The police have detained nine suspected robbers with sharp weapons in connection with an attack on the Dhaka-bound Karnaphuli Express train and the snatching of valuables from its passengers at Tongi Railway Station of Gazipur. The robbery took place when the train was.
In 2011 when mobile financial service (MFS) was introduced in Bangladesh, 27 banks took the approval from the central bank as many had correctly predicted an impending boom in mobile banking amid rising usage of cell phones.