Govt links 12,000 institutions to broadband
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Bangladesh Travel Mart 2026 begins today
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3 September 2026 Business
Reforms can boost leather, footwear exports to $5b by 2030: Nasim Manzur
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3 September 2026 Business
Price of bottled soybean oil rises by Tk 5 a litre
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2 September 2026 Business
BSEC approves Desco’s Tk 45.9 crore preference shares
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2 September 2026 Business
Banks’ bad loans surpass Tk 6 lakh crore again
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2 September 2026 Business
BB pushes for passage of two banking laws
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1 September 2026 Business
Bangladesh's exports rise 5.43% in July-August
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1 September 2026 Business

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

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

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

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

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

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

Intex launches smartphone in Bangladesh

Indian smartphone maker Intex Technologies launched its Aqua Power+ handset in Bangladesh recently.
14 July 2015

Swimming in the wild

For those who love to take an alfresco dip, Thailand's secluded wild has plenty to offer.
14 July 2015

Garment exports to US on the rise

Garment exports to the US, the country's single largest export destination, rose 7.09 percent year-on-year in the January-May period on the back of a rebound in the American economy.
13 July 2015

Bandwidth prices nearly halved

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd has decided to slash the wholesale prices of internet bandwidth by up to 43 percent to
12 July 2015

30 ISP licences cancelled

The telecom regulator yesterday cancelled licences of 30 internet service providers after they failed to pay fees for renewal in time.
12 July 2015

One man's trash is another man's tourist destination in New York

Bright colored kayaks bobbed around the rotted hull of a World War II submarine chaser that was rusted into a ghostly shell and lapped
11 July 2015

WiMAX operators losing customers as tech shifts

Operators of WiMAX, a wireless broadband system, lost 63.14 percent of their customers over the last two years as users opted for
11 July 2015

Microsoft's mobile future hinges on success of Windows 10

Microsoft Inc's future in mobile devices likely hinges on the software maker's ability to convince developers to create apps for the
9 July 2015

Exports shake off effect of political turmoil

Exports rose 3.35 percent year-on-year to $31.2 billion in fiscal 2014-15, a senior Bangladesh Bank official said.
6 July 2015

India wants bandwidth by Aug 15

India has requested Bangladesh to start exporting bandwidth -- 10 gigabits per second -- to its northeastern state of Tripura by August
6 July 2015

Robi, Samsung launch bundle offers for two Galaxy models

Robi and Samsung have jointly rolled out bundle offers for two Galaxy smartphone models.
6 July 2015

Chinese tourists boost Thai economy but stir outrage

Accused of urinating in public, spitting on the street, or kicking a sacred temple bell -- free-spending Chinese tourists are receiving a
5 July 2015

Barcelona struggles with rising tide of tourists

Tourists are vital to Barcelona's economy, but the 27 million people who visit each year have become a headache for the new mayor as
5 July 2015

Teletalk comes under fire

Top three private mobile operators have jointly filed a complaint with the telecom regulator, alleging that state-run Teletalk tampered
2 July 2015