The mobile operators were given a boost ahead of their planned 4G rollout after the government decided to slash the licence fee and other charges along with loosening other terms and conditions.

Mohammed Shawkat Jamil has recently been promoted as the additional managing director of United Commercial Bank, the bank yesterday said in a statement.

Md Nurun Newaz Salim has recently been elected as the chairman of NCC Bank Ltd, the bank yesterday said in a statement.

HSBC Holdings PLC on Monday said profit grew 5 percent in the six months through June and announced its third share buyback in a

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Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed gives instruction to the deputy commissioners (DCs) to work sincerely for keeping prices of daily essentials within the purchasing capability of consumers across the country.

Mobile transactions reached Tk 30,008 crore for the first time in June, according to Bangladesh Bank.

The Supreme Court yesterday instructed the telecom regulator to return Citycell's spectrum in yet another twist to the operator's scrap for survival.

Bangladesh’s first mobile phone operator Citycell secures permission from the Supreme Court to get back its frequency, an order that has to be implemented by 24 hours.

The telecom regulator yesterday invited applications for the much-awaited auction for mobile number portability

Bank Asia has recently teamed up with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide the village population with easier access to social safety net payments.

Bangladesh's banks remain vulnerable to cyber threats as hackers continue to target financial institutions exploiting modern technology, analysts said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who also heads the posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry,

Robi has received the final approval from the telecom regulator on its merger with Airtel – a development that has made the new entity the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's banking sector has been seeing a surge in home loans for the last two years due to single digit interest rate and an increase in per capita income.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked all banks dealing in foreign currencies to set up at least one dedicated help desk in their Dhaka and Chittagong head offices with competent officials to help potential foreigners in making productive investment.

Banks can do nothing to reduce the cost of bringing remittance to Bangladesh as they do not charge anything at all for channelling the hard-earned money sent by the migrant workers.

Mobile phone operators added 1.74 crore new connections in the nine months to May this year.

Private mobile operators are seeing no way of getting back within the first three years a “substantial” return of the over Tk 22,600 crore they will need to invest to roll out 4G services in Bangladesh.

Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany are among the best placed wealthy countries to cope with shocks like large-scale migration due to their strong safety nets, education programmes and economic opportunities, says a global report by KPMG.