Bangladesh has launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered traffic surveillance on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway as authorities pursue wider upgrades aimed at reducing accidents and congestion.
Bangladesh could face an international bandwidth shortage by 2028 unless decisions on new submarine cable connections are made soon, industry stakeholders warned at a Dhaka workshop.
Posts, telecommunications and information technology minister Faqir Mahbub Anam said Saturday that Information Technology (IT) Training and Incubation Centres should focus on jobs, entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment rather than training certificates alone.
Bangladesh has designated the semiconductor industry as a national priority sector and introduced tax breaks, startup funding and other incentives to expand the country’s role in the rapidly growing global market.
India’s cybercrime coordination center has directed GitHub to remove Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging application developed by former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, citing national security concerns.
Bangladesh plans to generate 10,000 megawatts of solar power during the government’s current term as rising fossil fuel imports and energy subsidies place mounting pressure on the country’s finances, the energy minister said.
Bangladesh’s unified Bangla Quick Response payment system recorded 77,165 transactions worth 22.02 crore taka, about $1.79 million, over two days, Bangladesh Bank data showed.
Artificial intelligence-powered traffic cameras filed nearly 12,000 traffic cases on Dhaka’s Elevated Expressway over the past year, with officials reporting more than 800 additional cases in a single week on city roads as authorities expand automated enforcement across the capital.
Bangladesh began loading nuclear fuel into the reactor core of unit 1 at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, moving the country closer to generating nuclear energy.
India’s $200 billion IT services industry, the backbone of its current account surplus and a pillar of its economic rise, could face severe disruption by 2028 as artificial intelligence sharply reduces the global demand for outsourced coding, according to a research report released in February.
