Alternative IT hub to be developed near Kolkata
Region: India
West Bengal, where the IT and ITeS sector is growing at a galloping 71 percent, is gearing up to develop an alternative IT hub near here as the existing one in Salt Lake is fully sold out. "We are now developing this IT... more
Views: 1800Call Centres in Bangladesh- Better late than never.
Region: BangladeshTHE Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has done a few commendable jobs in recent months. It has addressed or at least tried to address some of the problems facing the country's telecom sector and is now making... more
Views: 2512GrameenPhone may be given licence to operate Ctg-C'Bazar optic fibre network
Region: BangladeshThe government plans to award licence to GrameenPhone (GP) to operate Chittagong-Cox's Bazar optic fibre network by April, in a move to give a further boost to the country's telecom sector, officials said. The mobile te... more
Views: 1533Changing the investment multiplier for remittance dollar
Region: BangladeshWhat do you top policy-makers say? Every dollar that non-residents send to Bangladesh has a multiplier effect of 3.3 on overall economy in GNP terms. In lay-man's term, if some worker sends 1 dollar to Bangladesh, it d... more
Views: 1962Bangladesh faces gas shortage as demand picks up
Region: Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces shortages of natural gas of up to 200 million cubic feet a day (mmcfd) in coming months due to rising demand and the failure of past governments to find new sources, energy officials said on Sunday. ""... more
Views: 1697Bangladesh will start issuing licences for Call Center in April.
Region: Bangladesh
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will start issuing licences for call centres in April, the commission's chairman said on March 19. The proposals came at the ''Public Hearing on Call Centre Licensing'' or... more
Views: 2835Indian Software exports may grow 33 percent in FY08 to $45 billion
Region: IndiaAn estimate by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) says that software exports are expected to post a growth of 33 percent in terms of dollar and 23 percent in terms of rupee in the current ... more
Views: 1087Politics of power based on religion is not religious at all - it seems.
Region: BangladeshBut those who are for it and who opposes it, both are driven by flawed logic! This is not a fact, per se, but an opinion. If you do not agree, could you forward your alternative view? It seems that all the hoopla about ... more
Views: 824Dr. Tamim needs to set aside the hat of petroleum expert and put on the hat of Energy Advisor
Region: BangladeshBeing an expert and being a policy maker are not the same. Unless our presumptive policy makers understand this, people will suffer in the long run. Being an expert on something comes with a baggage. For some, these bag... more
Views: 1123Bangladesh eyes energy security beyond 2011
Region: BangladeshBangladesh, struggling to ensure energy security after 2011 when its proven and recoverable reserves of gas runs out, will intensify efforts to diversify energy sources, a senior official said on Tuesday. Bangladesh faces... more
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