News Watch (15-03-2018)

Telecom div approves VAS policy

The Post and Telecommunications division approved Wednesday the Value Added Service (VAS) policy. Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mostofa Jabbar signed a copy of the policy at his office in the Secretariat. After giving his consent, the minister said that there had been no guidelines for the service for long. "It was necessary to get a guideline which will bring discipline in this sector." As there was no guideline, the service-providers would do whatever they wanted. — UNB

Tigers on 116/4

Chasing 177 runs for a victory against India, Bangladesh scored 116 for 4 in 15 overs in the 5th T20I of the tri-nation Nidahas Trophy at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. The match was going on as of filing the report at around 10:30 pm on Wednesday. Earlier, India scored 176 for 3 in 20 overs when skipper Rohit Sharma played an innings of 89 off 61 balls, including five boundaries and five sixes, in his opening place. S Raina hit 47 off 30 balls, to fire five boundaries and two sixes. — FE Desk