Mobile phone operators gave back only a third of the minutes payable to users because of massive call drops in the year to September, highlighting their reluctance to compensate customers, according to the telecom regulator.

The current ailments in the banking sector -- such as soaring non-performing loan, liquidity crisis, loan scams and forgery -- are due to lack of strong leadership, said a top official of the central bank.

Robi has pulled in 16,916 customers to its network from three rivals in the first three weeks after the mobile number portability was rolled out, according to a report of the telecom regulator.

Bangladesh has come down one spot in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index thanks to a change in methodology to better reflect today's rapidly changing, increasingly digitised world economy.

Grameenphone begins selling its new phone number series starting with ‘013’.

China attracts the highest number of tourists in the region with a record number of inflow of 59.27 million people in the year 2016.

Mobile handset assembling is set to expand further in the country as a fifth company is set to officially announce its enrolment today with its own “5 Star Mobile” brand.

AB Bank Managing Director Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury yesterday handed in his resignation 17 months into his three-year term at the helm of the first generation private commercial bank.

The Ecnec yesterday approved 17 projects including one for land acquisition to elevate the Faridpur-Kuakata highway into a four lane one to establish smooth communication with the tourist spot.

Commercial banks have to submit scores of reports on compliance -- on average 263 a year -- to the central bank, which a new paper says do not reflect the reality but raise costs for the lenders.

The telecom regulator has finalised a directive that will soon allow those with no credit card to enjoy equal monthly instalment facility to purchase high-end smartphones from mobile operators.

Kazi Towhidul Alam has recently been appointed as the additional managing director of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL).

World Bank has projected a seven per cent growth rate for Bangladesh in the fiscal 2018-19. The report ‘Bangladesh Development Update: Powering the Economic Efficiency’ said Bangladesh’s economy is still one of the fastest growing economies in the developing world.

The much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service is launched for the first time in Bangladesh. With this Bangladesh becomes the 72nd country to make the service available.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks' directors not to take decisions in the board meetings on topics not included in the agenda of the day.

The top three mobile operators spent Tk 104 crore last fiscal year for reaching their target audience through digital platforms, with Facebook being the most popular medium.

When you think of starting a business in Bangladesh, you almost immediately think of exploring your options in the garments sector. You might even take the risk of venturing into the food business or any other 'tested and tried' sector that is bound to give an instant reward.

A test run of Bangladesh's first Tier 4 national data centre, comprising the most advanced technology in use around the world, will begin in the first week of October as part of the government's move to boost the country's data storage capacity.

In a bid to automate the value-added tax system, the revenue authority has ordered businesses clocking more than Tk 5 crore in annual turnover to use software in maintaining accounts and keeping tax-related records.

Japan's Nippon Steel has formed a joint venture company with Bangladesh's McDonald Steel Building Products Ltd to set up an import substitute plant in the Mirsarai Economic Zone in Chattogram.