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Bangladesh police provides cash assistance to families of policemen killed in terror attacks

DHAKA, Aug. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Police has provided 7- million taka cash assistance to the families of four policemen who were killed in terror attacks last month. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque Wednesday in a program in Dhaka handed over cash money cheques to family of each terror attack victim law enforcers, […]

Telenor Group CEO Sigve Brekke visited Dhaka

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Telenor Group CEO, Sigve Brekke, was in Dhaka on Monday August 8, 2016 on a short trip to Grameenphone. The Telenor Group CEO conducted several internal meetings at GPHouse, the Grameenphone headquarters, at Bashundhara. He visited the new innovation centre, set up at the GP corporate head office and held […]

Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscriber number falls to 131.376 mln

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — A latest report of Bangladesh’s telecom regulator has reveals the country’s mobile phone subscriber numbers have fallen to 131.376 million in June, down some 3 million from December last year, reports Xinhua. Statistics of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) showed Tuesday that the number of subscribers of the six […]

City Bank-Robi offer Unlimited Data Roaming facilities with discounted annual fees on credit card

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — An agreement recently signed between City Bank and Robi Axiata Limited has paved the way for customers of both the companies to avail attractively packaged unlimited data roaming service along with credit card facility at a specially discounted annual fee. City Bank’s Managing Director & CEO, Sohail R. K. Hussain […]

Grameenphone launches digital self-care channel MyGP

DHAKA, Aug. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone has launched their digital self-care channel MyGP, for customers to access all GP services, offers, bonus and rewards, on August 9 at the Westin Dhaka. MyGP App will be the single digital channel which lets customers interact with GP through its rich and personalized user experience. The app is […]

Grameenphone and ekhanei.com team up to ensure better user experience

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Leading telecom and digital service provider Grameenphone has teamed up with leading online classifieds site ekhanei.com to provide their mutual users with better experience. The two companies have recently signed an agreement as part of which Grameenphone internet subscribers can now browse ekhanei.com completely free of cost. Through this service […]

Internet down drill to be conducted in Bangladesh after Dhaka terror attack

DHAKA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Internet vulnerabilities are garnering attention of Bangladesh officials in the wake of the two major terror attacks that occurred here, including the July 1 siege staged by militants. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) was weighing options for isolating capital Dhaka‘s strategically important places’ Internet in event of any such crisis. […]

Samsung’s spectacular 2016 TV lineup is coming

DHAKA, July 31 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics, the global leader in TV for 10 consecutive years, has announced the arrival of new lineup of TV. The new lineup of TV will feature in four separate categories: SUHD, UHD, FHD and HD. Samsung’s new TV line up will be found across the stores with the authorized […]

Strong growth momentum with healthy contribution from data

DHAKA, July 19 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 55.6 billion for the first half of 2016, up 8.1% from the same period last year. Subscription and traffic revenue grew by 10.9% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 64.6% (YoY) with 186.4% (YoY) growth in corresponding volume. Voice revenue also […]