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31.05.2005 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be the perfect vehicle through which poverty alleviation and improvements of the socio-economic structure can be easily accomplished," said Science and ICT Minister Moyeen Khan.

17.05.2005 Post and Telecommunications Minister Barrister Mohammad Aminul Haque on Monday said the ministry has undertaken a project to install 900,000 new land phones in Dhaka, district headquarters and upazila sadars with the financial help of the Chinese Government, reports BSS.

16.05.2005 The First IEEE International Conference on Next-Generation Wireless Systems (ICNEWS 2006), to be held in Dhaka , Bangladesh during 2-4 January, 2006, will focus on addressing challenging issues in design, implementation and management of wireless communications, networking, and mobile computing systems.

10.05.2005 BRAC and Emergence Energy, Inc. of the USA recently signed an agreement to conduct a pilot research on energy and environment called ‘Project Emergence.’

10.05.2005 The Global Media Award by the Population Institute (PI) was presented to BCCP in December, 2004 in Rabat, Morocco.

09.05.2005 New generation computer Pentium 4 and other kinds of CPUs with different price tags have been introduced in the country under the brand name of Aamar PC by means of the assembling skills of hardware engineers from West Bengal.

04.05.2005 3rd May, 2005 is the World Press Freedom Day. VOICE and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) organised a seminar entitled "Independent Journalism: Media and Good Governance" at National Press Club to observe the day. Reports AHM Bazlur Rahman, BNNRC.