Approximately 99 per cent of the country's population has now come under 4G network coverage, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam has said. The current government considers the ICT sector as one of the main driving forces of the country's growth and employment, he added.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said the government is working to form an independent, efficient and acceptable media commission to ensure accountability and institutional reform in the country’s media sector on Sunday (May 17).
Speaker of the National Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has met with French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Chére-Schwalle, with both sides emphasising the need for a free trade agreement between Bangladesh and the European Union.
Bikers have submitted a memorandum to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) against the plan to impose advance income tax on motorcycles in the upcoming 2026-27 budget. After protesting with placards in front of the revenue building in Agargaon, a five-member delegation went inside and submitted a memorandum on Sunday morning (May 17).
A van driver was killed after being struck by a battery-run rickshaw in the Shyampur area of Dhaka.
Students of Jahangirnagar University have locked the administrative building as the accused in the attempted rape of a female student remains unarrested. The students hung a padlock on the main gate of the administrative building around 10:30 am on Sunday, May 17.