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WhatsApp to clamp down on ‘sinister’ messages in India

WhatsApp to clamp down on ‘sinister’ messages in India

-- 2018-08-21 15:19:46

Facebook-owned WhatsApp assured the Indian government on Tuesday that it would develop tools to combat the problem of fake messages, Indian information technology minister said, according to Reuters....

Malaysian PM says China-financed projects canceled

Malaysian PM says China-financed projects canceled

-- 2018-08-21 14:54:52

Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister M...

Apple removes illegal lottery apps from China store

Apple removes illegal lottery apps from China store

-- 2018-08-20 14:15:48

American multinational technology company Apple Inc says it has pulled illegal lottery apps from its App Store in China amid tightening regulation and a barrage of criticism from state media. Accordi...

Greece exits final bailout successfully: ESM

Greece exits final bailout successfully: ESM

-- 2018-08-20 12:39:55

Greece has successfully exited its final, three-year bailout programme, agreed in August 2015 to help it cope with the continued fallout from a debt crisis, the euro zone's ESM rescue fund said on Mon...

BB pumps Tk 3.6b into three banks

BB pumps Tk 3.6b into three banks

Siddique Islam 2018-08-20 09:59:11

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) injected funds amounting to nearly Tk 3.60 billion into three banks on Sunday to help minimise their cash withdrawal pressure ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, officials said. The ce...

BD to participate at World Skills Competition in Russia

BD to participate at World Skills Competition in Russia

FE Online Desk 2018-08-19 13:59:57

Bangladesh is going to participate at the World Skills Competition to be held in Russia in next year. WorldSkills is the collective voice for skills excellence and development in vocational, technolo...

BJMC gets Tk 1.0b fund for paying wages to workers

BJMC gets Tk 1.0b fund for paying wages to workers

FE Report 2018-08-19 10:38:58

The government has funded Tk 1.0 billion to provide wages and festival allowances for jute mill workers, officials said. The textiles and jute ministry released the non-development loan for the Bangl...

Body scanners to screen LA subway riders

Body scanners to screen LA subway riders

-- 2018-08-18 16:21:55

Body scanners will be used on the Los Angeles subway to screen passengers for explosives and weapons, the local transport authority has announced. It is the first mass transport system in the US to a...

GPS completes first-tranche  subscription of BGBS shares

GPS completes first-tranche subscription of BGBS shares

FE Desk 2018-08-18 14:31:34

Thailand’s Global Power Synergy (GPS) Group Company Limited has made the first-tranche subscription of 100 million shares of Beijing Gas Blue Sky (BGBS) Holdings Limited. The second tranche of...

ADBI speaker series on WTO on Sep 3

ADBI speaker series on WTO on Sep 3

FE Online Desk 2018-08-18 13:37:53

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) will hold its Distinguished Speaker Series: Report on Revitalising Multilateral Governance at the World Trade Organisation on September 3 at ADBI, Tokyo, Japan....

India's FX reserves may fall below $400b mark

India's FX reserves may fall below $400b mark

-- 2018-08-18 12:34:40

The foreign exchange reserves of India has come within striking distance of falling below the $400 billion mark as the rupee coming under severe pressure due to meltdown in the Turkish lira. The FX...

Google staff demand more oversight  of China search engine plan

Google staff demand more oversight of China search engine plan

-- 2018-08-17 14:08:08

Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a companywide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen by Reuters, as employees of the Alphabet In...

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports surge in July

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports surge in July

-- 2018-08-17 12:34:21

The non-oil domestic exports (NODX) of Singapore grew 11.8 per cent year on year in July, Enterprise Singapore, a government agency that champions enterprise development, announced on Friday. The c...

Call rate rise unlikely ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Call rate rise unlikely ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Siddique Islam 2018-08-17 10:15:26

The inter-bank call money rate is unlikely to rise ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, as the overall excess liquidity with the banks increased by over 22 per cent or Tk 171 billion in this June. The call mone...

‘Strange behaviour’ of Russian satellite concerns US

‘Strange behaviour’ of Russian satellite concerns US

-- 2018-08-16 16:10:02

A mysterious Russian satellite displaying ‘very abnormal behaviour’ has raised alarm in the US, reports BBC citing a State Department official. "We don't know for certain what it is and t...

