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116.24m mobile phone users in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers topped 116 million at the end of May, with about three million new users in the first five months of this year, official data showed Wednesday. mobile bankiongAccording to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the total number of cell phone users in the South Asian country of about 153 million people reached 116.24 million at the end of May 2014, Xinhua reported. The latest BTRC data showed the number of subscribers of the country’s six cell phone operators—Grameenphone, Banglali...

LBA under active consideration

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said India wants to resolve all the bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India once and for all through cordial discussions as it is looking forward to a very positive and growing relationship with Bangladesh. “We want to resolve all the bilateral issues once and for all through cordial discussions,” Sushma was quoted as telling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she made a courtesy call on the PM at her office. shushamaPM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury briefed r...

74 forced disappearance victims this year

At least 74 people are known victims of forced disappearance from January to May, according to a human rights body. RABTwenty-three were found dead with eight others released by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) said at a Tuesday (June 24th) press conference, the Dhaka Tribune reported. ASK director Nur Khan said, "Police do not want to register cases when victims' families go to any police station." "On December 4th, 2013, I handed over my son, Adnan, to some people who identified themselves as RAB members. They told me that...

Tea prices up as local demand outstrips supply

Tea prices in Bangladesh were higher at the weekly auction on Tuesday as larger supplies were offset by strong demand from local buyers. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 181.34 taka ($2.33) per kg at the auction against 176.73 taka at the previous sales, an official at National Brokers Limited said. teaAround 1.8 million kg was offered at the sole auction centre in Chittagong, and nearly 27 percent remained unsold. At the previous auction, nearly 1.58 million kg was offered, of which 43 percent went unsold. The latest offering was the largest ...

Indo-Bangla trade may almost double by 2018

Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh could almost double to USD 10 billion by 2018, provided trading irritants like non-tariff barriers and infrastructure related-issues are resolved, industry body CII today said. Stating that the visit will “turn a new leaf in bilateral relations” between the two neighbours, CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said it will boost economic cooperation and further intensify trade and investment between India and Bangladesh. bd-indiaThe CII statement comes in the backdrop of External Affairs Minis...

Bangladesh ‘likes’ Harvard

It seems that Mark Zuckerberg really liked his alma mater. Either that or Dhaka, Bangladesh has a online obsession with Harvard. According to a recent report on university Facebook pages, Harvard and other universities like Yale and Oxford, may have had their number of Facebook likes artificially inflated. According to the report, most of Harvard’s 3.3 million likes come from Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka. Although we all know the far reach of Harvard’s name recognition, this seems a little suspicious. havardHowever, Harvard has helpfully ...
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