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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today disposed of 13 appeals regarding the payments of VAT on spectrum and licence fees of mobile phone operators -- Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink -- to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
The information ministry yesterday submitted to the High Court a revised draft law on regulating the content of Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms. The draft contains a broad list of the type of content that would be prohibited for reasons that include hurting religious sentiments and disrupting communal harmony.
The internet subscriber base in Bangladesh has been on a downward curve for four months till November last year due to a sharp drop in the number of mobile internet users. The number of internet users dropped to 12.50 crore in November, down 11 lakh from the previous month, according to BTRC.
Bangladesh's steady embrace of digitalisation, spearheaded by a growing number of tech startups and rising software and IT service exports, has suffered a heavy blow from the imposition of new taxes this year.
Upon completion, the Tanzania standard gauge railway (SGR) will ease cargo transportation within the country and to neighbouring nations.