A new report from the PANOS Institute of West Africa finds out the status of community radio stations in seven West African countries about their use of ICT for reporting, production, transmission and interaction with their listeners.

As the Governments of the developed and developing countries focus on bailing out their banks, insurance and financial companies to prevent them from going bankrupt which might cause their entire economy to collapse

A group of French and Italian researchers have shown that pollution from China, India, Nepal and Pakistan can reach altitudes of over 5,000 metres in the Himalayas, contributing to the warming of the atmosphere and potentially affecting the South-East Asian monsoon cycle.

As per a report released by the United Nations named "United Nations Survey 2008; from e-Governance to Connected Governance", in e-Governance

Sokoto State Ministry of Education, Nigeria, is set to partner with the state's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to implement the 'One Laptop per Nigerian Child' (OLPC) programme, to improve education delivery in the state.

Scientists have created what they claim is the world's first artificial heart that beats. A European team, led by French cardiac surgeon Alain Carpentier, has unveiled the fully implantable heart that can respond instantly

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing additional funds to improve the basic services and infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns of Bangladesh.

According to 2007 figures from International Telecommunications Union (ITU), there are around 450,000 Internet users in Bangladesh. In 2006 Bangladesh got connected to SEA-ME-WE4 Internet submarine cable which has the data transfer capacity of 14.78 gigabytes per second (Gbps).

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