pipilika.com BD`s first search engine sets out

DHAKA: Pipilika, country’s first search engine which is capable of searching in both Bengali and English, was developed recently as a gift to the nation before Pahela Baishakh.

The search engine www.pipilika.com will be launched formally on April 13.

A team of 11 young and energetic students of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have developed Pipilika.

They are Mishu, Talha, Talha Ibne Imam, Towhid Sazzad, Asif, Baker, Apu, Farhad Ashish and Maksud.

Professor Dr Muhammad Jafar Iqbal was the project director and Ruhul Amin Sajib was main researcher and team leader while IT Department of Grameenphone assisted the project.

Ruhul Amin Sajib said, “We have uploaded the beta version and we are always developing the features and functions. Anyone can send us advice.”

The developers told banglanews that people may face problem as it is beta version and but readers can find their searched topics easily.