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Bangladesh Celebrate Open Data Day 2018 with 17 Community Radio Station at rural level

Like many countries across the globe, International Open Data Day 2018 was also observed in Bangladesh with 17 Community Radio Station level in rural Bangladesh on 3rd March 2018 with support from Open Knowledge Bangladesh and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). The day was observed at a special event in 17 districts […]

International Open Data Day 2016 Observed In Bangladesh

Like many countries across the globe, International Open Data Day 2016 was also observed in Bangladesh on Saturday. With an initiative from Open Knowledge Bangladesh, the day was observed at a special event in the city. As a part of this initiative, the event was held by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) office in Dhaka, […]

ওপেন নলেজ কমিউনিটি সদস্য শুভজিত গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় স্মরনে

এটা খুবই দু:খজনক খবর আমরা জেনেছি, ওপেন নলেজ ভারতের অ্যাম্বাসেডর এবং এ অঞ্চলের কমিউনিটির অন্যতম একজন শীর্ষ কর্মী শুভজিত গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় হঠাৎ মারা গেছেন। অসুস্থ অবস্থায় খুব সংক্ষিপ্ত সময়ে মাত্র ৩০ বছর বয়সে মারা গেছেন শুভজিত গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়। গত ৭ এপ্রিল, স্থানীয় সময় সকালে তাঁর নিজের বাড়ি ভারতের কলকাতার একটি হাসপাতালে মারা যান তিনি। তার এ চলে […]

Open Data Day Observed In Bangladesh

Like many countries across the globe, Open Data Day 2015 was also observed in Bangladesh on Saturday. With an initiative from Open Knowledge Bangladesh, the day was observed at a special event in the city. This initiative from UK based international organization Open Knowledge, the latest data analysis on application coding and data visualization was […]

Zero to Infinity Talks on Nuclear Energy for Power Generation

Zero to Infinity Talks Episode 8 held on 25 December at Dhaka University Microbiology Auditorium. The topic was Nuclear Energy For Electricity Generation: Bangladesh Perspective. Speaker Dr. Didarul Alam Chowdury is director of Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguard Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Md. Didarul Alam Chowdhury is currently the Director of Nuclear Safety, Security […]

Zero to Infinity Talks on Motivation

What’s the best way to take control of your own life and push yourself against boundaries? How actually the brain of successful minds works? Is it like that, successful people tend to focus on growth, solving problems and self-improvement, while unsuccessful people think of their abilities as fixed assets and avoid challenges?  These were the […]

Stop Secret Contracts: new global campaign launched

Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN)  promotes openness and open data. So OKFN are launching a new global campaign, Stop Secret Contracts. Secret contracting leads to fraud, corruption, and unaccountability. It means the loss of millions of dollars of public money every year. When governments are open, then these governments can be more transparent, accountable. One […]

OKFnBD Celebrate Education Freedom Day 2014

On the third Saturday of January, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and the Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN) jointly organized program. Education Freedom Day 2014 celebrated in Bangladesh as well as in different countries of the world. Digital Freedom Foundation declares the third Saturday of the January as EFD. On the third Saturday of January, […]

মুক্ত জ্ঞানের আসর থেকে

জ্ঞান হবে মুক্ত, তথ্য হবে সবার জন্য, থাকবে সবার হাতের নাগালে। আয়োজনের মূল বিষয় এমনই। জেনেভায় পৌঁছেই এসব বিষয়ে বাংলাদেশের প্রেক্ষাপট থেকে কী বলা যায়, তা ভাবনায় ছিল। জেনেভার সেন্টার ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ডি কনফারেন্সে (সিআইসিজি) লাল-সবুজ টি-শার্ট পরে গেলাম। ফলও পাওয়া গেল হাতেনাতে। মুক্ত জ্ঞান (ওপেন নলেজ) নিয়ে সম্মেলনের আয়োজক ওপেন নলেজ ফাউন্ডেশন নেটওয়ার্কের (ওকেএফএন) সহ-প্রতিষ্ঠাতা […]

Successfully held GNU 30 year Celebration Program

Successfully held GNU 30th anniversary with GNU-a-Day in Dhaka. Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFnBD) & Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) jointly arrange this program. Last Sunday this program held BdOSN office. In this program held an open discussion session and show movies on free software. Also discuss about Open Source Software, Open Knowledge, Open data […]