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Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US midterms

Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US midterms

-- 2018-11-06 13:37:18

Facebook blocked about 115 user accounts after US authorities tipped it off to suspicious behavior that may be linked to a foreign entity, the company said in a blog post on Monday, hours before US vo...

Pets can tell time: Study

Pets can tell time: Study

-- 2018-11-05 20:51:58

A study from Northwestern University (NU) in United States has found some of the clearest evidence that animals can judge time. By examining the brain's medial entorhinal cortex, the researchers d...

Britain hopes to reach Brexit financial services deal soon

Britain hopes to reach Brexit financial services deal soon

-- 2018-11-05 16:45:45

Britain hopes to reach a deal with the European Union soon on its post-Brexit financial services trade with the bloc Financial services minister of the United Kingdom John Glen came up with the state...

Turkey’s inflation surges to 25.24pc in October

Turkey’s inflation surges to 25.24pc in October

-- 2018-11-05 16:17:35

Turkey's annual inflation jumped to 25.24 per cent in October, mainly driven by growing prices in clothing and footwear, according to data released on Monday. On a monthly basis, the costs of cloth...

Indonesia GDP grows 5.17pc in third quarter

Indonesia GDP grows 5.17pc in third quarter

-- 2018-11-05 15:55:48

Indonesia gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a 5.17 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, lower than 5.27 per cent in the previous quarter, BPS official said on Monday. The official said the g...

Economic inequality on rise despite growth

Economic inequality on rise despite growth

FE Report 2018-11-05 11:10:57

Bangladesh economy has become more 'unequal' during the recent decade, particularly between 2010 and 2016, despite the country's ongoing growth, opined economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. Asset in...

Govt mulls inclusive social safety net

Govt mulls inclusive social safety net

FE Report 2018-11-05 09:57:24

The government launched an action plan for the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) on Sunday with models of South Africa, Lesotho and Nepal. The NSSS aims to build an inclusive social security s...

US economy looks strong  heading into mid-term polls

US economy looks strong heading into mid-term polls

-- 2018-11-04 22:18:44

For a US economic expansion now in its 10th year, hiring remains robust, growth has picked up and the outlook is a mostly bright one on the eve of congressional elections, reports AP. On Friday, the...

Over 5.8m workers went abroad with jobs in last nine years

Over 5.8m workers went abroad with jobs in last nine years

-- 2018-11-04 21:47:52

Manpower exports witnessed a record rise over the last nine years as the country sent more than 5.8 million workers abroad between 2009 and October 2018. During the period the country received over $...

ECNEC approves 39 projects involving Tk 866.87 billion

ECNEC approves 39 projects involving Tk 866.87 billion

-- 2018-11-04 21:09:17

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 39 projects involving an overall cost of Tk 866.87 billion. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held at NEC co...

Discovery of gene may lead to disease-resistant crops

Discovery of gene may lead to disease-resistant crops

-- 2018-11-04 14:16:07

Researchers have found a gene that can help control plants' response to disease, which may pave the way for developing infection-resistant crops, according to a study released recently by the Universi...

Policy Dialogue on Unpaid Care Work: Election Manifesto Perspective Nov 5

Policy Dialogue on Unpaid Care Work: Election Manifesto Perspective Nov 5

FE Online Desk 2018-11-04 13:17:34

ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) and Dhaka University Debating Society (DUDS) will hold a Policy Dialogue on Unpaid Care Work: Election Manifesto Perspective on November 5 at TSC Auditorium of Dhaka Univers...

ECNEC likely to endorse 25 projects tomorrow

ECNEC likely to endorse 25 projects tomorrow

FE Report 2018-11-03 14:04:41

The government is likely to approve nearly 25 development projects on 'political consideration' tomorrow (Sunday). Of these, some nine projects of one public agency will be tabled for endorsement, off...

Web needs more love, says its creator

Web needs more love, says its creator

-- 2018-11-03 13:36:46

Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee is "disappointed" with the current state of his invention and how it allows hate to prosper. In a recent interview, Sir Tim said some sites' software skewed interactio...

