A home of our own is the dream and necessity of everyone. A home brings about social status and dignity. But above all else it provides shelter and protection from natural disasters like cyclone, flood, earthquake etc. It's a enclosure of comfort and durability which isn't always possible if not done right.

Given the haphazard growth of the current capital city, Dhaka, the question of sustainable development has become a pressing concern. With the advent of a new Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka Metropolitan, it is now the right time to explore the issues of

The most recent development that has further increased the value and usefulness of slag cements is the high costs and prospective shortages of energy. The slag does not need to be burned in a kiln. Pointing out that slag is the only cement component other than

Leading mobile operator Grameenphone yesterday launched its own cloud storage to create a backup of users' contacts, a first-of-its-kind service in Bangladesh.

The much-awaited Department of Telecom (DoT) was officially launched last week, without any budgetary allocation.

The government will bear the costs of audits into mobile phone operators, the telecom ministry said yesterday.

Turkish telecom firm Netas expressed interest in taking part in building a Digital Bangladesh, to ensure transparency and delivery of

Bangladesh is looking to export $2 billion worth of products to Japan over the next three years, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said

The telecom regulator yesterday directed mobile operators to set lower tariffs for 2G internet packages than the 3G ones to ensure fair pricing to users.

Exports grew 4.71 percent year-on-year to $2.75 billion in August, returning from a 12 percent fall in the previous month, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau.

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim has asked the officials of the telecom regulator and the Telecom Division to develop innovative ideas to utilise the social obligation fund collected from five mobile operators.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks mobile phone operators to bring down internet service fees at consumer level as the government has reduced its bandwidth fees.

The telecom regulator is in the last stage of appointing financial and technical auditors to mobile operators Grameenphone and Robi as

A place of residence is no longer an address; it has more to do with the emotions of the dwellers.

Effective policy and its timely implementation are crucial for the garment sector in Bangladesh to tap the potential that exporters, the government and international organisations often discuss.

Bharti Airtel is now reviving its plan to sell its Bangladesh and Sri Lanka operations and has appointed two bankers to conduct the sale, Indian television channel CNBC-TV18 reported.

Iqbal Mahmud, a former telecom secretary, was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission

A forum of gateway operators yesterday increased the international incoming call termination rate by 33.33 percent to 2 cents per

Garment exports to Japan rose 14.02 percent to $652.55 million in fiscal 2014-15 partly due to relaxed rules of origin for Bangladeshi knitwear.

Robi's net profits declined 17.41 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year on the back of a rise in capital expenditure.