Govt to focus on ICT as foundation for future growth
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From economic growth to artificial intelligence adoption, the new government views telecom and ICT as the foundation for Bangladesh’s development over the next three decades, according to Prime Minister’s Adviser Rehan Asad.
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Telcos seek priority fuel supply amid concerns
10 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Mobile operators have urged the government to ensure priority fuel supply and stable electricity for telecom infrastructure, warning that any possible shortages could disrupt nationwide connectivity.
10 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Govt keeps NTMC for another year
1 March 2026, 02:49 AM
The home ministry has decided to allow the National Telecommunications Monitoring Centre (NTMC) to continue operating for another year, even though the previous interim administration had moved to abolish the much-criticised surveillance agency.
1 March 2026, 02:49 AM
Mobile subscribers see slight dip in 2025
27 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh’s telecom sector recorded a slight fall in total mobile phone subscribers in December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, due mainly to a drop in active connections after new limits on SIM ownership per individual.
27 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Legal fights heat up in telecom sector
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Corporate rivalry in Bangladesh’s telecom sector is nothing new. Operators have long competed fiercely on price, network quality, and subscriber acquisition. But 2025 saw that rivalry erupt not through marketing campaigns, but through formal complaints, regulatory challenges, and court petitions.
19 February 2026, 00:00 AM
IT exports up 14% in Jul-Nov on AI-driven demand
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh’s information technology (IT) exports grew 13.54 percent in the first five months of fiscal year 2025-26, buoyed by accelerating global artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and the widening digitalisation of services, according to government data.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
700 MHz BAND / Teletalk to get spectrum despite Tk 5,500cr dues
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The government has directed the telecom regulator to allocate a majority share of the remaining 700 MHz spectrum to state-owned operator Teletalk Bangladesh, despite the company having more than Tk 5,500 crore in unpaid spectrum fees and other liabilities.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
BTRC to seek govt nod for Starlink’s bandwidth export
15 February 2026, 00:47 AM
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the country’s internet regulator, is taking a cautious approach to Starlink Services Bangladesh Ltd’s proposal to export unfiltered internet bandwidth to neighbouring countries via local cable providers, and will seek the government’s opinion before approval.
15 February 2026, 00:47 AM
Burgeoning local demand to spur call centre business
The country’s call centre industry is set to undergo fast growth as the government alongside private entities such as banks has started to provide many services through helplines.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Facebook outage hits entrepreneurs hard
Monday night’s six-hour Facebook outage hit thousands of F-commerce entrepreneurs in the country as they neither could promote their products nor make deals during that period.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Officials to be trained to speed up project implementation
The finance ministry is initiating a training programme on procurement and financial management procedures for officials of the Health Service Division (HSD) in a bid to improve their efficiency.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Big promise, bigger deception
It calls its hefty discount offers tornado, typhoon, kalbaishakhi (Nor’wester), conflagration and Tufan (hurricane) and sells mobile phones, flats, cars and whatnot.
27 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Remedy exists in law to recoup customers’ money
There are ways for online shoppers to get back their money stuck with some e-commerce platforms under the existing laws. But they will have to abandon the hope of retrieving all of their funds, said a legal expert.
25 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Another e-commerce scam unfolding
Qcoom has suspended its physical operations after hundreds of customers thronged its office in Dhaka, demanding products or refunds amid the e-commerce platform’s failure to make deliveries within the promised dates despite receiving payments in advance.
23 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Chorus of complaints against rogue e-commerce firms
Lured by hefty discounts at e-commerce platform Eorange, Md Sahedul Islam, a private firm employee with a Tk 15,000 monthly income, borrowed Tk 13 lakh from family members, relatives and colleagues to make advance payments for five motorcycles in May and another three in June.
20 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Laws inadequate to protect rights of e-commerce customers
Existing laws need to be amended while new ones formulated to establish a robust system of clear, enforceable rules creating obligations on e-commerce platforms to adhere to a set of uniform rules on payment and delivery.
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM
State enterprises’ profit drops 21pc
The profits of state-owned enterprises plummeted in the last fiscal year as their incomes took a beating from the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Contactless cards gaining traction amid Covid, digital push
Banks and non-banks are increasingly introducing contactless credit cards in Bangladesh as the tap-and-pay technology allows users to make payments digitally and avoid close contact with the staff of stores during in-person purchases.
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Suffering lingers for duped e-commerce customers
Md Nabid Rahman, employed at a private company in Dhaka, made a payment of Tk 12.5 lakh to e-commerce platform Dhamaka in March for two motorcycles and other products which were on offer at hefty discounts.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Customers suffer as Nagad blocks accounts alleging suspicious transactions
A number of customers of Nagad have alleged that they were facing troubles in carrying out transactions on their accounts as the mobile financial service provider has suspended them on suspicion of unusual transactions with e-commerce platforms.
7 September 2021, 18:00 PM
ShopUp raises $75m in investment
The country’s largest business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform, ShopUp, yesterday said it raised $75 million or nearly Tk 640 crore in its latest round of fund-raising as it looks to ramp up its operation by bringing small neighbourhood groceries and small retail shops online.
7 September 2021, 03:14 AM
Consumer complaints rising
Rights violations have compounded sufferings of consumers in Bangladesh, with the number of complaints rising a staggering 61 per cent in the span of a year.
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Tourism coming out of woods
Business of hotels and resorts in tourist destinations is rebounding slowly as the Delta Covid-19 variant and dengue have turned customers very cautious over whether they would go on holidays.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Autogas use on the way up
The number of refuelling stations for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or autogas and its consumption are growing fast with the big LPG players ramping up their operations as the government looks to cut dependency on other fossil fuels.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Hi-tech relief from perennial pain
Getting her period at work has always made garment worker Roksana Aktar uncomfortable.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Women more into mobile internet
Women in Bangladesh have increased and diversified their use of mobile internet services ever since the Covid-19 outbreak began as social distancing restrictions in particular have led to a rise in video calls, social media use and viewing of online videos, according to a survey.
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Evaly’s liabilities Tk 543cr, higher than BB finding
Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly, which faces inquiries by the government, said its liabilities to customers and merchants stood at Tk 543 crore as of mid-July, which is 35 per cent higher than the amount found by an initial probe of Bangladesh Bank.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM
City Group to build Tk 5,000cr hi-tech park
City Group, one of the country’s leading consumer goods processor and manufacturer, is to going to build a hi-tech park investing Tk 5,000 crore to manufacture technology products such as microprocessors, chips, circuits, mobile phones and laptops.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM