Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate which can be roughly translated as high humidity coupled with temperature ranging from 30-40 degree Celsius. The average population of Bangladesh resides in rural areas with buildings made of Tin resulting an increase of 3-4 degree Celsius inside the house. One Bangladeshi innovator came up with an ingenious idea to tackle this issue by using re-purposed plastics bottles and a little bit science. The name of the project is Eco-Cooler and it’s taking the world by storm.

A stunning announcement from Microsoft! The world leading Desktop OS giant is acquiring LinkedIn, the leading global professional network with an active base of 433 million users. They are buying it out for $26 billion which roughly translates $196 per share - all cash. The transaction has already been approved by both boards. Under the new ownership LinkedIn will retain its branding and products, and it will become a part of Microsoft’s productivity and business processes division.

Microsoft Corp agrees to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal.

According to a study recently conducted by Millward Brown, Bikroy.com is the most preferred online market place in Bangladesh now. The report states that 75%, 52%

Samsung Electronics has launched 'The Grand Invite' campaign on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. Under the campaign, customers can enjoy

Prolink introduced a special offer in the market as “ak okke dui” for celebrating its silver jubilee. According to this offer end-users can

Following the launch of Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna on Street View last year, Google has added new imagery from Barisal, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Rangpur, as well as 89

Lenovo has declared Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd. as authorized distributor for Smartphone business in Bangladesh at a press conference

Alumni Association of BRAC University launched its website yesterday at BRAC University campus. Prof. Rahim B Talukdar- BBS Advisor, Mr. Ivan Shafaat Bari-Director- OCSAR & Student Affairs, Shiblee Shakik Ahmed, Head of Marketing MMDS, South East Asia New Markets, Microsoft Corporation and Md. Tajdin Hassan –President, AABRACU inaugurated the website.

Grameenphone and Telenor Health launched “Tonic,” a new digital health service for consumers in Bangladesh on 5th of June, 2016 at a local city hotel. Tonic was launched in the presence of the Health Minister, Mohammad Nasim MP, BTRC Chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood and partners from across the healthcare sector. Tonic was the result of an extensive research and development process that included input from global health experts, local medical practitioners, and everyday people, Tonic aims to be relevant to a broad cross section of Bangladeshi society and cover a range of wellness and health needs. Tonic members receive four benefits: “Tonic Jibon” offers tips and information via SMS, web, and Facebook to help members live on a healthy life by eating well, staying active, and keeping mentally refreshed on a daily basis; “Tonic Daktar” provides members to access knowledgeable and friendly advice from a doctor with just a phone call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week; “Tonic Discounts” helps to make hospital care more accessible by extending discounts of up to 40% on fees at over 50 popular hospitals across Bangladesh; and the “Tonic Cash” service offers members BDT 500 in cash to assist in covering costs if they are hospitalized for three nights or more.

Huawei launched its much anticipated flagship device Huawei P9 in Bangladesh. The gala launch event was held on June 6, 2016 at Radisson Blue Hotel in the capital. Robi came together with Huawei to launch the handset. Robi users will get 9 GB data and 999 minute talk time to any operator per month for three months.

Symphony Mobile today unveiled a fingerprint security enabled smartphone- H400. Senior Director of Edison group Mr. Rezwanul Hoque, Head of Marketing Mr. Ashraful Haque and Chief Operations Officer of pickaboo.com Mr. Shahrear Sattar showed off the device for the first time to press at the launching ceremony in a local restaurant.

The EATL Prothom Alo Apps Contest 2016 – Season 4 just began for the fourth time on the 24th May 2016, Tuesday at The Westin Dhaka and the program was officially launched by the Chief Guest, the Hon’ble Education Minister Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP. As Special Guests, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, the Hon’ble State Minister, ICT Division, Mr. Qimiao Fan, the Country Director of World Bank for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, South Asia and H.E. Benoît-Pierre Laramée, the High Commissioner of the High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh were present in the event.

Make-A-Thon 2016, organised by The World Bank and BetterStories Limited in partnership with the ICT Division of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology and 18 esteemed partners, has brought 100 top talents from the fields of engineering, agriculture, business, fashion technology and design together to solve problems for Bangladesh. HiFi Public was the communications partner of the event.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director of Microsoft Bangladesh, to serve in the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (LDC). The Secretary-General has appointed 12 expert members from different countries (including non-LDC countries) to the Technology Bank. Sonia has been hand-picked to represent Bangladesh at the council.

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.

Nextech Limited recently introduced a renowned NMS platform for the Bangladeshi market in a strategic business partnership with technology vendor Skyline Communications, a European company based in Belgium.

EATL Prothom-Alo Apps Contest 2016 – Season 4 is back for its fourth installment. On 24 May, Tuesday, from 4PM to 6PM, the contest season 4 will be officially launched by the honourable education minister Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid MP. As special guests, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, State Minister, ICT Division, Mr. Qimiao Fan, the Country Director of World Bank for Bangladesh, Bhutan-Nepal-South Asia and Benoît-Pierre Laramée, the High Commissioner of the High Commission of Canada will be present at the event. World Bank joined the platform as the Lead Sponsor.

Nokia, once the world's top mobile phone maker, announces its return to the fiercely competitive handsets and tablets market years after being crushed there by Samsung and Apple.