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300,000 job prospects in 28 hi-tech parks

300,000 job prospects in 28 hi-tech parks

-- 2019-03-30 20:09:03

Over 300,000 youths both boys and girls will get jobs within next couple of years in 28 hi-tech parks now being constructed outside the capital. Posts, Telecommunications and Information and Communic...

Facebook to consider live video restrictions

Facebook to consider live video restrictions

-- 2019-03-30 19:54:11

Facebook has promised to explore restrictions on live-streaming, two weeks after it was used during gun attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the social...

Vietnam's garment export rises 13.3pc in Q1

Vietnam's garment export rises 13.3pc in Q1

-- 2019-03-30 11:23:08

Vietnam reaped roughly 7.3 billion US dollars from exporting garments and textiles in the first quarter of this year, up 13.3 per cent on-year, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Trad...

Cash-strapped Pakistan likely to secure IMF bailout

Cash-strapped Pakistan likely to secure IMF bailout

-- 2019-03-29 18:35:53

Cash-strapped Pakistan is likely to secure a bailout package between USD 6 billion and USD 12 billion from the IMF by the middle of May after the two sides significantly bridged the "gap" on the terms...

Facebook to ban white nationalism

Facebook to ban white nationalism

-- 2019-03-29 17:35:42

Facebook has said it will block "praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism" on Facebook and Instagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve its a...

Google doodle celebrates sculptor Novera Ahmed’s 80th birth anniv

Google doodle celebrates sculptor Novera Ahmed’s 80th birth anniv

-- 2019-03-29 14:06:14

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, marking the 80th birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi sculptor Novera Ahmed. Doodle is celebrating pioneering artist Novera A...

Facebook blocks 200 pages, groups and accounts in Philippines

Facebook blocks 200 pages, groups and accounts in Philippines

-- 2019-03-29 11:29:16

Facebook Inc said the company removed 200 pages, groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram in the Philippines, citing “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. The company on Thursday said...

Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia to form  group to tackle palm oil dumping

Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia to form group to tackle palm oil dumping

-- 2019-03-28 21:19:50

MANILA, Mar 28 (Reuters): The Philippines said on Thursday it would form a "technical working group" with Malaysia and Indonesia to address its concern over alleged smuggling and dumping of palm oil t...

Call to cull feral cats and dogs to save endangered species

Call to cull feral cats and dogs to save endangered species

-- 2019-03-28 16:30:45

Scientists are calling for a widespread cull of feral cats and dogs, pigs, goats, and rats and mice to save the endangered species they prey upon. Their eradication on more than 100 islands could sav...

China's economy steady and positive: Premier Li

China's economy steady and positive: Premier Li

-- 2019-03-28 15:49:20

China's economy has been operating steadily since the beginning of the year, with positive changes emerging and market expectations being markedly improved, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. Li ma...

Facebook bans white nationalism on its platforms

Facebook bans white nationalism on its platforms

Reuters 2019-03-28 09:46:45

Facebook on Wednesday (local time) banned praise, support, and representation of white nationalism and white separatism, a move that drew qualified approval from New Zealand where a massacre of 50 peo...

S Korea likely to miss renewable energy target

S Korea likely to miss renewable energy target

-- 2019-03-27 13:13:24

South Korea is likely to miss its 2030 renewable energy target even though the country’s renewables capacity is expected to triple from 2019, consultants Wood Mackenzie has said. South Korea, t...

'US auto sales seen falling in March’

'US auto sales seen falling in March’

-- 2019-03-26 20:04:54

US auto sales are expected to drop about 2.1 per cent in March from a year earlier, partly due to bad weather, mixed economic data and lower tax refunds, according to industry consultants JD Power and...

'BD to become poverty-free country by 2030'

'BD to become poverty-free country by 2030'

-- 2019-03-26 16:20:55

Bangladesh will become a 100 per cent poverty and hunger-free country by 2030 as various poverty alleviation programmes are being implemented across the country. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal ma...

Japan, Nepal sign g-to-g labour pact

Japan, Nepal sign g-to-g labour pact

-- 2019-03-26 16:04:42

  KATHMANDU: Nepal has signed a memorandum of cooperation to send to Japan “specified skilled” workers for the first time, according to a report by www.japantimes.co.jp. The broad f...

