University students to get internet bandwidth of Teletalk at nominal cost

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DHAKA Sept 3, 2020 (BSS) – The state run telecom operator-Teletalk
Bangladesh Limited will provide internet bandwidth to the students of
country’s public and private universities at nominal price to keep the online
education activities ongoing.

Students of 42 public and 68 private universities who are using Bangladesh
Research and Education Network (BdREN) platform run by UGC, will get this
facility, UGC said in a press release on Wednesday.

The students will be able to take online classes through Zoom Web
conferencing tool and they will be able to avail Teletalk network at nominal
cost.

The service can be availed by recharging Tk 100 each month and the
recharged balance will add to the balance that can be used for voice calls or
data while while unused credit will be carried forward in the next recharge.