Exports fall 12pc in July

Exports fell 12 percent year-on-year to $2.62 billion in July, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Tarana raids shops for unregistered SIMs

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim yesterday confiscated at least 15 SIM cards of four mobile operators in an impromptu raid on
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

US congresswoman supports Dhaka’s trade preferences

US congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney supports Bangladesh's persistent call for restoration of trade benefits for exports to the US market.
11 August 2015, 03:24 AM

Bandwidth export to India begins next month

Bangladesh will begin exporting bandwidth -- 10 gigabits per second -- to India's northeastern state of Tripura within the first week of September, officials said.
9 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Mobile phone operators seek fair tax regime

Mobile operators yesterday demanded a fair tax regime and a level-playing field, saying they pay higher corporate tax than other sectors do.
9 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bharti Airtel expands 4G footprint ahead of rival launch

India's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Thursday it launched fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology in 296 towns,
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Taiwan's HTC posts biggest ever quarterly loss

Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC suffered its biggest ever quarterly loss in the three months to June, as sales of its high-
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM

India likely to bring in rules to make mills export sugar stocks

India is likely to bring in rules to make it compulsory for sugar mills to export millions of tonnes of surplus supplies to support local
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM

BTCL gets new managing director

Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has recently been appointed as the managing director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL), the company said in a statement yesterday.
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Telecom networks sign up more users

The telecom sector saw good growth in the first half of the current year as both SIM and internet connection numbers grew remarkably.
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Export more to India to reduce trade gap: Saran

Bangladeshi businesses should export more to the Indian market of 1.2 billion people to narrow the huge bilateral trade gap between the countries, Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said yesterday.
3 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Ease rules to attract more foreign funds in telecom

The government should relax the rules to attract more foreign firms to invest in Bangladesh, said a report developed by Grameenphone and its major shareholder Telenor Group with the support of LIRNEasia.
2 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Tech neutrality to be included in telecom policy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday instructed the telecom division to include technology neutrality
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

BTRC revenue slips to four-year low

The telecom regulator's revenue slumped 59.26 percent year-on-year to Tk 4,109 crore last fiscal year -- a four-year low.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Exports from EPZs grow 10.69pc

Export earnings from the country's eight export processing zones grew 10.69 percent year-on-year to $6.11 billion in the last fiscal year.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Teletalk looks for funds to develop 4G network

Teletalk is looking for funds to develop the fourth generation mobile network, although the planning commission has suggested going for a public-private partnership.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Garment workers paid in full before Eid, BGMEA claims

Garment owners yesterday completed the payments of salaries and bonuses to workers ahead of Eid.
16 July 2015, 18:12 PM

Italian firm backs off from bandwidth import as govt dithers

Telecom Italia Sparkle, an Italian company, took back its offer to import internet bandwidth from Bangladesh as the government was
16 July 2015, 18:10 PM

GP's net profits fall as political unrest bites

Grameenphone's net profits fell slightly in the first half of 2015, hurt by political turmoil and intense price competition.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Two ISPs lose spectrum

The telecom regulator has cancelled spectrum of two internet service providers as they have not been in operations for a long time.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM