Mobile SIM users 180 million, internet users 130 million

The mobile phone users and the number of internet users of the country are more than 180 million and 130 million respectively.

"Currently, the number of mobile SIM users and the number of internet users are more than 18 crore (180 million) and 13 crore (130 million) respectively," said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal while placing national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 at the Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka today (June 1).

Based on four main pillars, the government is working to build Digital Bangladesh: connectivity, skilled human resources, e-government and promotion of ICT industry, he said.

"In all those four areas, our progress and achievements are unprecedented. Under the initiative of our government, the internet bandwidth per Mbps is currently available at less than Tk 300 instead of Tk 78,000," the finance minister said.