Airtel revives plan to sell Bangladesh unit: report

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.
29 August 2015, 18:00 PM

BTRC gets new chairman

Iqbal Mahmud, a former telecom secretary, was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission
25 August 2015, 18:00 PM

IGWs hike call termination rate without approval

A forum of gateway operators yesterday increased the international incoming call termination rate by 33.33 percent to 2 cents per
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Garment exports to Japan up 14pc

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.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Robi profits slump

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.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Mobile operators divided over inter-connection charges

Mobile phone operators stand divided over inter-connection charges, with two of them seeking absolute removal of the fees, and three others opposing it.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

GP launches new internet campaign

Mobile operator Grameenphone yesterday launched a new campaign -- Easy Net -- to raise awareness on the use of internet.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Garment exports suffer biggest fall in nine months

Garment exports declined 11.96 percent year-on-year to $2.21 billion in July, as political crisis during January-March affected orders.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Leather sector's exports cross $1b for second year

Exports of leather and leather goods crossed $1 billion for the second year in fiscal 2014-15, according to data from the Export
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

BTRC to slash mobile call charges

The telecom regulator is set to reduce the inter-operator charges in a bid to lower the call rate for users.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

BTRC to monitor mobile internet speed in rural areas

The telecom regulator is set to start a field-level monitoring drive Saturday in three districts to gauge the quality of data service
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM

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