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Importance of using right kind  of lubricants in power sector

Importance of using right kind of lubricants in power sector

Mohammed Yousuf and Mohammed Saifuddin 2017-08-28 01:48:59

Lubricants are a mixture of chemicals that are applied in machines to reduce the friction between moving surfaces. The use of vehicles, machines and equipment has become a part of our daily life. Any...

Generation capacity up, but challenges remain

Generation capacity up, but challenges remain

Special Correspondent 2017-08-28 01:46:25

Bangladesh's overall electricity generation has currently reached to around 9,000 megawatt (MW) riding mostly on 'expensive' oil-fired power plants as low-cost power plants continued to delay in comin...

LPG sector needs  more investment

LPG sector needs more investment

Mohammed Nurul Alam 2017-08-28 01:42:14

Mohammed Nurul Alam Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a rapidly growing industry in Bangladesh. As a potential sector, we have seven major companies including BM Energy (BD) Ltd. The gap between dem...

Trend in renewable energy use in Bangladesh

Trend in renewable energy use in Bangladesh

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2017-08-28 01:40:50

In the ancient Mediterranean, there was a famous city called Syracuse. Legend has it that when the Roman ships were attacking the place in 212 BC, one of the most gifted children of the city, named Ar...

Gerber Technology in RMG,  textile advancement

Gerber Technology in RMG, textile advancement

-- 2017-07-27 00:00:00

Gerber Technology has been helping companies around the world for nearly half a century to develop, manufacture and take their products to the market smarter, faster and more efficiently. Today, th...

8 of the top 10 deadliest cyclones occurred

8 of the top 10 deadliest cyclones occurred

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Eight of the top ten deadliest cyclones on record have occurred in the Bay of Bengal, according to one list on Weather Underground, according to a report by /www.weathernationtv.com.  Some of th...

natnwide mobile handset recycling

natnwide mobile handset recycling

-- 2017-06-06 10:27:30

Mobile phone operators Grameenphone (GP) on Monday launched a nationwide "Mobile Handset Recycling" campaign for greener environment. Under this campaign, GP urges interested patrons to deposit their...

Financial condition is really important to think about

Financial condition is really important to think about

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Most bank boards ignorant of cyber risks, finds study

Most bank boards ignorant of cyber risks, finds study

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 1970-01-01 12:00:00

A significant section of the country's banks and their governing bodies are not sure about what their major cyber threats are, a recent industry-wide survey on cyber risk governance has revealed. The...

5.7m-year-old footprints challenge human evolution theory

5.7m-year-old footprints challenge human evolution theory

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Scientists have discovered human-like footprints from Greece's largest island Crete - dating back to 5.7 million years - that may put the established theories of early human evolution to the test....

chinese worth individuals rise to 16m in past decade

chinese worth individuals rise to 16m in past decade

SZ

The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China has risen to nearly 9 times since a decade ago, a private survey released on Tuesday showed. The HNWIs rose as strong growth in the world's s...

VOP may linger at a price of Tk 1.0b

VOP may linger at a price of Tk 1.0b

Doulot Akter Mala

The VAT Online Project (VOP) may linger for two more years at an extra cost of Tk 1.0 billion following the deferment of the new VAT law.   The project, undertaken for introducing online paymen...

1.45m fresh voters registered in 14 days

1.45m fresh voters registered in 14 days

FE Online Desk

Some 2.2 million voters have got their data updated in the last two weeks.  Of them, almost 1.5 million voters are fresh while the rest 0.7 million are dead. To update the voters’ list,...

Facebook introduces new video platform

Facebook introduces new video platform

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Social media giant Facebook has made a move into dedicated video, pitting it against YouTube and TV networks. Users will soon see a new Watch tab that will offer a range of shows, some of which have...

Kaspersky Lab to withdraw Microsoft antitrust complaints

Kaspersky Lab to withdraw Microsoft antitrust complaints

Reuters

Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday it would withdraw antitrust complaints made in Europe against Microsoft after the US technology giant agreed to change how it delivers...

Dhaka, Delhi express hope to reap BIMSTEC benefits

Dhaka, Delhi express hope to reap BIMSTEC benefits

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BIMSTEC, a regional bloc comprising seven member states, is getting a 'big boost' with both Bangladesh and India expecting that it will soon start yielding results to fulfil the aspirations of the peo...

Regulator asks for bailout plans of merchant bankers, stockbrokers

Regulator asks for bailout plans of merchant bankers, stockbrokers

FE Report

The regulator asked merchant bankers and stockbrokers to submit individual plans for resolving within a year the margin loan-related problems--some dating back to the market crash. As per the regula...

Two electrocuted in Joypurhat

Two electrocuted in Joypurhat

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Two people died in separate incidents of electrocution in Panchbibi upazila and Khetlal upazila on Tuesday. In Panchbibi upazila, Golam Rabbani Sourav, 15, a resident of Nayapara village, receiv...

Youth dies from electrocution

Youth dies from electrocution

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A youth died after being electrocuted at Durgapur village under Benapole Port Police Station on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Atiar Biswas, 27, son of one Aftab Biswas of the...

Couple electrocuted in Tangail

Couple electrocuted in Tangail

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 A man and his wife died from electrocution in Alsha village in Delduar upazila of Tangail district on Sunday evening.   The deceased were identified as Nowaz Ali Miah, 50, and his wife Na...

Tech leaders warn against 'killer robots'

Tech leaders warn against 'killer robots'

FE Online Desk

More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of "killer robots".   In a letter to the organisation, artificial intelli...

Job cuts hit ICT industry

Job cuts hit ICT industry

FE Report

Random job cuts in recent months at a number of renowned ICT companies like Ericsson, Accenture and Grameenphone, often in the name of Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), have prompted a sort of uncert...