Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) announces that 'mobile number portability' (MNP) service will begin at the end of this year.

Mobile phone operators will give free minutes to its users as compensation for every case of call drop and network failure from June 1.

A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking a halt to biometric registration for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards of mobile operators claiming it violates privacy and has a potential malafide intention.