Akij Resource takes over 30% stake in Dominage Steel
5 October 2026
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Business
Poor planning, delays inflate project costs
4 October 2026
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Business
Not donors, govt to raise funds through bonds: finance minister
4 October 2026
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Business
Bangladesh targets tourism growth through better connectivity, infrastructure
3 October 2026
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Tourism
16 individuals, organisations, initiatives honoured with tourism awards
3 October 2026
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Business
LEASE OF NCT / Chattogram Bandar Rokkha Committee to stage sit-in on Oct 5
3 October 2026
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Business
Grameen Telecom concern launches gpay
1 October 2026
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Business
mCapital unveils $1 billion Bangladesh fund plan
1 October 2026
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Business
BB expands export refinance scheme to Tk 7,000 crore
1 October 2026
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Business
Bangladesh’s exports rise 8.54% in September
1 October 2026
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Business
BTRC gets new chairman
Iqbal Mahmud, a former telecom secretary, was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission
25 August 2015
IGWs hike call termination rate without approval
A forum of gateway operators yesterday increased the international incoming call termination rate by 33.33 percent to 2 cents per
24 August 2015
Garment exports to Japan up 14pc
Garment exports to Japan rose 14.02 percent to $652.55 million in fiscal 2014-15 partly due to relaxed rules of origin for Bangladeshi knitwear.
20 August 2015
Robi profits slump
Robi's net profits declined 17.41 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year on the back of a rise in capital expenditure.
20 August 2015
Mobile operators divided over inter-connection charges
Mobile phone operators stand divided over inter-connection charges, with two of them seeking absolute removal of the fees, and three others opposing it.
17 August 2015
GP launches new internet campaign
Mobile operator Grameenphone yesterday launched a new campaign -- Easy Net -- to raise awareness on the use of internet.
16 August 2015
Garment exports suffer biggest fall in nine months
Garment exports declined 11.96 percent year-on-year to $2.21 billion in July, as political crisis during January-March affected orders.
16 August 2015
Leather sector's exports cross $1b for second year
Exports of leather and leather goods crossed $1 billion for the second year in fiscal 2014-15, according to data from the Export
15 August 2015
BTRC to slash mobile call charges
The telecom regulator is set to reduce the inter-operator charges in a bid to lower the call rate for users.
15 August 2015
BTRC to monitor mobile internet speed in rural areas
The telecom regulator is set to start a field-level monitoring drive Saturday in three districts to gauge the quality of data service
13 August 2015
Exports fall 12pc in July
Exports fell 12 percent year-on-year to $2.62 billion in July, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau.
13 August 2015
Tarana raids shops for unregistered SIMs
State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday confiscated at least 15 SIM cards of four mobile operators in an impromptu raid on
13 August 2015
US congresswoman supports Dhaka’s trade preferences
US congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney supports Bangladesh's persistent call for restoration of trade benefits for exports to the US market.
11 August 2015
Mobile phone operators seek fair tax regime
Mobile operators yesterday demanded a fair tax regime and a level-playing field, saying they pay higher corporate tax than other sectors do.
9 August 2015
Bandwidth export to India begins next month
Bangladesh will begin exporting bandwidth -- 10 gigabits per second -- to India's northeastern state of Tripura within the first week of September, officials said.
9 August 2015
Bharti Airtel expands 4G footprint ahead of rival launch
India's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Thursday it launched fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology in 296 towns,
6 August 2015
Taiwan's HTC posts biggest ever quarterly loss
Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC suffered its biggest ever quarterly loss in the three months to June, as sales of its high-
6 August 2015
India likely to bring in rules to make mills export sugar stocks
India is likely to bring in rules to make it compulsory for sugar mills to export millions of tonnes of surplus supplies to support local
5 August 2015
BTCL gets new managing director
Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has recently been appointed as the managing director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL), the company said in a statement yesterday.
4 August 2015
Telecom networks sign up more users
The telecom sector saw good growth in the first half of the current year as both SIM and internet connection numbers grew remarkably.
4 August 2015