Muhammad Zahidul Islam

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to lower the call charge for public service short codes by 77.5 percent to Tk 0.45 from Tk 2 a minute.

The government has proposed forming a committee comprising neutral and subject-related experts to evaluate the audit findings of Grameenphone and Robi that have led to fiercely contested claims of Tk 13,446 crore.

The government is planning to introduce robotics at the secondary level in schools on a pilot basis from next year in an effort to equip young learners for the technology-driven world.

Facebook will appoint a local representative within the next four to six weeks to ensure payment of value-added tax from their advertisement earnings from Bangladesh market, much to the relief of the revenue authority.

The government has failed to bring Facebook, Google, YouTube and other digital platforms under its tax network three months after

The government is now equipped to monitor, block or filter online contents, including those on social media.

The commercial potential of Bangabandhu Satellite–1 is finally coming into being more than a year after its launch as all 34 local television channels are set to start commercial transmission through it from October 2.

Data revenue for the top three mobile phone operators surged 23 percent to Tk 2,862 crore in the first half of the year on the back of fast-expanding 4G coverage.

Mobile carriers Robi and Grameenphone have filed two cases with a Dhaka court, seeking permanent injunctions against the telecom regulator’s audit claims of Tk 13,447 crore.

Forty-two percent capacity of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 has been leased out since its launch in May last year as its demand is rising rapidly in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is homing in on a 2022 roll-out of the fifth generation (5G) cellular network technology, with the telecom regulator now

Digital media undoubtedly has a clear edge over traditional media in wooing customers at lower costs.

A joint venture of Trust Bank and Malaysia’s Axiata Group is set to roll out a new kind of mobile financial service in Bangladesh after it received a no-objection certificate from the central bank yesterday.

Bangladesh’s steady higher economic growth is sending strong messages to foreign investors that the country is a place to invest in and do business in various areas, including the service sector, said an angel investor of local technology company Shohoz.

Mistakenly changing taka values to dollars, the telecom regulator gave the High Court incorrect information about digital advertisement spending on different social media by three mobile operators, The Daily Star has found.

Only 6 percent of smartphone users in Bangladesh are regularly making purchases from online shops, trailing far behind those in neighbouring India and Pakistan, found a study of research platform GSMA Intelligence.

Summit Communication plans to raise Tk 100 crore from the local market by issuing a Shariah-based non-convertible Mudaraba bond to expand its fibre optic cable network up to the remotest part of the country.

Foreign donations through the NGO Affairs Bureau soared 19.85 percent year-on-year to Tk 7,929.43 crore in fiscal 2018-19 on the back of rising humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas.

Carnival Internet, a local internet service provider, has brought internet access to remote parts of the country, where people are hungry for internet but have next to no access, by way of WiFi Haat -- an inspired move that will help thousands of locals.

After successive drives in different hospitals, diagnostics and dispensaries by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), during which they had fined some top hospitals for charging higher than the government declared rate for dengue tests, the officials were not seen in the field in last three days.