News Watch (08-08-2019)

PM returns home today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home from London today wrapping up her official visit to the United Kingdom. "The prime minister will depart London this afternoon (local time) and reach Dhaka tomorrow morning Bangladesh time," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS over phone from London Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina went to London on July 19. — BSS

BTCL offers on-net unlimited talk-time

State-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) announced on-net unlimited talk-time at monthly Tk 150 with no line rent aiming to offer more pro-people and time-befitting services. Besides, the public switched telephone network (PSTN) operator also fixed off-net (BTCL to other operators) call charge at Tk 0.52 per minute and this offer would be effective from August 16. The decision was taken at a meeting with Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in the chair at the secretariat. — BSS