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
Operators witness jump in SIM, internet connections
Mobile operators passed a very successful 2017 adding a record number of customers to their networks and
29 January 2018
BTRC to declare all operators eligible for 4G licences
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to be liberal with the mobile phone operators and declare all of the five applicants eligible for the fourth generation licences.
23 January 2018
Robi introduces service robots
Robi yesterday introduced humanoid robots with artificial intelligence as customer care attendants, as part of a plan
21 January 2018
BTRC lifts minimum speed limit for 4G
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will not enforce a precondition that instructed mobile phone operators to
20 January 2018
Stop defaming GP's work environment
Grameenphone's women employees yesterday said a national Bangla daily is deliberately trying to tarnish the image of the mobile
18 January 2018
Complaints against telcos pile up
Mobile users' complaints against operators, especially market leader Grameenphone, have piled up with the telecommunication
16 January 2018
4G services by March
Mobile internet users, especially in city areas, can brace themselves for super-fast data service from March as all operators are set to roll out 4G service, said the top brass of the telecom regulator yesterday.
14 January 2018
Mobile operators to apply for 4G licences today
Mobile phone operators, including state-run Teletalk and now out-of-service Citycell, will be applying for 4G licence
13 January 2018
Telcos' investment shrinks but revenue rises
Investment by mobile operators hit a six-year low in fiscal 2016-17 after being on a descent for the past four years
13 January 2018
80pc gadgets to be made locally by 2021
Around 80 percent of the Tk 1,500 crore worth of gadgets that are sold in the country every year will come from the local
11 January 2018
Last-minute rush to make Teletalk eligible for 4G licence
The government is scrambling to find an opening to make Teletalk eligible for the 4G spectrum auction scheduled
10 January 2018
Over Tk 1,200cr lying unused
The government has failed to use a single penny of Tk 1,257.32 crore or over $150 million furnished by the mobile phone operators to the telecom regulator's social obligation fund in the last six years.
2 January 2018
SIM re-registration reins in illegal voice calls
Mobile operators in 2016-17 deactivated 15.57 lakh SIM cards allegedly being used for illicit businesses, such as
1 January 2018
A stellar year for ICT
Bangladesh's ICT sector will bid farewell to 2017 on a high note as the year saw digital services thrive, exports hit a
26 December 2017
Govt clears way for issuing more ISP licences
The telecom regulator has resumed processes to award 524 new licences for internet service providers after a lull of
24 December 2017
Chinese firm to set up mobile assembly plant
Chinese mobile phone maker Transsion Holdings is set to establish a device assembling plant in Bangladesh over the next few months, making it the first foreign brand to do so.
23 December 2017
Citycell eyes 4G licence to make a comeback
Citycell, which has been out of service since October last year, is trying to reenter the telecommunication business as the now defunct
21 December 2017
Internet users soar
The ICT industry has added one crore active internet connections in the last seven months and crossed the eight
20 December 2017
EC server crashes derange SIM sales
Mobile operators' SIM sales, deactivation and replacement services have been severely disrupted in the last two months due to failure
19 December 2017
Data usage shoots up
The use of international internet bandwidth by Bangladesh soared 73.38 percent year-on-year to 456 gigabits per
18 December 2017