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

United Airways is set to resume flights on the previously-suspended Dhaka-Doha-Muscat route on Monday.
2 July 2015

Mobile talk a bit cheaper

The use of mobile phones became 2 percentage points cheaper from today after the government slashed the supplementary duty down to 3 percent.
1 July 2015

Supplementary duty reduced on mobile usage

National Board of Revenue has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) reducing 2 percent supplementary duty on mobile usage.
1 July 2015

EU roaming charges to be abolished in 2017

The European Union said Tuesday it had struck a deal to abolish mobile phone roaming charges in 2017, ending fees that are loathed
30 June 2015

AirAsia to resume Dhaka-KL flights in July

Malaysia's low-cost airline AirAsia will resume daily direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur on July 11 after keeping its operation
29 June 2015

Thailand launches Muslim-friendly tourist app

Thailand on Monday launched a smartphone app to attract Muslim visitors, something that could help further boost an industry which
29 June 2015

17.5 lakh new mobile internet users in May

Some 17.5 lakh people took up internet connections on their handsets in May to take the total number of active mobile internet
29 June 2015

Reduce tax on garment exports: Tofail

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday called for reducing tax at source on exports of garments to a tolerable level from the proposed 1 percent for the sake of the country's highest foreign currency earning sector.
28 June 2015

Garment exports to US will not be hurt by Trans-Pacific agreement: economist

Bangladesh's garment exports to American market will not be affected by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a mega trade deal
25 June 2015

Hi-tech park nears reality

The long-delayed hi-tech park at Kaliakoir has finally taken one small step towards realisation, as the government looks to tie down an
25 June 2015

China to merge 3 cargo airlines to create Asia leader

China will merge its three biggest freight airlines and build the combined entity into Asia's largest air cargo operator, a top aviation
25 June 2015

Digitisation gets a boost

The government has moved a step closer to its Digital Bangladesh vision by connecting public offices in Dhaka with district and
23 June 2015

Regulator okays IGW cartel

The telecom regulator yesterday endorsed a cartel of international gateway operators.
22 June 2015

France warns off telecoms merger

The French government on Sunday warned Franco-Israeli media magnate Patrick Drahi against a 10-billion-euro takeover of rival mobile
21 June 2015

Global cotton production to fall: US report

Global cotton production will fall 5 percent year-on-year to around 113 million bales in 2015-16 mainly due to a drop in cultivation in
20 June 2015

Exports bounce back in May

Exports bounced back in May after a dip in April, raking in $2.84 billion, up 4.44 percent from a year earlier.
8 June 2015

BTRC scraps two more IGW licences for non-payment

The telecom regulator has cancelled the licences of two international gateways that were blocked more than a year ago for failure to pay their stipulated share of revenue and licence fees to the government.
3 June 2015

Exports to India not rising despite efforts

Bangladesh's exports to India have not been rising despite undertaking a lot of positive measures in recent years to reduce the huge bilateral trade gap between the two countries.
1 June 2015

Bandwidth export to Italy awaits final nod

A final proposal has been sent to the prime minister for the approval to export 10 gigabits per second of internet bandwidth of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) to an Italian company.
31 May 2015

Huawei targets selling 100m handsets in 2015

Huawei aims to sell 100 million handsets globally this year, marking a year-on-year rise of 30 percent.
30 May 2015