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special feature Can Technology be a Key to Curb Poverty in Bangladesh? Faizul Khan Tanim writes on digital solutions of Grameen-Intel Social Business for an agricultural feat contributing to the poverty reduction intend I CTs are usually referred to computers and the Internet, with a view limited to restricting them only under gadgets and maybe how a home theater system operates.  But technology includes beyond traditional ideas of radio, TV, telephones, online news services. Services which carry information and disseminates them almost precisely. Recently, technology is one of the key factors, evolving to be a crucial tool to help agricultural feat and address poverty reduction in this country. And this is particularly why renowned information communication technology (ICT) specialist Dr Roger W Harris said, “The most effective route to achieving substantial benefit with ICTs in development programmes is to concentrate on re-thinking development a...

Bangladesh needs optimum technologies to grasp more Intel opportunities and expertise John E. Davies , Vice-President of Intel's World Ahead Programme, speaks to Faizul Khan Tanim of The Independent, on a positive note that Intel only hires good people John E. Davies is the Vice-President of the World Ahead Programme at the corporation’s Sales and Marketing Group. This week, he came to Bangladesh to launch the initiative of Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd, where he is working as a board member. As we know that the hardware giant, Intel, makes 21st century technologies which are becoming more affordable and accessible for millions of people worldwide. Through hands-on collaboration with governments, telecommunications providers, technology companies, and other organisations, Intel World Ahead increases access to digital devices, the Internet, and local content. Working together with partners, they develop long-term approaches that strengthen communities and...

Breaking News: The culture of Breaking and Shaking Fatal accidents near campus areas spark vandalism and what starts as a protest, transforms in to mass mayhem. Faizul Khan Tanim writes on this social disease which often brings a whole city to a standstill A common ‘breaking news’ has been: whenever a fatal accident takes place in a university campus, usually the culprit driver also known as the ‘ghatok bus/truck driver’ flees. But if he is caught somehow, it is always the police custody that saves him. Meanwhile, roads are blocked, agitated students roll on the street, and thanks to the foot soldiers of misfortune, vehicles are vandalised as if the ‘v’ of vehicles derived from the phrase ‘v for vandalism’ and what follows is ‘c for chaos’ and ‘m for mayhem’ in and around the campus areas making commuters and pedestrians in that area suffer mainly. It seems ‘b is for breaking rules’. Most importantly, it is citizens from the middle and low income bracket ...