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Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency. Compan...

Producing skilled human resources to enhance productivity stressed

Producing skilled human resources to enhance productivity stressed

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Speakers at a discussion have said skilled human resources can enhance productivity in every sector to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs) for building a middle income nation by 2021 and devel...

Muhith urges stock market investors to apply knowledge

Muhith urges stock market investors to apply knowledge

-- 2017-10-02 10:17:38

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday called on investors in the stock market to know, understand and analyse the market before investing money. He made the call while inaugurating the World Investor...

Google eases rules on free news stories

Google eases rules on free news stories

Reuters 2017-10-02 02:47:28

Google announced on Sunday that subscription news websites would no longer have to provide users three free articles per day or face less prominence in search results, relaxing its rules following com...

Solar storm hits Mars, causing massive global aurora: NASA

Solar storm hits Mars, causing massive global aurora: NASA

-- 2017-10-01 12:54:59

  A strong solar blast hit Mars earlier this month, leading to a global aurora on Mars that was 25 times brighter than any that had been previously recorded, NASA reported this week.   Th...

Women spend more time than men in unpaid works: Study

Women spend more time than men in unpaid works: Study

-- 2017-10-01 12:41:21

Women in Bangladesh spend more time than men in unpaid works, according to a recent research. The findings say women spend around eight hours on an average per day in unpaid caring works while their...

Google to upgrade two-factor authentication tool

Google to upgrade two-factor authentication tool

-- 2017-10-01 12:27:48

Google plans on upgrading its two-factor authentication tool with an improved, physical security measure aimed at protecting high-profile users from politically motivated cyberattacks, according to a...

22-day Hilsa ban begins: Bangladesh contributes 65pc of total global output

22-day Hilsa ban begins: Bangladesh contributes 65pc of total global output

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

22-day ban on hilsa fishing begins in Chandpur Sunday. The government every year takes the move to increase the production of the popular fish species.   The government has imposed a ban on c...

UN fails to manage initial funds for Rohingyas in BD

UN fails to manage initial funds for Rohingyas in BD

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

The United Nations has not yet received even half of the funds it initially sought to respond to crisis Bangladesh is now facing with the newly arrived Rohingyas from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, re...

Skill Development key to achieving competitiveness:BUILD

Skill Development key to achieving competitiveness:BUILD

FE Online Desk 2017-10-01 12:00:00

Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD), a public-private policy reforms body said it is high time for the key stakeholders to comprehend the complex and multifaceted nature of the developme...

NCC Bank arranges biz meeting for Dhaka-based branches

NCC Bank arranges biz meeting for Dhaka-based branches

FE Online Desk 2017-10-01 12:00:00

NCC Bank arranged a Business Meeting for Managers & Deputy Managers of Dhaka-based branches at the Bank's Head Office recently. Md. Nurun Newaz Salim, Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the meeti...

Saudi Arabia slips into recession in Q2, GDP shrinks 2.3pc

Saudi Arabia slips into recession in Q2, GDP shrinks 2.3pc

-- 2017-10-01 05:09:08

Saudi Arabia’s economy has slipped back into recession as the oil sector stagnates and the government sector is hit by austerity policies designed to curb a state budget deficit caused by low oi...

Shahriar for raising sugarcane cultivation

Shahriar for raising sugarcane cultivation

-- 2017-10-01 04:54:07

  RAJSHAHI, Oct 1: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has asked the farmers to raise sugarcane cultivation with optimum uses of the existing natural resources for survival of sugar...

‘Folding phone’ release soon!

‘Folding phone’ release soon!

-- 2017-10-01 04:24:18

The smartphone race among the industry’s most prominent companies is set to get even more intense, as Samsung seems set on releasing its foldable Galaxy X smartphone sooner than expected. In a...