S Korea posts trade surplus for 78 months to July

S Korea posts trade surplus for 78 months to July

-- 2018-08-16 13:22:19

South Korean economy posted trade surplus for 78 months to July due mainly to strong demand for locally-made semiconductors and oil products, customs office data showed Thursday. Revised figure for t...

Facebook struggling against hate speech in Myanmar

Facebook struggling against hate speech in Myanmar

-- 2018-08-16 12:55:53

Facebook has been “too slow” to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The acknowledgement came a day after a Reu...

Bangladesh to increase wheat imports 10pc in 2018/19

Bangladesh to increase wheat imports 10pc in 2018/19

-- 2018-08-15 20:38:23

Bangladesh will import around 6.5 million tonnes of wheat in the next marketing year, the USDA’s local branch in the country estimated, according to a report published on www.agricensus.com Wedn...

Wi-fi could be used to detect weapons, bombs

Wi-fi could be used to detect weapons, bombs

-- 2018-08-15 19:43:01

Ordinary wi-fi could be used to detect weapons and explosives in public places, reports BBC citing a study led by the Rutgers University in New Jersey. Wireless signals can penetrate bags to measure...

DHL eCommerce announces partnership with Shopee

DHL eCommerce announces partnership with Shopee

FE Online Desk 2018-08-15 13:51:43

KUALA LUMPUR - Media OutReach - 15 AUGUST- DHL eCommerce, a division of the world's leading logistics company, Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), today announced its partnership with Shopee, the leading...

India to send manned flight into space

India to send manned flight into space

-- 2018-08-15 13:33:54

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the country will send a manned flight into space by 2022. The announcement came amid celebrations Wednesday of India's independence from British colonialist...

Turkey doubles tariffs on US products

Turkey doubles tariffs on US products

-- 2018-08-15 11:40:19

Turkey has doubled tariffs on some US imports, such as passenger cars, alcohol and tobacco, in what its vice president said was a response to deliberate US attacks on the Turkish economy. The move...

Dhaka city to get 0.85m pre-paid meters

Dhaka city to get 0.85m pre-paid meters

FE Report 2018-08-15 09:40:58

The government has approved a Tk 6.58 billion project to install 0.85 million pre-paid meters in Dhaka city. The Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) will implement the project. Presided over by...

Transforming remorse to strength

Transforming remorse to strength

SK Sur Chowdhury 2018-08-14 21:27:51

Forty-two years have elapsed. Still that scary, depressing and tear-soaked feeling overshadows my heart and soul while the dark night comes into my mind. At that missing moment, I wonder, how terribly...

Bangabandhu's thoughts on development: Focus on industrialisation

Bangabandhu's thoughts on development: Focus on industrialisation

Atiur Rahman 2018-08-14 21:16:29

"To build a Golden Bengal, we need Golden People. Bangladesh is plagued by exploitation, oppression, and looting. To solve these problems and to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, the people nee...

Mahathir for opening up BD worker recruitment to all agencies

Mahathir for opening up BD worker recruitment to all agencies

-- 2018-08-14 20:18:22

The Malaysian government wants to open up the recruitment of workers in Bangladesh to all agencies to break the monopoly on the business and reduce processing fees, according to a report by New Strait...

Google tracks users even after location history disabled

Google tracks users even after location history disabled

-- 2018-08-14 19:03:44

Google records users' locations even when they have asked it not to, BBC has said citing a report from the Associated Press. The issue could affect up to two billion Android and Apple devices which u...

Export earnings grow by 20pc in July

Export earnings grow by 20pc in July

FE Online Report 2018-08-14 17:32:31

Country's earnings from goods exports grew nearly 20 per cent to $3.58 billion in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY19). A notable rise in apparel export played a role in the growth. The...

Sainsbury's supermarket goes 'till-free'

Sainsbury's supermarket goes 'till-free'

-- 2018-08-14 17:09:25

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's - the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9 per cent share of the industry in the UK is trialling its first "till-free" store, in which...

ECNEC approves Tk 8.26b livelihood programme

ECNEC approves Tk 8.26b livelihood programme

-- 2018-08-14 15:25:53

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (Tuesday) approved the ‘Improvement of Livelihood of Marginal Communities Programme’ at an estimated cost of Tk 8.261...