Full coverage: Bangladesh

30.12.2005 The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 was one of the greatest natural disasters; it was also the first internet-mediated natural disaster.

27.12.2005 While powerful illegal internet telephony operators keep on draining out hundreds of crores taka each year, the government is delaying the process of awarding licence for VoIP operation on various pretexts ignoring a fresh recommendation of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Authority (BTRC).

27.12.2005 The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh has increased from 4.0 million to 10.02 million registering a growth of nearly 150 per cent during the last one year after the announcement of new discount packages by the telecom operators.

20.12.2005 This document is a guideline for replicating the Village Phone program in a new country. infoDev along with several other partners, supported this publication.

15.12.2005 The country witnessed six hundred percent export growth in
Information Technology (IT) sector during the last five years,
reports BSS.

15.12.2005 Country's telecom watchdog, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), plans to grant licence to Warid Telecom to enable it to start operation as the sixth mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, informed sources said.

06.12.2005 Microsoft will train over 10,000 teachers and 200,000 students in information technology in Bangladesh in next three years and has already donated $100,000 to this end.