data

Barrister Tasnuva Shelley. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

'Our data is valuable, and it is we who should have the power to take charge of it'

The Business Standard sits down with Barrister Tasnuva Shelley, the main organiser of Data Privacy Week 2024 to learn more about the initiative, the state of data privacy in Bangladesh and more

Dr Riad Shams. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Making big data useful to everyday users

Open-source intelligence, such as this satellite image of Yelnya, Russia, from December 2021, helped the US government convince the public that its warnings about Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine were credible.Source: Planet Labs
Tech

There's so much data even spies are struggling to find secrets

Ahsan Senan. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The challenges with data confidentiality in developing countries

Construction workers take a nap in front of a wall of a construction site during their lunch break in Beijing, China on 5 May 2015. File Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
China

China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings

Sound the alarm bell: Inside the leak of 50 million Bangladeshis' personal data
Panorama

Sound the alarm bell: Inside the leak of 50 million Bangladeshis' personal data

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
Tech

Dutch court finds Facebook misused data in class action suit

Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

China lays out vision for how data will power economic growth

Md Kafi Khan. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The emergent need for data utilisation in financial services

Data anarchy turns data terrorism: CPD
Bangladesh

Data anarchy turns data terrorism: CPD

Lack of data key challenge to ensuring budget transparency, accountability
Economy

Lack of data key challenge to ensuring budget transparency, accountability

Buildings under construction are seen in a general view from Tokyo Tower of the city of Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2021. Picture taken August 6, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Japan admits overstating some government economic data for years

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, DC, US November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Coronavirus chronicle

Biden told it will take two weeks to have definitive data on Omicron variant