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Recent Events

Joomla Workshop at NSTU
A workshop on open source Content management System -Joomla will he held in NSTU Campus on 30th August. The day long event will cover both elementary and few advance topics about Joomla. NSTU OSN is organizing the workshop with the assistance from BdOSN.

Noakhali, Bangladesh, August 30, 2008

First BdOSN Code Sprint concluded with much appreciation and success
Four teams of students, led by professional software engineers from the industry, developed four Open Source Software in First BdOSN CodeSprint 2008 held in Sylhet from 15th to 17th August. The concluding ceremony was held on 17th August with the demonstration of the projects. The concluding ceremony was attended by the students, teachers as well as the participabts. Ms. Anika Mahmud, Lecturer of the department of CSE attended the same as the guest of honor. BdOSN arranged this event for the first time in Bangladesh with the support of SUST Open Source Network and CSE Society.

The SPIDER team, led by Tamim Shahriar Subeen, developed a tool which will allow the user to know the stock price on real time from cell phone. The team used Python as their programming language. Zakaria Chowdhury, along with his team - HOTCAKE, developed a rapid website development tool using PHP. Team GITTU, led by Mizanur Rahman Bipul, developed a social networking tool in Bangla and Omar Shehab, leading his team SHIAL MAMA, developed a Mozilla FireFox toolbar extension which will allow the user to type in Bangla in web page forms even if there is no Bangla support in the system.

Sylhet, August 17, 2008 READMORE

First CodeSprint in Bangladesh begin
Students of Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , Sylhet and few professionals start the first Code Sprint organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network. Professionals from Tiger It Ltd, Nilavo Software, Webcraft Bd Ltd, Arena Mobile and D.Net Bangladesh are also participating in the sprint. Supported by the CSE Society and OSN of SUST, the 3 days event begins with much enthusiasm. The programmer attending the Sprint will focus on 4 projects- A visual tool for quick website development, mobile tool for stock price searching, Development of a Bangla social networking site and a simple Bangla Input plug-in for Firefox.

The Sprint was inaugurated by Khandaker Tavir , Lecturer of CSE Department SUST and also addressed by the General Secretary of BdOSN.

SUST, Sylhet, August 15, 2008 READMORE

UGC Chairman appreciated the members of NSTU OSN
Professor Dr Nazrul Islam Khan, the Chairman of the University Grant Commission appreciated the creative activities of the members of Open Source Network of the NSTU. In his recent visit to the university, he inaugurated the website of the CSTE Department of the University developed by NSTU OSN. On this occasion, a simple ceremony titled "Interactive Software as an Emerging Technology", was organized at the CSTE Department. Mr M.Mushfiq-E Mahabub presented the OS Philosophy and the necessity of using open source software in the country. He explained that the cost is not the only the reason, but to dominate in the field of technology, Bangladesh don't have any alternative other than using the open source software.

Noakhali, Bangladesh, August 09, 2008 READMORE

First BdOSN Code Sprint 2008
The first ever Code Sprint in Bangladesh will be held in Syslhet from 15-17th August 2008. In association with CSE Society,SUST and SUST OSN, Bangladesh Open Source Network organize the Sprint. 5 Open source project will be completed by a team of computer programmer in the sprint.
( Click here for the details)

Sylhet, August 27, 2008

Other Affairs

Talk on Zen Cart held

The monthly talk of BdOSN for the month of July 2008 held at FREPD auditorium on 26th July 2008. Mr Suhreed Sarker presented the keynote talk on the topic “e-commerce site development using Zen card”. ( Zen Cart) an open source shopping cert software is now gaining popularity among the e-commerce site developer. Mr Sarker explained that the popularity was because of its user friendly environment and new features. Some of the features included but not limited to multiple customer modes, unlimited category depth , multiple sales and discounts , XHTML template system , multiple shipping options , multiple payment options, provision for gift voucher etc. Besides the programme allowed to write and uses third party plug-ins in a comfortable manner. He showed the different aspect of the programme to the audience.

