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Industrial output soars in FY 2018

Industrial output soars in FY 2018

Rezaul Karim 2018-08-25 10:58:51

The industrial production marked a sharp increase in the first nine months of the last fiscal year (FY) compared to the same period of the previous fiscal. The industrial output surged due to the ris...

BD third largest LDC on exporting commercial services

BD third largest LDC on exporting commercial services

FE Online Report 2018-08-24 18:30:58

Bangladesh is the third largest exporter of the commercial services among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The country exported commercial services worth $ 2.26 billion in the past year. Word T...

Russia answers Tesla electrically

Russia answers Tesla electrically

-- 2018-08-24 16:57:09

Russian manufacturing firm Kalashnikov has wheeled out a retro-looking electric car it says will give Elon Musk's Tesla a run for its money. The firm behind the famous AK-47 assault rifle presented t...

Nikon mirrorless cameras to battle Sony

Nikon mirrorless cameras to battle Sony

-- 2018-08-24 14:10:15

Nikon Corporation, also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company specialises in optics and imaging products and has unveiled its first fu...

Global trade growth to slow down: WTO

Global trade growth to slow down: WTO

FE Online Report 2018-08-24 12:21:01

Global trade expansion is likely to slow down in the third quarter (Q3) of the current year, according to the World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) of the WTO. Released in the second week of this mont...

Work on Feni Bridge to start after Sept

Work on Feni Bridge to start after Sept

-- 2018-08-23 20:42:56

NEW DELHI: Work of the 150-meter bridge over river Feni connecting India and Bangladesh will start after September, reports www.sentinelassam.com. Disclosing this to The Sentinel, Satyabrata Sahu, Di...

Europe to ban halogen lightbulbs from Sept 1

Europe to ban halogen lightbulbs from Sept 1

-- 2018-08-23 20:27:31

Halogen lightbulbs will be banned across Europe from Sept 1.  After a 60 year run Halogen lightbulbs will be replaced by more energy efficient LEDs. The ban will be put into place across Europe...

As central bankers meet, economic uncertainties weigh on sunny outlook

As central bankers meet, economic uncertainties weigh on sunny outlook

-- 2018-08-23 19:55:41

Global central bankers are navigating a new set of threats as they decide how aggressively to act in closing out an era of exceptionally easy money, reports WSJ Uncertainties include the prospect of...

Wind mapping satellite lifts off

Wind mapping satellite lifts off

-- 2018-08-23 17:00:14

PA Waves crash into the sea wall at Seaham Harbour Aeolus data should mean there are fewer surprises in the forecasts 1 A British-assembled satellite has been launched into space to make the first tr...

IBM files patent for smart coffee delivery drones

IBM files patent for smart coffee delivery drones

-- 2018-08-23 14:24:57

IBM has spent much of the last decade turning away from its hardware roots towards new, fast-growing technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud computing. A new patent filing suggests the 107...

Bangladesh 49th top merchandise importing country

Bangladesh 49th top merchandise importing country

FE Online Report 2018-08-23 13:39:44

Bangladesh has been ranked as the 49th top merchandise importing country in the past year, according to the World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2018. The report, released in July, also sh...

Mexico, US 'close' to resolving bilateral NAFTA issues

Mexico, US 'close' to resolving bilateral NAFTA issues

-- 2018-08-23 13:38:04

Mexico and the United States are close to resolving remaining bilateral issues in the revamp of the NAFTA trade deal, officials said, but hopes of squaring away differences on Wednesday were booted to...

MLT foreign loans jump by 80pc in FY18

MLT foreign loans jump by 80pc in FY18

FE Online Report 2018-08-23 13:31:23

Medium and long-term (MLT) loans in the past fiscal year (FY18) jumped by around 80 per cent over the previous year, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Bank. The annual Balance of Payme...

India's RCom sells $285m worth assets to Reliance Jio

India's RCom sells $285m worth assets to Reliance Jio

-- 2018-08-23 12:51:01

 India's Reliance Communications Limited said on Thursday it completed the sale of its media convergence nodes (MCNs) and related infrastructure assets worth 20 billion rupees ($285.4 million) to...

Bangladesh 57th top exporting country

Bangladesh 57th top exporting country

FE Online Report 2018-08-23 12:42:00

Bangladesh has been ranked as the 57th top merchandise exporting country in the past year, according to the World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2018. The report, released last month (July...

