Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury says biometric registration of mobile subscriber identity modules (SIMs) will stop criminal activities using cell phones.

Banglalink yesterday closed its headquarters and its regional offices as labour protests erupted after an employee fell ill during an interrogation by higher officials over a dispute.

Telecom Minister Tarana Halim yesterday asked mobile operators to cooperate with the government for re-registration of all existing connections through biometric verification.

Customers can lodge complaints with the telecom regulator by dialling 2872 if they fail to get any remedy from any operator.

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim says mobile phone operators are not cooperating with the government to ensure registration of SIM cards with subscribers’ fingerprints.

The government sought investment for Teletalk from the Malaysian government as part of its efforts to turn the state-run mobile operator into a vibrant company, State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim said yesterday.

The number of new mobile phone connections rose 11.11 percent year-on-year in 2015, while internet subscriptions grew 24.01 percent, the telecom regulator said in a report yesterday.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission plans to build a Tk 200 crore building in the capital as its head office. The BTRC has recently sought the Telecom Division's permission to spend Tk 100 crore from its own revenue on the 13-storey Telecom Tower.

Mobile phone users will have to be compensated for every case of call drop and network failure, State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim said yesterday.

The telecom regulator is going to analyse the cost components in providing internet services, to determine a pricing guideline for the

The association of mobile phone top-up and banking vendors yesterday threatened to go for a strike if their seven-point demands,

The telecom industry added an average of 40,000 new 3G connections a day to their networks in the passing year, according to its regulator.

The prime minister's ICT adviser has directed the Posts and Telecommunications Division to take steps to merge the two loss-making

The telecom regulator has capped top-ups for prepaid mobile connections to Tk 500 per day, much to the exasperation of operators.

Banglalink is yet to refund a large chunk of the Tk 9.35 crore it earned from the unapproved Nababi Call Rate package it ran in 2011, having properly disbursed Tk 4.40 crore of the amount till date, the telecom regulator said.

Mobile internet usage plummeted last month on the back of the government's 22-day ban on Facebook and other social networks for

Robi plans to borrow $99 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to expand its 3G

Skilled workforce and a more conducive regulatory environment are crucial to driving the digital growth in Bangladesh, said Carrie

State-owned BTCL's incoming call volume dropped after it increased the international call termination rate to 2 cents per minute from 1.5

India's biggest telecommunications carrier, Bharti Airtel Ltd, will invest 600 billion rupees ($8.98 billion) over three years to upgrade its