Buckingham Palace to open its gates to the public starting this weekend

Didn't score an invite to the royal nuptials in May? If you're London-bound this summer, you can get a taste of the royal high life with a tour of Buckingham Palace, which opens to the public this weekend.
21 July 2018, 05:09 AM

Samsung brings mobile accessories

Samsung has entered Bangladesh's mobile phone accessories market by launching its original ancillary products in order to cater the growing number of digital device users.
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM

GP profit rises 36pc in Apr-Jun

Grameenphone's net profit rose 36.3 percent year-on-year to Tk 1,080.44 crore in the April-June period, the highest in a single quarter in the operator's history, helped by an unused portion of tax provisioning as well as growth in voice and data revenue.
16 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

Export stars to be awarded today

The government will honour 63 companies today with export trophies for their extraordinary performance in fiscal 2014-15.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Telcos to explain why they failed to circulate PM's Eid greetings

The BTRC has issued two notices within a span of seven days asking Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink to explain why an Eid-ul-Fitr greeting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had not been sent out to subscribers.
12 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Caustic soda export to India comes to a halt

The export of caustic soda to India has remained suspended for the last three months after New Delhi ruled the chemical will not be allowed to enter the country without the certification from its standards authority.
12 July 2018, 18:00 PM

World's biggest mobile factory opens in Noida

The world's biggest mobile factory was launched yesterday in Noida, a satellite township of New Delhi, jointly by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting South Korean President Moon Jae.
9 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Golden days beckon for jute

Jute and jute goods put in a solid shift in the overseas market in fiscal 2017-18, crossing the $1 billion mark in receipts after five years, much to the cheer of the government as it endeavours to lower dependency on garment.
9 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

Commercial service from September

Bangabandhu-1 satellite's first commercial service is scheduled to begin in September when it will be connecting vessels navigating in the Bay of Bengal and around the country to each other and to inland ports.
8 July 2018, 18:00 PM

BASIS launches second edition of ICT award

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) yesterday launched a second national ICT award for 2018 to recognise outstanding achievements of individuals and entrepreneurs.
7 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

GP opposes uniform call rate plan

Grameenphone yesterday opposed the government's latest plan to introduce uniform call rate for mobile phones.
28 June 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 plans Tk 10,000cr fund for jute sector

The jute ministry is working on a policy to form a Tk 10,000 crore fund to provide low-cost loans for the development of the nearly $1 billion export earning jute sector.
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Pay more for apparel, Tofail tells retailers

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday urged the international clothing retailers and brands to increase the prices of Bangladeshi garment items as the local manufacturers improved compliance spending billions of dollars.
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

VAT waiver widens for ship importers

The revenue administrator has raised the age limit for VAT-free import of ships by seven years to 22 years in an effort to accelerate growth of oceangoing ships industry.
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Uniform call rate on cards

The government plans to introduce a uniform call rate for mobile phones to establish a level playing field for the country's telecom operators.
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM