Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh Submarine Cables declared a 42.1 per cent year-on-year surge in profits in the first quarter of FY26 to Tk 619.10 million as revenue from its core business increased.

According to the filing on Sunday, the state-owned Bangladeshi telecommunications company reported a rise in earnings per share (EPS) to Tk 3.67 in July-September this year from Tk 2.54 in the same period of the previous year.

The Submarine Cablesis a state-owned company that manages the country's international submarine cable systems, playing a vital role in ensuring internet access and capacity.

Bangladesh's bandwidth consumption is increasing due to a growing number of internet users and higher data usage per person, particularly mobile dat...