Bangladesh trails behind 14 low, middle income countries in internet usage gender gap
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
When it comes to accessing digital services, Bangladeshi women are lagging way behind men with just 16 per cent having access to the internet compared with 33 per cent of the opposite gender, according to a GSMA report published recently.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fair Group announces car assembly tie-up with Hyundai
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fair Technology yesterday announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with South Korean automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motors to set up a car assembly plant in Bangladesh within the second half of next year.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
To tighten purse strings, software maker moves office to rural backwater
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Most companies have been put in harm’s way because of the ongoing pandemic, but a local software and mobile application developer stands to benefit from the new normal.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Digital Bangladesh held back by service delivery bottlenecks: Robi CEO
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
There is a very big gap between the reality and vision declared by the government on digitalisation as a huge number of bottlenecks lie behind service delivery processes, said a top executive of a Bangladeshi mobile carrier yesterday.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh lags behind Asia Pacific peers in telecom services: GSMA
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
In the digital age, Bangladesh’s mobile telecom market is still dominated by the second generation (2G) services while scenarios in other Asia Pacific countries are quite different and are predominated by 4G services, according to a GSMA report published on Monday.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
A whopping 46 lakh mobile connections vanished amid pandemic
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Mobile phone operators are struggling to retain their active subscribers despite offering lucrative packages, including free minutes, SMS and extra data, as the coronavirus-induced economic downturn has affected all sectors and curtailed people’s income.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
First SMP restrictions come into effect after nine years
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Today will be the first time a restriction will come into effect on Grameenphone since the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) started working on Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines nine years back to enhance competition and bring balance to the market.
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan, the land of rising promise for Bangladesh’s ICT sector
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan -- ever at the forefront of science and technology thanks to its culture of intensive mathematics education and reverence for engineers.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
DataSoft assembling smart gadgets
After two decades as a software developer DataSoft Systems has started large-scale assembly of a wide range of gadgets, a giant stride forward for the pioneering firm as it looks to emerge as Bangladesh's first complete tech brand.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Giant stride by local tech firm
An Internet of Things (IoT) device developed by the local firm DataSoft will now solve the water supply crisis faced by Mecca, Saudi
28 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Foreign donations rise riding on Rohingyas
Inflow of foreign donations witnessed a 15.66 percent year-on-year rise to $827.02 million in 2017-18, the highest for Bangladesh in a year.
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Too many offers baffle mobile users
The telecom regulator has stepped in to protect customers by way of stopping mobile phone operators from confusing subscribers with hundreds of voice and data offers.
15 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Bicycle-rental startup JoBike plans big
Bicycle-rental service JoBike, which would allow riders to rent a bike from one's smartphone, is set to roll out operations within the next three months at public universities with a view to providing economical and environment-friendly mode of transport for students.
10 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Mobile VAS providers should have licences
A good number of foreign mobile value-added services companies that repatriate a significant amount of funds from Bangladesh will face regulatory bar as the telecom regulator is set to introduce licensing for the business.
9 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Qubee shrinks business amid competition
Qubee is handing over 20,000 individual subscribers to its main competitor under a revenue sharing model as the wireless broadband service provider is seeking to reshape its business to survive the onslaught of high-speed mobile internet.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
5G trial run on July 25
The government now plans to go for a trial run of 5G mobile technology, which has caused the mobile users to raise an eyebrow, as its predecessor -- 4G -- is yet to cover major parts of the country.
5 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Operators yet to cut VAT on internet use
No internet service provider, including the mobile operators, has lowered the value-added tax at the end user level even though the
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Biman to offer inflight internet, call from Sept
Making phone calls or browsing internet has so far been a dream for Bangladeshi passengers while on a flight, but the wait would soon be over as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to introduce the service in September.
27 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt will now go for direct procurement
The government has backtracked on its stance of going for a limited tendering for its billion dollar digital connectivity project to be bankrolled by Exim Bank of China.
14 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Software makers in a tight corner
Local software developers have expressed concerns about the budget proposal that cut duty on imported software, saying the measure will help foreign products flood the Bangladesh market at the expense of domestic ones.
14 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Cellphone assemblers stumped by policy shift
A big policy shift in mobile handset assembling within a year has created an ominous air of uncertainty among companies that have already invested hundreds of crore taka in setting up assembling plants in the country recently.
8 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Digital marketing to come under tax net
The government plans following in Europe's footsteps to tap digital marketing's popularity, with Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday proposing introducing provisions on taxing earnings of networking tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Youtube.
7 June 2018, 18:00 PM
DIGITAL SERVICES: When popular, made pricier
Customer will have to pay more for products and service bought from one's mobile phone as the government yesterday introduced a 5 percent value-added tax on those from next fiscal year and also raised the surcharge on handset imports.
7 June 2018, 18:00 PM
VAT on internet use may go down
Internet users are likely to get a boost tomorrow as possibilities are there for the finance minister to slash the value-added tax on
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM
E-commerce sites basking in Eid, World Cup orders
E-commerce players are witnessing a surge in orders on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and the FIFA World Cup, both of which are less than two weeks away.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
E-governance still a far cry
The government had promised to digitalise all of its services to ensure e-governance by 2014 and Finance Minister AMA Muhith also reiterated it on several occasions in the past in his budget speeches.
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Smartphone sales drop 8pc
Smartphone sales fell 8 percent year-on-year to 17.22 lakh units in the first quarter this year thanks to a drastic fall in import of low-
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM
World Cup fever expected to rock 5 lakh TV sales
Television sellers are expecting about 500,000 more unit sales on the occasion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and Eid-ul Fitr, amounting to almost half of the country's total annual consumption this year. Top TV brands said roughly seven to eight hundred thousand television units are sold in the market annually, with a 30 percent growth this year because of the upcoming football mega show.
30 May 2018, 18:00 PM