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CONGRATULATIONS, INDIA

By F R Chowdhury:   Born in British India in 1945, I came across two more nationality changes automatically. The first was the independence of Pakistan and India in 1947 when I became an East Pakistani. The second was in 1971 when East Pakistan became an independent country named Bangladesh. Then in 1991, I applied for a job in the ...

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What comes next on global markets in 2020?

World markets in the coming year will be heavily exposed to eased yet continued uncertainties in global economy and trade, analysts say. They believe that trade disputes, global growth slowdown, Brexit and geopolitical incidents will remain the major factors that will keep up pressure on the market and weigh on investor sentiment. In fact, a vulnerable, challenging market amid mixed ...

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Toast to the New Year at Four Points by Sheraton

2020 is quickly approaching, so have the time of your life ringing in the New Year by attending one of the top celebrations taking place at Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka. Enter the New Year in style as their fabulous restaurants lay out an indulgent festive feast for the grandest New Year’s Eve Party. There will be New Year Eve ...

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Facebook blocks live streaming of PBC news bulletins over Kashmir coverage: Radio Pakistan

Facebook has blocked live streaming of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation’s (PBC) news bulletins for highlighting Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday. However, temporary arrangements have been made to continue live streaming of Radio Pakistan’s bulletins on YouTube, the report added. In its report, Radio Pakistan has included screenshots of earlier warning messages received from the social-media ...

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Google Doodle celebrating Zainul Abedin’s 105th birthday

Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 105th birthday of renowned Bangladeshi painter, educator and activist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin. He is widely considered a founding father of Bangladeshi modern art. Throughout his colorful life, Zainul Abedin strived to preserve and honour Bangladeshi heritage. Google Doodle made an alteration on its Bangladeshi homepage on Sunday, showing the great artist painting Google ...

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Turkish leader unveils prototypes of 1st domestic car

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday unveiled prototypes of a domestically produced electric car, putting him closer to fulfilling a long-held dream of building Turkey’s first “national” automobile. Erdogan showcased the SUV and sedan models of the car, known for now as TOGG after a consortium of Turkish companies that will produce them, at a ceremony in Gebze, in ...

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US stocks nearly flat; S&P 500 notches 5th weekly gain

Major U.S. stock indexes ended essentially flat Friday after a day of mostly listless trading. Even so, the S&P 500 closed out the week with its fifth straight weekly gain. The benchmark index squeaked out a tiny gain that was good enough for its 35th record high this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also notched a slight gain, giving ...

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Apple ‘hacker’ spared jail over iCloud blackmail

A 22-year-old man has admitted trying to blackmail Apple by claiming he had access to millions of iCloud accounts. Kerem Albayrak from north London threatened to wipe 319 million accounts unless Apple gave him iTunes gift cards worth $100,000 (£76,000). But an investigation found that Albayrak had not compromised Apple’s systems.He has been given a two year suspended jail sentence ...

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Swedish man shot in front of family in UK

A man shot dead on Christmas Eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out, police said, reports BBC. Flamur Beqiri, a Swedish national, was killed in Battersea Church Road in south-west London at about 21:00 GMT.Neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming “desperately” for help. A spokesperson for the Met Police said the ...

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Asian shares mostly higher in quiet post-Christmas trading

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday with many world markets closed for Christmas holidays. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index advanced 0.6% to 23,924.92, while the Kospi in South Korea edged 0.1% higher to 2,191.71. The Shanghai Composite index picked up 0.3% to 2,989.56. India’s Sensex lost 0.2% to 41,380.45. In Southeast Asia, benchmarks were mixed, while Taiwan was flat. ...

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