program Emirates will retrofit 120 aircraft both Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 by 2025. The fully refreshed A380 features Emirates’ latest products and interiors

15.43 pc power tariff hike at retail level advised

Technical evaluation committee (TEC) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has recommended raising the weighted average tariff of electricity by 15.43 percent at retail level against the demand of the distribution companies for hiking by about 20 percent at retail level.The recommendation of the evaluation committee was placed at

BPL becomes the unwitting butt of jokes

The latest edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has been marred by chaotic scenes descending to comedy, as teams make puzzling decisions when selecting their captains and players express their outrage at umpire rulings. In the opening match of day two of the latest season of Bangladesh's premier T20

JS body submits report on universal pension bill

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry on Sunday placed its report on a bill that seeks to introduce a universal pension scheme focusing particularly on the country's elderly population.Universal Pension Management Bill, 2022 was placed in the House by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on August 29. It was

JS body gets 90 more days to review mass media bill

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Broadcast Ministry on Sunday got another 90 days to examine Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022.This is for the third time that the chairman of the parliamentary body Hasanul Huq Inu sought time in parliament as the committee couldn't complete the scrutiny

Quader asks pro-liberation people to resist communalism

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said people who believed in the spirit of liberation war should come forward forgetting their conceit towards resisting communalism and militancy.He made the remarks while speaking at the triennial council of Jatiya Party (JP) at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium here

PM for signing trade deals with South American nations

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday stressed the need for signing preferential trade agreement (PTA) or free trade agreement (FTA) with four South American countries as Bangladesh will graduate into a developing country in 2026.The premier’s remarks came when Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres paid a courtesy call