The telecom regulator plans to allocate the 450 megahertz spectrum band to mobile operators after 2015 -- a move that is expected to widen the operators' scope to utilise a wider range of spectrums and offer faster internet. The allocation will be made after the regulator offers the 700 MHz band next year. A 12-member committee headed by a commissioner of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will prepare a licensing guideline by November, reports the Daily Star. Due to low frequency, the 450 MHz band will enable service providers to depl...

Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) requested the government Wednesday not to exclude its representation from the proposed Financial Reporting Council (FRC) saying that a 'vested quarter' was working to do so on an 'unholy' purpose. ICMAB president Mohammed Salim FCMA made the request while reading out a written speech at a press conference arranged at a city hotel. The press conference was also addressed by ICMAB vice president Abu Sayed Md Shaykhul Islam FCMA, Secretary Jamal Ahmed Choudhury FCMA, its past president Rafiq Ahmad FCMA and council member Muzaffar Ahmed FCMA, reports the Financial Express.