Mahmudul Hasan

The number of internet users in Bangladesh expanded by 3.3 crore between 2010 and 2019, bringing another 20 per cent of the population online, according to a recent report.

Frequent call drops and disruptions have been a bane for a large chunk of the country’s more than 16 crore mobile subscribers in the first eight months of the year.

On November 11 last year, online shopping platform Daraz sold Tk 8.5 crore-worth products within the first 45 minutes of a 24-hour shopping event stemming from a marketing idea on encouraging people to spend money on themselves.

Bangladesh has fared badly in mobile data speed, ranking below all South Asian nations except for Afghanistan, at a quality listing of global mobile and broadband internet networks.

Robi Axiata has reached the milestone of five crore subscribers in a testament to the telecom operator’s growing influence in the local market.

Hundreds of restaurants in the capital have already been permanently closed as the owners are unable to cover operational costs while suffering from decreased revenue amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) efforts to make Facebook fall in line with local regulations have started to pay off as the global social media giant handed about Tk 1.7 crore in value-added tax for the months of July and August.

No stone would be left unturned to recover the Tk 7,689 crore default loans and people involved in the scams will be exposed, said the newly appointed chairman of BASIC Bank.

Creativity takes courage, according to Henri Matisse, a famous French artist from the 1800s known for both his use of colour and fluid and original draughtsmanship.

It is natural to assume that whenever disasters strike, a country’s hospitality industry is usually the first to feel its effects but is the last to recover, since expenses here are deemed non-essential.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continuing to force consumers from around the world to shop from home, online sales in Bangladesh were expected to see turbocharged growth similar to international trends.

Binge, the country’s first internet protocol TV (IPTV), is now coming up with Bengali original video content, buoyed by the tremendous response in the first three months of its launch.

Coronavirus is here to stay and face mask, whose use was mostly confined to medical institutions, have become a non-negotiable part of people’s everyday dress code -- a reality that has tempted clothing brands in Bangladesh to have a crack at giving an aesthetic spin to the humble piece of protective gear against airborne disease.

City Bank has rolled out UnionPay debit cards, joining a growing list of lenders in Bangladesh offering cards of the world’s biggest card issuer.

Brain Station 23 has recently signed a deal with Modhumoti Bank to develop the latter’s new digital banking platform Go Smart, in a testament to the homegrown software developer’s strong advancement in providing state-of-the-art fintech solutions to local banks and financial institutions.

Kotha, Bangladesh’s maiden social and lifestyle app, is set to embark on a glorious maiden voyage from the Bay of Bengal to Indian Ocean’s island Sri Lanka as part of the company’s ambitions to be a continental superpower as a social networking service provider.

Holding court over video conferencing platforms have become an inextricable part of the daily life of corporate and government officials in these pandemic times. But the services rendered by the platforms are not free and sending payment for them to outside of Bangladesh was rather tricky.

Amid all adversities, comes a piece of good news for more than one crore accountholders of Agrani Bank who are yet to savour the delight of digital transactions since the state-owned bank has no online banking services for its customers.

Airlines and hotels are desperately trying to lure in holidaymakers by way of offering discounts and attractive packages now that the country’s top tourist destination Cox’s Bazar has started hosting guests again after about a pause of five months.

Bangladesh’s manufacturing prowess is getting yet another stamp of global approval. The South Korean tech giant Samsung has decided to manufacture its latest flagship devices, the Note20 and the Note 20 Ultra 5G, in the country.