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Canada’s economy cools in Q3

Canada’s economy cools in Q3

-- 2017-12-02 11:34:09

The Canadian economy slowed in the third quarter after a hot first half of the year as exports tumbled, but an acceleration in hiring and wage growth last month was seen giving the central bank reason...

NBR collects Tk 42.81b income tax until Nov 30

NBR collects Tk 42.81b income tax until Nov 30

FE Report 2017-12-02 09:47:19

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) received over Tk 42.81 billion (4,281.32 crore) as income tax until November 30, 2017, up by 28.37 per cent over the corresponding time of 2016. A total of 15,56,6...

'Extend bond facility to potential non-RMG sectors too'

'Extend bond facility to potential non-RMG sectors too'

FE Report 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Speakers at a roundtable recommended Thursday the government to offer uniform incentives, including the bonded warehouse facility, to the non-readymade garment sector to help diversify export items....

WB to help introduce direct cash delivery by banks

WB to help introduce direct cash delivery by banks

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-12-01 12:00:00

The World Bank (WB) would assist in rebuilding the system of government cash transfers under the social-safety-net programme (SSNP), introducing direct delivery by banks to recipients to end irregular...

Jewellery sector in jeopardy as artisans opt out

Jewellery sector in jeopardy as artisans opt out

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

Many goldsmiths and artisans are leaving their job or migrating to India as the demand for gold ornaments falls and the wages decline. The mass opt-out of the goldsmiths and artisans has put the coun...

Japan Oct CPI edges up

Japan Oct CPI edges up

-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00

The core consumer prices in Japan rose in October from a year earlier, marking the 10th straight month of gains, but a narrower measure that excludes energy showed inflation has not accelerated for th...

Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race

Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race

Reuters 2017-12-01 11:47:06

Amazon.com Inc this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising its challenge to Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms fo...

Tesla switches on world's biggest battery

Tesla switches on world's biggest battery

-- 2017-12-01 09:39:09

The world's largest lithium ion battery has begun dispensing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery, built by Tesla, was officially activated on Friday. It had in...

Entrepreneurs should supplement economic growth, urges Tofail

Entrepreneurs should supplement economic growth, urges Tofail

-- 2017-12-01 07:40:57

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday urged private sector entrepreneurs to add-on to the government's efforts to build a self-sufficient economy. The minister said it while speaking as chief gue...

New technology to disrupt Blockchain

New technology to disrupt Blockchain

-- 2017-12-01 05:35:12

To begin with, one first needs to understand what blockchain technology is. The Blockchain is the main technological innovation of the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. In short, it is a digitised, decentralis...

NASA’s playlist for aliens now available for purchase

NASA’s playlist for aliens now available for purchase

-- 2017-12-01 05:10:27

In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft to explore interstellar space. The Voyager 1 and 2 contained the Golden Record which is a collection of sounds and images to explain Earth to alien beings...

Ireland’s manufacturing output surge

Ireland’s manufacturing output surge

-- 2017-12-01 02:42:51

Ireland’s manufacturing output growth accelerated in the three months to November, surged to an 18-year high, a survey showed on Friday. The output seen higher, with strong new orders at home...

China factory growth slows in Nov: Caixin PMI

China factory growth slows in Nov: Caixin PMI

-- 2017-12-01 02:35:09

China’s manufacturing activity grew at the weakest pace in five months in November as input costs remained high and tougher pollution measures weighed on business confidence, survey showed. The...

India's economy grows 6.3pc in Q3

India's economy grows 6.3pc in Q3

-- 2017-12-01 02:24:50

India's economic growth bounced back in the second quarter (July-September), grew 6.3 per cent in the Q2 from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew fas...

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

Reuters 2017-11-30 12:00:00

In a major step toward creating artificial life, US researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic pr...

