Two major national structures have been renamed, which were previously named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Television broadcasts of local channels could be disrupted for a total of 81 minutes from tomorrow to October 7 as the sun could be in direct line with Bangabandhu Satellite-1, disrupting the signal of the satellite.

Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite service provider Akash is going to hit the market from Sunday with a total of 115 satellite television connections which is being powered by the country’s pride project, Bangabandhu Satellite-1, said a top official of the company today.

All the local television stations are now ready to get on board the Bangabandhu Satellite – 1 -- one year after its launch.

Seven private television stations and three channels of state-run Bangladesh Television have started airing programmes using Bangabandhu-1, the country's first communication satellite.

The government has decided to deliver live coverage of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2018 via Bangabandhu-1, the country's first ever communications satellite, despite opposition from the France-based company that launched the satellite on May 11.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her firm conviction that Bangabandhu Satellite-1 would play a pivotal role in overall development of the country.

Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (BS-1) is considered as a stepping stone for Bangladesh in the digital era. With the successful launch and positioning in orbit, this is a formal journey towards the space-age for this nascent country that became independent only 47 years back.

President M Abdul Hamid says the Bangabandhu-1 satellite will enable Bangladesh achieve self-sufficiency in the field of broadcast and telecommunication ending dependency on foreign satellites.

Bangladesh successfully launches its first communication satellite Bangabandhu-1, opening up enormous business opportunities for the country, while experts say its commercial success depends on prudent business strategy.

Greeting the country's people on the occasion of launching of Bangabandhu-1, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says another milestone has been set with its launching in Bangladesh's continuous march forward.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak confirms that following the successful deployment to geostationary orbit of the country's first communications satellite, the Bangabandhu-1, local groundstations in Gazipur and Betbunia have successfully received initial test signals from it.

The country's first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1, is on its way to its orbital slot in space. With the launch of Bangabandhu-1, Bangladesh became the 57th country in the world and fourth in South Asia -- after India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- to have its own satellite in space.

Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first geostationary communications satellite of Bangladesh, will be launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. Thales Alenia Space, a French company, designed and built the satellite, which already underwent several test runs.

Bangabandhu-1 is likely to be on the way to its orbit by the time you read this report.

We hope that with the launch of this satellite, we can inspire our next generation to become the celebrated astronauts and ground-breaking rocket scientists of the future. Bangabandhu-1 is an ambitious yet timely initiative of our visionary leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has envisioned building Digital Bangladesh by 2021.

All technical preparations have been successfully done to send the country's first communications satellite Bangabandhu-1 to its orbit

Though the test results of Bangladesh's first satellite, Bangabandhu-1 was expected to be in hand by Saturday evening, the SpaceX authorities are yet to provide its results, says Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Dr Shahjahan Mahmood.

The government plans to put into orbit more satellites after successful launch of Bangabandhu-1 in order to make satellite

Bangabandhu-1, the first commercial satellite of the country, will be sent into orbit on May 5 and it will be ready for use within two months of launch.