Nepal to hold talks with China on energy cooperation

Nepal to hold talks with China on energy cooperation

-- 2018-08-22 19:26:31

The Nepal government has formed a seven-member committee to hold talks with China to implement an agreement on energy cooperation, a senior official said, according to a report by India based The Fi...

Kerala floods impact a fifth of India’s coffee production

Kerala floods impact a fifth of India’s coffee production

-- 2018-08-22 18:35:38

Kerala is the second largest coffee producing state in India, contributing to over a fifth of the country’s total production and employing over 44,000 people, according to a report by LiveMint....

US, China to resume trade talks in Washington amid low expectations

US, China to resume trade talks in Washington amid low expectations

-- 2018-08-22 16:38:54

US and Chinese officials are set to resume contentious trade talks on Wednesday under the cloud of a prediction by US President Donald Trump that there would be no real progress, reports Reuters. The...

Lira steady after Bolton says Turkey made ‘big mistake’ over pastor

Lira steady after Bolton says Turkey made ‘big mistake’ over pastor

-- 2018-08-22 16:17:55

The under-pressure lira held steady against the dollar on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Turkey had made a “big mistake” in not freeing a...

Kuwait, Iraq to study developing shared oilfields: Oil minister

Kuwait, Iraq to study developing shared oilfields: Oil minister

-- 2018-08-22 16:08:18

Kuwait and Iraq will appoint consultants soon to study the development of shared oilfields, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Bakhit al-Rashidi said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Production from cross-borde...

Stone tools discovered; reveal human-like grip 0.05m years ago

Stone tools discovered; reveal human-like grip 0.05m years ago

-- 2018-08-21 20:35:51

A recent study has revealed our ancestors to have a high precision grip that enabled them to develop advanced stone tools such as spear points, reports Moneycontrol News, As reported by Heritage Dail...

Water ice 'detected on Moon's surface'

Water ice 'detected on Moon's surface'

-- 2018-08-21 19:44:39

  Scientists say they have definitive evidence for water-ice on the surface of the Moon. The ice deposits are found at both the north and south poles, and are likely to be ancient in origin. T...

Largest king Penguin colony in World drops by 90pc

Largest king Penguin colony in World drops by 90pc

-- 2018-08-21 19:19:02

  After three decades out of the public eye, a giant colony of king penguins has lost 90 per cent of its population, according to a new study, reports NY Times. The colony of 500,000 breeding...

Facebook to make MRI scans faster thru’ artificial intelligence

Facebook to make MRI scans faster thru’ artificial intelligence

-- 2018-08-21 19:03:14

Facebook has announced its new research project targeting use of artificial intelligence (AI) for making MRI scans up to 10 times faster. It has been granted access to approximately 3 million MRI imag...

Microsoft claims win over 'Russian political hackers'

Microsoft claims win over 'Russian political hackers'

-- 2018-08-21 18:26:56

  Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says, reports BBC. The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from...

Japan, China seek to restart FX swap line in sign of warming ties

Japan, China seek to restart FX swap line in sign of warming ties

-- 2018-08-21 17:59:28

Japan and China are in talks to resume a currency swap arrangement between their central banks worth about 3.0 trillion yen (£21.3 billion), Kyodo News agency reported on Tuesday, according to R...

Business community hopeful Imran can pull Pakistan out of economic mire

Business community hopeful Imran can pull Pakistan out of economic mire

-- 2018-08-21 17:17:45

Business community on Monday appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden speech to the nation and reposed full confidence in his leadership abilities to pull the country out of multiple cha...

Rosatom starts installation of core catcher at Rooppur nuclear power plant

Rosatom starts installation of core catcher at Rooppur nuclear power plant

-- 2018-08-21 16:54:31

  Russian Rosatom has started installation of the core catcher protection system at the construction site of unit 1 of the 2.4GW Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.   According to...

Greek PM heads to Odysseus’ home at end of bailout journey

Greek PM heads to Odysseus’ home at end of bailout journey

-- 2018-08-21 16:46:16

 Prime Minister (PM) Alexis Tsipras headed to the Greek island of Ithaca on Tuesday in a gesture laden with classical symbolism as the country emerges from nine years of crisis and international...

Azerbaijan’s drilling co eyes to expand activity in Bangladesh

Azerbaijan’s drilling co eyes to expand activity in Bangladesh

-- 2018-08-21 15:33:14

Azerbaijan’s drilling company SOCAR-AQS intends to expand its activity in Bangladesh, director general of the company Ramin Isayev told Trend on August 20. Earlier, SOCAR-AQS won a tender for d...