Innovation ecosystem key to commercialising ideas: ICT minister
10 September 2026
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Business
Govt links 12,000 institutions to broadband
3 September 2026
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Business
Call drops, mobile packages top user complaints: minister
19 August 2026
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Business
Telecoms turn to AI to save energy, other costs
19 August 2026
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Economy
Rangpur passes internet speed test but falters on voice quality
11 August 2026
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Telecom
Bangladesh’s youth and the global opportunity
9 August 2026
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Business
TRNB elects new executive committee
3 August 2026
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Business
Banglalink teams up with Winrock to support trafficking survivors
8 July 2026
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Business
Bangladesh approves Starlink for bandwidth export to neighbouring countries
5 July 2026
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Business
Internet use in Bangladesh climbs steadily in Q3
4 July 2026
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Business
Qubee shrinks business amid competition
Qubee is handing over 20,000 individual subscribers to its main competitor under a revenue sharing model as the wireless broadband service provider is seeking to reshape its business to survive the onslaught of high-speed mobile internet.
7 July 2018
5G trial run on July 25
The government now plans to go for a trial run of 5G mobile technology, which has caused the mobile users to raise an eyebrow, as its predecessor -- 4G -- is yet to cover major parts of the country.
5 July 2018
GP opposes uniform call rate plan
Grameenphone yesterday opposed the government's latest plan to introduce uniform call rate for mobile phones.
28 June 2018
Uniform call rate on cards
The government plans to introduce a uniform call rate for mobile phones to establish a level playing field for the country's telecom operators.
25 June 2018
VAT on internet use to go down
The value-added tax on internet use might be cut by 5 percentage points from the existing 15 percent to meet a longstanding demand of the ICT businesses.
21 June 2018
83 per cent television viewers still watch BTV, Inu tells JS
Though there are many private television channels in the country, 83 per cent television viewers still watch Bangladesh Television (BTV), Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu tells Parliament.
21 June 2018
Allocation for telecom, ICT declined 6.64 per cent
Allocation for the telecom and ICT ministry declines about 6.64 per cent to 6,064 crore in the proposed budget of 2018-19 fiscal which is placed by Finance Minister MA Muhith at the Jatiya Sangsad.
7 June 2018
Opportunities and challenges of tower-sharing licences
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to award telecom tower licences to four companies.
4 June 2018
No internet, phone in Motijheel Jun 8-11
Bangladesh’s telecom authority says they will keep landlines and internet off in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel from June 8-11.
4 June 2018
Samsung ordered to pay $533m for copying iPhone design
A federal court jury in the US orders Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.
26 May 2018
Huawei launches 2018 version of Y3 smartphone
Huawei yesterday launched a new smartphone—Y3 2018 which runs the Go version of Android Oreo (8.1)—for the Bangladesh and global markets.
24 May 2018
Record-breaking 100Gbps wireless transmission is a world first
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in Japan has successfully demonstrated the world's first 100Gbps wireless transmission, using a new technology that already surpasses the upcoming 5G standard. But this new tech, called Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) multiplexing, isn't likely to roll out on a large scale before 2030.
23 May 2018
Robi loses Tk 103cr in Q1 of 2018
Robi, the country’s second-largest mobile operator, fails to register profit for the third consecutive quarter, counting net losses of Tk 103 crore in the first quarter of 2018 despite favourable growth in subscriber base and revenue.
22 May 2018
Internet slows for undersea cable repair
People in some parts of Bangladesh are experiencing slow internet, because of the ongoing maintenance work in the Chennai portion
21 May 2018
Telecom tower business garners huge response
The telecom regulator has so far found 15 parties interested in running Bangladesh's telecom tower business, which is more than triple the number of licences up for grabs.
17 May 2018
iPhone users start enjoying 4G in Bangladesh
Nearly around three months after the launch of fourth-generation (4G) mobile internet, the iPhone users have started to enjoy the speedy service as the country code on the Apple handsets is unlocked.
9 May 2018
Dhaka stocks fall for fifth session
Stocks fell for the fifth consecutive session yesterday as lower-than-expected dividend declarations by most banks depressed
8 May 2018
IMEI database in 3 months
Finding out whether a mobile handset is original or not is a challenge for a buyer in Bangladesh, as there is no valid database of
6 May 2018
4G makes a tepid start
Only 26 lakh mobile phone users have embraced 4G technology since its rollout nine weeks ago although top operators expanded network robustly on the expectation of bringing more customers under the fourth-generation service quickly.
26 April 2018
Service delayed by 3 more months
Mobile phone subscribers will have to wait around three more months to be able to switch operators every 90 days while retaining
23 April 2018