December2019

State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised a record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) in its initial public offering in Riyadh. The share sale was the biggest to date, surpassing that of China’s Alibaba which raised $25bn in 2014...

The first customer model of the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign will go on display at the Geneva Motor Show* in March, before deliveries of the limited-edition car begin in late 2020. Before then, fans can see...

Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In figures described...

Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year, in a report aimed at ensuring drivers and the public...

Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging platforms, has launched its new feature, ‘Create a Sticker’, enabling users to easily design and create their own personalized stickers. Users can now express themselves through their own customized...

To commemorate the 49th victory day of Bangladesh, Samsung Bangladesh has started a campaign called ‘Haater Muthhoy Bijoy Ullash’. The campaign will end on December 31, 2019. During this campaign, customers can purchase phones at a...

Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, has joined forces with Facebook to train women with less access to digital facilities on how to participate in the digital world in a safe...

Data is at the core of successful smart city innovation, according to new research from Oracle and economic and urban research consultancy ESI ThoughtLab. The Building a Hyperconnected City study found that cities are drowning in data from...

Microsoft Bangladesh recently hosted Microsoft Inspire Partner Forum and Awards at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital, welcoming its partners and recognizing their contribution to expanding the company’s footprint in Bangladesh. At Inspire Bangladesh 2019,...

Genex Infosys – an IT company in Bangladesh has been awarded the esteemed Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA Awards 2019) under the category of Public Sector – Government & Citizen Services for successfully implementing and...