Dhaka, July 26, 2008 READMORE

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Monthly Talk July - Zen Cart

The Monthly talk of BdOSN for the month of july will be held on 26th July 2008, Friday at FREPD Auditorium, Dhaka. Mr Suhreed Sarker will talk about " eCommerce site Using Zen Cart". Zen Cart is a open source web development tool. Zen cart is now widely used for developing e-Commerce site. The talk is open for all.

Dhaka, July 26, 2008 READMORE

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BdOSN signed MoU with Bangladesh TeleCentre Network

BdOSN and Bangladesh TeleCentre Network (BTN ) will work together to promote open source philosophy in grass root level. The volunteers of BdOSN will provide assistance to the members of BTN who wanted to run their centre with open source software. They will extend their cooperation to the grass root youth for developing skill for open content creation and distribution. BTN, through their network, promote users regarding software piracy and will create awareness among its members so that they can choose between different options of software. In this regard, BdOSN and BTN signed a MoU on 12th July 2008.

Dhaka, July 12, 2008 READMORE

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Anti Tobacco Campaign at BRAC University held

Every year 57,000 Bangladeshi had died and another 3,52,000 had become crippled because of Tobacco. Worldwide tobacco industries targeted the youth for expanding their market. The statistics shows that more of the youth who are habituated with tobacco stick to it than other age groups. So, it is very important to keep the youth free from tobacco. This call once again was uttered in the anti-tobacco campaign organized by BdOSN and BUSEF on 7th July 2008. Dr Zainab Ali, Director, Student Affairs of BRAC univerisity (BRACU) presided over the programme while Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor, BRACU and Dr Mostafa Zaman, NPO, NCD, WHO and Mr Munir Hasan of BdOSN attended the meeting as guest of honour.

Dhaka, July 07, 2008 READMORE

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Talk on Intelectual Property Right : Bangladesh Perspective

A talk on the topic of Intelectual Property Right : Bangladesh Perspective will be held on 12th July 2008 at FREPD Auditorium, Dhaka at 5 pm. Mr Rashid Naim, Core Member of BdOSN will deliver the key note paper. Among others the Dr M Zafar Iqbal, Dr A R Khan, Mr F R Khan will take part in the discussion. The event is open for all.

Dhaka, July 12, 2008

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July Issue of Mukto Barta Published

The thitd issue of BdOSN's monthly bulletin just published. Check the publication section of this website.

Dhaka, July 07, 2008

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BdOSN Monthly Talk - Searching life in outer space:The Open approach

The form of life in outer space may be different, they may look like alien, may have a very big head compare to body or may have only head! Who knows? But if they are intelligent enough then they must know how to transmit and receive radio signal. This is the motto of the searching extraterrestrial intelligence in the SETI project. The open model of the SETI@Home project allowed people from different corner of the world to collaborate, to analyze the huge amount of data in a distributed computing environment. All the above were revealed in the monthly talk of BdOSN on 28th, June 2008. The talk was held in FREPD auditorium. Mr Omar Shehab and Ms Sabila Enun, both the core members of BdOSN delivered their talks on the open model of collaboration and computing.

Dhaka, June 28, 2008 READMORE

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Monthly Talk -June

The monthly talk of the month of BdOSN will be held on 28th June, 2008, Saturday at 5 pm. The talk will be held at FREPD auditorium (Near Polassy Crossing) and open for all. The topic of the talks are Serach for extra terrestial intelligence and open source and the experience sharing of the India, Nepal and Indonesia's FOSS activities.

Dhaka, June 28, 2008

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A new Ubuntu-lab marked the Ubuntu Release Party in NSTU

As a part of its nationwide celebration of the new release of Ubuntu Linux, a party was held at the department of CSTE at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU). NSTU Open Source Network organized the party on 22nd, June 2008. Dr Humayun Kabir, Head of CSTE, NSTU attended the party as the Chief Guest and unpacked the cover of an Ubuntu CD. In his speech, he gave emphasis on the uses of Open Source Software (OSS) by students.

Noakhali, June 22, 2008 READMORE

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Members Gathering

The members gathering of BdOSN will be held on 24th June at Star Hotel, Dhanmondi, Road 2 at 5.30pm onward. All members are requested to report in time.

Dhaka, June 24, 2008