Govt meets mobile operators' demands

In a surprise move the government yesterday decided to amend the guidelines on 4G service by incorporating the mobile operators'
19 October 2017

GP heading towards a record year

Grameenphone, the country's leading mobile operator, is on course to logging in its highest ever profit in its 20-year history on the
19 October 2017

Bangladesh spends Tk 500cr on printing currency

Bangladesh has to spend around Tk 500 crore to print new currency notes and coins a year, a figure that may puzzle many people including policymakers.
18 October 2017

UCB steering Bangladesh to a cashless economy

The future is digital, it is often touted. And that is where United Commercial Bank is firmly heading with its revolutionary mobile application Upay, which was rolled out in Bangladesh on Tuesday.
18 October 2017

Make 4G guidelines more investment friendly

The government should revisit its recently-approved 4G guidelines to make them more investment-friendly and help operators roll out the fourth-generation technology, said the president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh.
18 October 2017

Smoking to be stubbed out on Thai beaches

Smokers who flout a smoking ban on 20 of Thailand's most famous tourist beaches will face a $3,000 fine or up to a year in prison, Thai authorities have said.
18 October 2017

BTCL's wholesale upgrade gets green light

A long pending project of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd to upgrade and modernise its countrywide network finally
17 October 2017

BTRC gets 2 new commissioners

The government has appointed two new commissioners on a three-year term for separate divisions of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
16 October 2017

Global accolade for HSBC Bangladesh

HSBC has been voted “Best Domestic Cash Manager” for corporates in Bangladesh in the Euromoney Cash Management Survey 2017, the
15 October 2017

Islami Bank lending aggressively

Islami Bank's new management has taken on a spirited approach to lending, with its loan-deposit ratio sitting dangerously close to the
15 October 2017

BB rejects First Security's fund transfer appeal

First Security Islami Bank's plan to purchase floor space in Italy for its exchange house has collapsed after the central bank turned
14 October 2017

Federer, Nadal feast in 'China's most exclusive restaurant'

They call it "the most exclusive restaurant in China". There are absolutely no reservations and Roger Federer is apparently a big fan.
14 October 2017

New additional managing director for UCB

Arif Quadri has recently been promoted as additional managing director of United Commercial Bank.
10 October 2017

BB instructs banks not to reject foreign cheques or drafts

Bangladesh Bank has asked banks not to send back clients who present foreign cheques and bankers' draft with the view to arranging
9 October 2017

Maintenance work to disrupt internet mid-Oct

Internet users are likely to face disruption in services in mid-October due to maintenance work of a primary submarine cable across the Bay of Bengal.
9 October 2017

PayPal to launch services Oct 19

International online payment gateway PayPal is finally gearing up to launch its services in Bangladesh.
9 October 2017

A serial defaulter in BB

At a time when the Bangladesh Bank is struggling to tackle the rising bad loans in the banking sector, it found out that one of its
8 October 2017

Aamra to start local assembly of handsets in Dec

Local ICT service provider Aamra Holdings plans to start test production of smartphones in its assembly plant in the capital's Mirpur in
8 October 2017

Five stunning views in Mauritius

There's more to Mauritius than honeymooners and newlyweds. The Indian Ocean island's tourism office has launched a major campaign to promote Mauritius as a hotspot for nature lovers and family vacations. If you still need convincing, check out these five stunning natural landscapes with views to delight any visitor to the island.
8 October 2017

Banks lack disaster recovery plan: BIBM study

Some 78 percent of banks in Bangladesh do not have a disaster recovery plan in place, putting themselves at risk of those spawning from various calamities, according to a survey.
5 October 2017