HC issues rule on BTRC chief on RanksTel issue

The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the BTRC chairman and telecommunications secretary to explain within seven days why they should not be punished on charge of contempt of court for not appointing an administrator of RanksTel.
The HC on May 11 in a verdict directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and government authorities to appoint an administrator to run operation of land phone company RanksTel, which the BTRC had shut down in March this year on charges of running illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore issued the rule following a contempt of court petition filed by RanksTel on July 13.