B'desh tribunal chairman trying 1971 war suspects quits

The chairman of a special Bangladeshi tribunal trying high-profile 1971 "war criminals" resigned on Tuesday following a controversy over his reported Skype conversation with an expatriate war......

Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film

Bangladesh has enforced a ban on video sharing website YouTube to block an anti-Islam film that angered Muslims across the globe, a senior official said on Tuesday. "We have decided block the film......

Easter bombings in SL: 3 suspects arrested, van seized

IMAGE: A soldier stands guard at St Anthony's Shrine that was hit by suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in Colombo. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters The Sri Lankan police on Tuesday......

Why Bangladesh telcos deal better with dropped calls

Santanu Ganguly, a businessman from Kolkata, visits Bangladesh every three months. In October, when he landed at Dhaka airport Ganguly was surprised by a Grameenphone advertisement offering......

Telecom body urges India to liberalise the sector

Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) is the representative industry body of Unified Access Service Licensees providing telecom services in the country with CDMA......