Rice prices slip in India, Thailand; exporters eye Bangladesh

Rice prices slip in India, Thailand; exporters eye Bangladesh

-- 2017-10-01 01:00:44

Rice prices dipped this week in the Asian hubs of India and Thailand, but prospects of new deals with flood-ravaged Bangladesh could reinvigorate sluggish markets for the staple grain amongst top ex...

BB finds problem with BKB financials

BB finds problem with BKB financials

Syful Islam 2017-09-30 12:00:00

A central bank inspection team has detected 'window dressing' in the balance sheet of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) to show its higher earnings and conceal provision shortfall to lower its net loss, of...

Major utility service providers in Bangladesh ill-prepared to face calamities

Major utility service providers in Bangladesh ill-prepared to face calamities

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-09-30 12:00:00

The country's major utility-service providers blissfully lie ill-prepared to face any disaster - manmade or natural - for lack of auto-shutdown mechanisms, leaving people and property in risks as ever...

China factory activity rises to five-year high

China factory activity rises to five-year high

-- 2017-09-30 10:58:05

Activity in China’s manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace since 2012 in September, as factories cranked up output to take advantage of strong demand and high prices. The official PMI re...

Uber's Kalanick reignites power struggle

Uber's Kalanick reignites power struggle

Reuters 2017-09-30 10:23:17

Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick on Friday said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief exec...

Oil climbs as tension over  Iraqi Kurdistan rises

Oil climbs as tension over Iraqi Kurdistan rises

-- 2017-09-29 12:29:44

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Thursday, spurred by rising tension around northern Iraq following the autonomous Kurdistan region's vote in favor of independence in a referendum.Brent c...

Musk shrinks SpaceX Mars rocket to cut costs

Musk shrinks SpaceX Mars rocket to cut costs

Reuters 2017-09-29 12:00:00

To cut costs, Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has shrunk the size of the rocket ship it is developing to go to Mars, aiming to start construction on the first spaceship in the first half of next year...

UK economic growth slows to four-year low

UK economic growth slows to four-year low

-- 2017-09-29 12:00:00

Britain’s economy grew at its slowest pace since 2013 in the 12 months after last year’s Brexit vote, data showed on Friday, painting a subdued picture as the Bank of England prepares to r...

Govt bags bountiful taxes in July

Govt bags bountiful taxes in July

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-09-29 11:29:25

Government's tax-revenue collection saw a 27.05 per cent growth in the first month of this fiscal largely for a surge in imports and steady growth in exports. Officials said domestic value-added tax...

Net ‘not ready’ for key security update

Net ‘not ready’ for key security update

-- 2017-09-29 08:00:55

A plan to update the security around some of the net's core address books has been delayed, reports BBC. Net administrative body Icann put its plans on hold after it emerged that some ISPs and large...

Japan inflation surges in August

Japan inflation surges in August

-- 2017-09-29 01:59:02

Japan’s core inflation accelerated in August, industrial output rose more than expected and demand for labour remained at its strongest in over 40 years in a further sign of solid momentum of th...

BTMA, rights groups decry power price hike bid

BTMA, rights groups decry power price hike bid

FE Report 2017-09-28 12:00:00

A proposal for raising power tariffs under Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) faced opposition from consumer rights activists, politicians and a trade body in the public hearing. Rather, t...

BB issues notice relaxing loan provisioning policies further

BB issues notice relaxing loan provisioning policies further

FE Report 2017-09-28 12:00:00

The central bank has relaxed its loan provisioning policies further to facilitate disbursement of agriculture and micro-credits by the banks, officials said. Under the relaxations, the banks will hav...

Trump unveils huge tax cut

Trump unveils huge tax cut

-- 2017-09-28 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have proposed on Wednesday the biggest US tax overhaul in three decades, the first major revamp of the nation’s tax code in a generation....

Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

Reuters 2017-09-28 11:55:28

  US President Donald Trump has been sceptical of the conclusions of US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the election and has denied his campaign colluded with Moscow. Reuters &n...

Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims

Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims

-- 2017-09-28 10:44:45

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. “Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump. Both s...