US job growth soars; annual wage gain largest since 2009

US job growth soars; annual wage gain largest since 2009

-- 2018-11-03 12:51:55

PER CENT job growth rebounded sharply in October and wages recorded their largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years, pointing to further labour market tightening that could encourage the Federal Reserve to r...

US trade deficit widens to 7-month high in Sept

US trade deficit widens to 7-month high in Sept

-- 2018-11-03 11:55:31

US trade deficit widened to a seven-month high in September as imports hit a record high and exports bounced back, the US Commerce Department has reported. The goods and services deficit climbed to 5...

Govt backs off from setting up free Wi-Fi zones, finally

Govt backs off from setting up free Wi-Fi zones, finally

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-11-03 10:16:25

The government has finally backtracked on a plan to set up a thousand free Wi-Fi zones across the country, when it came to the question of financial viability of such a scheme. At the same time, it a...

Malaysia unveils record 2019 budget

Malaysia unveils record 2019 budget

-- 2018-11-02 19:24:12

Malaysia's new government has unveiled a record budget for 2019 despite battling a huge national debt, with new tax measures and increased dividends from national oil company Petronas intended to plug...

Britain invites suggestions on new £50 note

Britain invites suggestions on new £50 note

-- 2018-11-02 17:36:57

Britain's central bank has invited suggestions from the public within the next six weeks. to feature on the country's next 50 pound banknote. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday that&...

Hacked Facebook private messages up for sale

Hacked Facebook private messages up for sale

-- 2018-11-02 15:35:50

Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts. The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 12...

Malaysia's new government sets bigger budget, cuts fiscal targets

Malaysia's new government sets bigger budget, cuts fiscal targets

-- 2018-11-02 14:59:39

Malaysia announced an expanded budget for 2019 and forecast a wider fiscal deficit as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s new administration tussles with shrinking revenue and a large debt left by...

US job growth likely to rebound in October

US job growth likely to rebound in October

-- 2018-11-02 13:16:41

US job growth likely rebounded in October, with wages expected to have recorded their largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years, pointing to further labour market tightening that could encourage the Federa...

Private credit growth inches lower in Sept

Private credit growth inches lower in Sept

Siddique Islam 2018-11-02 09:56:14

Private sector credit growth fell slightly in September due to lower demand for loans ahead of the national elections, bankers said. Most of the banks are maintaining a 'go-slow' policy for loan disb...

Oceans heating up more rapidly than previously thought

Oceans heating up more rapidly than previously thought

-- 2018-11-01 16:24:58

The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60 per cent more than previ...

Earth's wilderness areas rapidly vanishing: Report

Earth's wilderness areas rapidly vanishing: Report

-- 2018-11-01 14:45:54

The untouched wildness areas on earth are rapidly disappearing, and urgent international action is needed to protect them, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. "A century a...

Egypt, IMF reach agreement on $2b loan disbursement

Egypt, IMF reach agreement on $2b loan disbursement

-- 2018-11-01 13:51:39

The International Monetary Fund has reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt to disburse another $2 billion from the country’s $12 billion extended fund facility, it said on Tuesday. The fund...

BB relaxes rules on forex forward buy-sale

BB relaxes rules on forex forward buy-sale

Siddique Islam 2018-11-01 09:36:16

The central bank has relaxed regulations on forward sale and purchase of foreign exchange (forex) to bring dynamism in hedging transactions, officials said. Following the relaxations, non-deliverable...

Fake Cambridge Analytica ad hits Facebook

Fake Cambridge Analytica ad hits Facebook

-- 2018-10-31 21:23:45

A fake advert purporting to have been paid for by scandal-hit Cambridge Analytica has been posted to Facebook. The ad, now removed but still visible in Facebook's new ad transparency portal, uses the...

Bangladesh 176th among 190 nations in ease of doing business

Bangladesh 176th among 190 nations in ease of doing business

FE Online Report 2018-10-31 19:10:34

Bangladesh has moved one notch up in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, released this evening across the world. The country has been ranked 176th among 190 countries in the Doing...

Marginalised char people need comprehensive national policy: Atiur

Marginalised char people need comprehensive national policy: Atiur

-- 2018-10-31 17:05:56

Political parties should include a comprehensive national policy in their election manifestos for socio-economic development of the marginalised char people. Former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr. Atiur...