Mobile phone operators will give free minutes to its users as compensation for every case of call drop and network failure from June 1.

Mobile phone subscribers can re-buy their previous number upon failure to re-register their SIM cards with biometric data after May 31 deadline, according to a decision taken in a meeting chaired by BTRC.

Time for biometric SIM re-registration, which was scheduled to end today, has been extended to May 31, says State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim.

State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim sues Arun Rana Sarkar, general secretary of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote for collecting money using her name and post.

The government unblocks all social media platforms including Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp and Viber.