International calls are now controlled by seven IGWs. Despite opposition from several quarters, Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) issued directives in this regard on Tuesday. This syndicate has thus been given the opportunity deal in transactions of over Tk 35 billion. Under this new system, the seven IGWs will earn about twice more than the other firms, though they are run under the same licences. The IGW businessmen said that the new system has been introduced without paying any heed to the International Long Distance Telecommunic...

President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sent a message of congratulations to the Government and People of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on the occasion commemorating the 44th Independence Anniversary of that country, March 26. In Her message to her Bangladeshi counterpart, President Abdul Hamid, President Sirleaf extended sincere felicitations to the Government and People of Bangladesh on behalf of the Government and People of Liberia and ...

The wife of a U.S. blogger, Avijit who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to “pursue a thorough investigation.” Rafida Bonya Ahmed and her husband Avijit Roy, both U.S. citizens of Bangladeshi origin who lived in Atlanta, were attacked on Feb. 26 by men wielding machetes outside a literary fair in Dhaka. She suffered head injuries and lost a finger and is being treated ...