SoEs' profit fall squeezes FY17 revenue earnings

SoEs' profit fall squeezes FY17 revenue earnings

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Country's revenue from the second-biggest source shrank in 2016-17 as receipts from dividends and profits of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) fell over 29 per cent short of Tk 323.50-billion target....

Kaspersky brings relief for parents

Kaspersky brings relief for parents

Md Ziaur Rahman 2017-11-30 12:00:00

In a country where digital transformation is embedding itself fast, parents have enough to worry about their children left to fend for themselves for lack of any tool to monitor them on the virtual wo...

Yellen reiterates gradual rate hike path

Yellen reiterates gradual rate hike path

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated that the low inflation might reflect transitory factors and expected inflation will move up to 2.0 per cent target over the medium term. She said that...

Bangladesh needs to highlight LDC advantages: Experts

Bangladesh needs to highlight LDC advantages: Experts

FE Online Report 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Bangladesh should discuss its advantage as both an Least Developed Country (LDC) and non-LDC prospective in the upcoming WTO ministerial in Buenos Aires, said participants at a dialogue on Thursday. &...

Thirty global firms to supply LNG to BD from spot mkts

Thirty global firms to supply LNG to BD from spot mkts

M Azizur Rahman 2017-11-30 11:44:21

Bangladesh has selected 30 firms and their consortia from different countries across the globe to source LNG (liquefied natural gas) from spot markets to ensure availability of the energy. The Rupant...

Google UK faces mass legal action

Google UK faces mass legal action

BBC 2017-11-30 10:52:41

Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK. It focuses on allegations that Google unlawfully ha...

Robot 'will wipe out' 800m jobs by 2030

Robot 'will wipe out' 800m jobs by 2030

-- 2017-11-30 10:32:41

Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy has found. The study of 46 countries and 800 occupations by the Mc...

‘Asia can attain sustainable growth thru’ SMEs’

‘Asia can attain sustainable growth thru’ SMEs’

-- 2017-11-30 07:14:24

Asian countries can achieve higher economic growth if they take innovation steps to develop Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), said Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu. "SMEs considered as a vital...

NBR secures copyright of 'Tax ID Card'

NBR secures copyright of 'Tax ID Card'

-- 2017-11-30 06:45:32

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has secured the copyright of 'Tax ID Card', a creative innovation of the revenue authorities to honour taxpayers in the country. The copyright office of the Cultu...

UN official sees BD on right track to graduate from LDC status

UN official sees BD on right track to graduate from LDC status

FE Online Desk 2017-11-30 03:52:08

A United Nations high official has said that Bangladesh seems to be on the right track to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status within the targeted timeframe. Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu...

Apple rushes to fix password bug

Apple rushes to fix password bug

BBC 2017-11-29 12:00:00

Apple has said it is working to fix a serious bug within its Mac operating system. The flaw in MacOS High Sierra - the most recent version - makes it possible to gain entry to the machine without a p...

Would leave Russia if asked to spy: Kaspersky

Would leave Russia if asked to spy: Kaspersky

Reuters 2017-11-29 12:00:00

Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab has never been asked by Russian intelligence services to spy on targets in the West and the company's founder and the chief executive said he would move his company out of t...

SWIFT warns banks on cyber heists

SWIFT warns banks on cyber heists

Reuters 2017-11-29 12:00:00

SWIFT, the global messaging system used to move trillions of dollars each day, warned banks on Wednesday that the threat of digital heists is on the rise as hackers use increasingly sophisticated tool...

Going green to woo foreign buyers

Going green to woo foreign buyers

Monira Munni 2017-11-29 12:00:00

Local apparel makers are banking on green technology heavily in running their factory operation to brighten the image of the readymade garment sector and the country abroad after the recent industrial...

Individual tax return submission time expires today

Individual tax return submission time expires today

FE Online Report 2017-11-29 12:00:00

The time for submission of tax returns by individual taxpayers is set to expire tomorrow (Thursday). The individual category taxpayers will have to pay 2.0 per cent monthly interest on the payable ta...