Reuters 2021-03-26 14:12:01
OneWeb launched 36 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in the far east of Russia on Thursday as part of the satellite firm’s plans to deliver global high-speed internet access. The launch,...
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A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), the latest sign of a frenzy in the NFT art world. NFTs, a digital si...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2021-03-26 08:28:46
Bangladesh and India are likely to sign four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) during the visit of Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today (Friday). Th...
FE REPORT 2021-03-26 08:19:12
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday said movement of vehicles within the BBIN region under a system like that of the UN TIR would help significantly reduce the cost of trade and benefit all the member...
Reuters 2021-03-25 13:07:57
India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in...
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Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveil...
Siddique Islam 2021-03-25 08:22:50
The central bank on Wednesday extended again the policy relaxation involving loan repayments to the country's scheduled banks by their borrowers. The borrowers would get three more months' time to...
-- 2021-03-24 19:36:03
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the government has not taken any decision so far to provide loans for the private sector from the country’s foreign currency reserve. “So...
Reuters 2021-03-24 11:11:52
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030, the billionaire entrepreneur said in a tweet on Tuesday. The private space company had raised about $850 millio...
Reuters 2021-03-24 10:51:08
Velo3D Inc will merge with a blank-check company backed by tennis star Serena Williams, in a deal that takes the 3D printing technology venture public at a combined value of $1.6 billion, the companie...
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad 2021-03-24 09:50:31
Businesses are now deeply worried that resurgence of the Covid-19 might unsettle the recovery they have been making in recent months following a notable improvement in both infection and fatality rate...
REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:06:31
Tesla Inc’s use of in-car cameras to record and transmit video footage of passengers to develop self-driving technology raises privacy concerns, influential US magazine Consumer Reports said on...
Ariyana A Khan 2021-03-23 21:42:26
Ascend Technologies, a US-based IT company, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, founded by Bangladeshi- American entrepreneur Kawser Jamal in 2003, has embarked on an expansion phase in Bangl...
-- 2021-03-23 17:47:20
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France over hate speech and false information, the global media watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday, reports Reuters. RSF...
-- 2021-03-23 17:26:10
Japanese Economic Zone (EZ) is expected to go on full-swing operation in the first-half of 2023 as all development work of the zone is likely to be completed within June of the same year, reports BSS....
UNB 2021-03-23 16:26:27
Unveiling a fresh route with the potential of attracting both foreign and domestic tourists, the government is set to launch a Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar train service at the end of next year. The fr...
-- 2021-03-23 15:14:51
Japan’s government on Tuesday unveiled measures to help midsize and large companies boost capital funds, officials have said, a step aimed at backing mainly restaurants and lodging businesses hi...
-- 2021-03-23 13:18:42
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet has been sold for the equivalent of $2.9m (£2.1m) to a Malaysia-based businessman. The tweet, which said "just setting up my twttr," was first pub...
REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:30:36
Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. A digital artwo...
-- 2021-03-22 10:10:58
Former US President Donald Trump, suspended from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, plans to launch his own platform in two to three months, one of...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-03-21 08:15:54
Bangladesh's investment in the form of gold has gained value by over 37 per cent to reach around US$554 million over the last 10 years. The country's central bank, for the first time on September 0...
-- 2021-03-20 13:31:34
The US Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search and advertising giant sai...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-03-20 09:52:55
The United Kingdom has urged Bangladesh to address the existing trade barriers and other structural problems to help attract more foreign direct investments including those from British companies. "F...
Reuters 2021-03-20 08:51:37
Facebook has fixed a technical issue that caused a global outage of its services after more than a million people reported problems with its photo-sharing app Instagram. The issue had also affected t...
FE REPORT 2021-03-19 11:13:56
President of International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) Mahbubur Rahman (top, middle) and other distinguished persons at the webinar on "Global Awareness on Open Account Export Transactions a...
Reuters 2021-03-19 09:42:07
A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch - could see thei...
Reuters 2021-03-18 17:18:27
The global economy is set to grow by 4.7 per cent this year thanks to a stronger-than-expected recovery in the United States, a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Th...
FE Report 2021-03-18 09:17:15
Introduction of different types of bonds can reduce pressure on banking sector by meeting long-term and large-scale financing needs of the next generation businesses, speakers said at a programme on T...
Reuters 2021-03-17 16:58:56
Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with socia...
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The World Bank has approved 200 million US dollars to help Bangladesh provide support and services to the low-income urban youth impacted by Covid-19 and the involuntary returnee migrant workers in or...
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