DHAKA: Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications providers serving over 30 million customers, on Thursday (August 4) announced its results for the second quarter of 2016. Banglalink continued to demonstrate year-on-year growth in Q2 2016 in both revenue and EBITDA, despite

DHAKA: Car-booking app Uber could be banned in Taiwan, after state officials claimed the company did not operate lawfully within the country. On Wednesday, treasury authorities said Uber’s license could be revoked because it was registered as a software company, not as a taxi

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will continue the shutdown drills of internet and telecommunication aiming to face any emergency. BTRC chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmud made this disclosure at a press conference at the commission building in city on

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the government will take the final decision on whether the private mobile phone operator Citycell will be shut down or not. BTRC chairman Mahmood Shah told this at a press conference organized at Ramna BTRC Bhaban on

DHAKA: Samsung's latest Galaxy Note 7 phablet is one of the first smartphones to ship with an iris scanner that can read your eyes and let you into your phone in seconds. Having invented the phablet in 2011 with the original Galaxy Note, Samsung has skipped the Note 6 to bring the

DHAKA: Robi a leading digital service provider once again marked in the digital domain by introducing the globally reputed mobile gaming solution Gameloft in Bangladesh. Robi users can subscribe to the service for Tk 10 only with 7 days validity and get one free game along with one

DHAKA: LG Electronics announced that its next flagship smartphone, the V20, will be the first in the world to ship with the new version of Android, known as Nougat. The LG V20, the successor to last year’s LG V10, will begin shipping in the third quarter loaded with Android 7.0,

DHAKA: Taxi-booking app Uber has agreed to sell its business in China to rival Didi Chuxing. Uber’s China business will retain its separate branding, and Uber’s global business will receive a 5.9% stake in the combined company, Didi Chuxing said. Uber China launched in 2014 but

DHAKA: Internet blackout drill will be conducted in any part of the country, including capital city Dhaka, from Monday afternoon (August 1) to early Tuesday as part of measures against terrorism and ensuring public safety. Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and the

DHAKA: Payza Bangladesh has launched its International Prepaid MasterCard first time ever in Bangladesh. “Whether you are an online shopper or work as a freelancer, the Payza International Prepaid Card is the perfect companion to simplify your online payments,” said a press release

DHAKA: The authorities of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) have requested the users of Citycell, the oldest mobile operator in Bangladesh, to move on to other operators within two weeks. BTRC made the request through a notice issued on Sunday (July 31). The

DHAKA: Promotional activities have long been regarded as the essential component of developing a business. Companies invest heavily across the industry to inform the customers about what they have to offer to them and why the customers’ interest is best served with their products or

DHAKA: Service delivery took on a whole new meaning Friday evening with the launching of the biggest service platform of the country named Sheba.xyz. The platform has quite literally given a face-lift to the conventional mode of accessing vital everyday service that helps us to keep

DHAKA: Prime Minister’s information and communication technology affairs advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy categorically said that the export revenue from ICT sector will cross one billion dollars by 2018. He came up with this assertion while delivering speech at the opening ceremony of

DHAKA: Strong smartphone sales have helped Samsung Electronics post its best quarterly results in more than two years. Second-quarter operating profit jumped 18% to 8.1tn Korean won ($7.17bn), in line with the company’s guidance issued in July, reports the BBC. Operating profit at

DHAKA: Facebook has posted another exceptional quarter of growth, with profit up 186% from this time last year. Facebook earned $2bn in the period from April to June, up from $719m in 2015, reports the BBC. Analysts had anticipated revenue of $5.8bn, but the company managed to beat

DHAKA: Twitter has reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in three years, as the firm fends off competition from a growing number of social media sites. Revenue for the second quarter was up 20% to $602m, far slower than the same quarter last year when it rose 61%. But the

DHAKA: Apple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared. The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million, reports the BBC. Apple chief executive

DHAKA: US internet firm Yahoo will be sold to American telecoms giant Verizon Communications for nearly $5bn in cash. Verizon said the deal for Yahoo, whose search engine and other sites have more than 1 billion monthly users, would make it a global mobile media company, reports the

DHAKA: Chinese technology and smartphone giant Huawei has reported a 40% surge in revenue for the first half of 2016. The firm reported 245.5bn yuan ($37bn) in revenues, up from 175.6bn yuan for the same period last year, reports the BBC. It did not disclose its net profit but said