Pakistan PM hints at finding massive oil reserves

Pakistan PM hints at finding massive oil reserves

-- 2019-03-26 15:09:24

DUBAI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has hinted at finding ‘massive’ oil reserves in recent off-shore drilling off the coast of Karachi. “Pakistan will not need to import oil a...

Uber buys rival Careem in $3.1b deal to dominate ride-hailing in ME

Uber buys rival Careem in $3.1b deal to dominate ride-hailing in ME

-- 2019-03-26 14:11:40

Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc will spend $3.1 billion to acquire Middle East (ME) rival Careem, buying dominance in a competitive region ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public of...

Over one million Asus users attacked through malicious update

Over one million Asus users attacked through malicious update

-- 2019-03-26 13:41:05

Hackers were able to deliver malware to the more one million-plus Asus computer owners last year by hijacking the company’s software update system, security researchers said on Monday. Moscow-b...

Third Nepal-Bangladesh Business Forum in Kathmandu Thursday

Third Nepal-Bangladesh Business Forum in Kathmandu Thursday

-- 2019-03-26 13:33:35

  The third episode of the Nepal-Bangladesh Business Forum (NBBF) is going to be held in Kathmandu Thursday to promote and strengthen bilateral economic cooperation. It is a joint initiative of...

Climate migration crisis  escalating in Bangladesh

Climate migration crisis escalating in Bangladesh

-- 2019-03-26 13:26:58

Climate disruption is forcing entire communities from their homes across the globe, and perhaps no population is more imperiled than the people of Bangladesh, according to a report by www.pri.org. &l...

Google doodle celebrates Bangladesh’s Independence Day

Google doodle celebrates Bangladesh’s Independence Day

-- 2019-03-26 11:31:16

Search engine giant Google is marking Bangladesh's 49th Independence and National Day by replacing its regular home page graphic with a special doodle. The new doodle features three goods-laden boats...

Double-digit growth in four years: Kamal

Double-digit growth in four years: Kamal

FE Report 2019-03-26 09:54:07

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal foresees a double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the country in the next four years. "In four years we will reach the auspicious stage," the minist...

‘Honest loan defaulters to get special scheme to pay off debt'

‘Honest loan defaulters to get special scheme to pay off debt'

-- 2019-03-25 18:30:07

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government has unveiled a new proposition to allow ‘honest loan defaulters’ to pay off their debts. "Those who are unable to pay, but can g...

Singapore's CPI inflation hits nine-month low

Singapore's CPI inflation hits nine-month low

-- 2019-03-25 14:51:49

The core inflation rate of Singapore eased to a nine-month low in February, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will keep monetary policy unchanged when it meets next month. The core infla...

Britain's financial sector has 'gloomiest outlook' since 2008

Britain's financial sector has 'gloomiest outlook' since 2008

-- 2019-03-25 13:41:06

Optimism about the business outlook among Britain’s financial services firms has fallen at its fastest rate since the 2008 financial crisis amid concerns about Britain’s exit from the Euro...

ICAB suggests 2.0pc cut in corporate tax

ICAB suggests 2.0pc cut in corporate tax

FE Report 2019-03-25 09:29:45

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) Sunday suggested 2.0 per cent cut in the corporate tax in the budget for the next financial year (FY). Investors would be encouraged to inv...

China 'confident' of achieving key 2019 economic targets

China 'confident' of achieving key 2019 economic targets

-- 2019-03-24 15:11:30

China’s economy may face a more challenging environment this year but the government is nevertheless confident of achieving its key 2019 targets, Vice Premier Han Zheng said on Sunday. Han, spe...

BD budget may cross Tk 5.0 trillion next fiscal

BD budget may cross Tk 5.0 trillion next fiscal

FE Online Desk 2019-03-24 13:42:16

Bangladesh budget will likely cross the Tk 5.0 trillion-plus mark in fiscal year 2019-20, up by over 11 per cent from that of the last fiscal. The budget totalling Tk 5.24 trillion and 9.5 billion is...

US budget deficit reaches record $234b in Feb

US budget deficit reaches record $234b in Feb

-- 2019-03-23 11:02:17

The US federal budget deficit reached 234 billion US dollars in February, the biggest budget deficit on record for the month, the Treasury Department said Friday. The figure is 8.7 per cent up from t...

$4.2b ADB assistance likely during 2020-22

$4.2b ADB assistance likely during 2020-22

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-03-23 10:07:09

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to make available financial assistance with US$ 4.20 billion over a period of next three years for developing Bangladesh's infrastructure and alleviating p...