The Daily IIJ

Bangladesh is eagerly waiting to get the facilities of web browsing in its own language Bangla. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has filed an application formally to the global Internet body (ICANN) to include Bangla in Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD).

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Poor people in Bangladesh are more likely to own mobile phones and televisions than the same group in India, but the availability of computers in poor Bangladeshi households is almost zero, according to a recent study.

The survey by LIRNEasia – a Sri Lanka-based information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation think tank dealing with the Asia-Pacific – also revealed a comparative reluctance among poor Bangladeshis to buy radios.

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In response to a petition filed by attorneys from Freedom Now and Hogan & Hartson LLP, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immidiate release of Chief Ebrima Manneh who was kept in communicado three years ago.

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Africa remains among the most economically vulnerable continent in the world and the current economic crises threaten to reverse economic gains now more than ever.

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Fotos taken during the nine week Online Journalism Training at the International Institute for Journalism June to August 2009.

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After Decades of struggle and abortive attempts, Kenya is finally on the path to      unveiling a new constitution. On Tuesday, Kenya unveiled a harmonised draft that entrenches post of a Prime Minister (PM) in the constitution. If the draft is adopted, the number of cabinet ministers shall not exceed 20 and not below 15. Currently [...]

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South Africa rated among the top 10 countries using the Opera Mini browser to surf contents on mobile phones. In its latest State of the Mobile Web report on Tuesday, Opera said 35.6 million people used the application in September, an 11.5% increase from August 2009 and more than 150% compared to September 2008.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for the USA with the debate on the Kerry-Lugar bill going on in Parliament, which has yet to come up with its recommendations, because the time was running out for the deadline to sign the bill, sources told Business Recorder.

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The IIJ has announced a training course on “Multimedia and Online Journalism” to be held in Hanoi from November 23 to December 4, 2009. We would be very grateful if our alumni, colleagues and friends helped distribute the programme information among the local media houses. Journalists working in Hanoi and interested in the programme should [...]

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I had no idea what Africa’s largest city – Cairo – looked like before I first visited in late September 2009. I was part of a Twenty Ten All Star training programme taking place in Cairo on the sidelines of the U-20 FIFA World Cup 2009. Just about 15 minutes for our plane to land [...]

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