Telecom & Computer Technology

The foreign investors’ chamber yesterday urged the revenue authority to formalise the adoption of mobile financial service (MFS) and agent banking as a mode of collection or payment in all tax laws. They called for consultation with the Bangladesh Bank to reduce transaction costs to encourage businesses to adopt MFS …

Bangladesh’s digital education ventures, especially pivoted by EdTech startups, are expanding fast in the emerging new normal with foreign fund infusions, sources say. A phenomenal development is taking place in this vital sector in the interregnum emanating from long closure of regular classes amid the lingering global pandemic, they add. …

The High Court on Sunday directed the mobile phone operators of the country to ensure crystal clear voice call quality, speedy internet service and stable network as they advertise and circulate in TV channels, national dailies and other electronic media to solve the problems like call drop and call disconnection. …

Agri-Science Society is a volunteer organization working for developing apps to aid digitalization in the agriculture marketing and farming sector of Bangladesh. Sheikh Shoaibur Rahman, a student of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, founded the Agri-Science Society in 2019 with a dream of modernizing traditional farming to enhance food production without destroying …

Three out of the country’s four mobile phone operators have failed to provide their customers with the minimum 4G internet speed in the Rangpur division, according to a Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission survey. The BTRC survey conducted between October 7 and October 20 in 2021 detected the deviation of the …

Summit Towers Limited (STL) has signed an agreement with Teletalk Bangladesh under the tower sharing guideline of the government. The signing took place at the head office of the mobile phone network operator in Bangladesh on Wednesday, Summit Communications Limited, the majority shareholder of STL, said in a press release …

Stocks of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) jumped yesterday after the state-run enterprise announced that it is going to issue shares to the government against its investment at a market price instead of face value. BSCCL shares rose 8.81 per cent to Tk 207 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange …

Over 5,000 orders within Dhaka delivered under 90 minutes, Digital Hospital is now expanding to the port city Digital Hospital, a digital health leader in Bangladesh, and provider of over 1.3 million digital doctor consultations, had recently launched MediExpress in Dhaka – an express medicine delivery service providing all the …

The wait for an interoperable digital transaction system is soon going to be over as the government is launching it early next year. This could be a potential game changer, boosting digital transactions by allowing people to move funds effortlessly within the financial sector in real-time and at lower costs. …

Technology upgradation in the apparel industry is crucial to remain competitive in the global market, said the apex trade body of Bangladesh’s garments manufacturers. “Use of modern technologies, tools and software are predominant when it comes to enhancing productivity and quality,” Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque …