China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere. Four new missions include the Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky ...

Boeing has successfully completed the first test flight of the world’s largest twin-engined jet, the 777X. It comes as the firm attempts to boost its image after its 737 Max plane was grounded last year following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. The flight took off near Seattle and lasted four hours. Two attempts were called off this week ...

  A new unit at the University of East London will investigate young people’s pathways into cybercrime as part of a ground-breaking research centre that focusses on “human factors” behind cybercrime and online harms. The Online Harms and Cyber Crime Unit will explore key emergent issues such as: The way in which young people become drawn into illegal online behaviour; child ...

Bangladesh will see more investment from neighbouring country in the future as it has been containing a very favourable environment for Indian investors, said Dinesh Kumar Khara, Managing Director of State Bank of India. Mentioning that Indian investment in Bangladesh is going well, India’s banking boss came up with this hope in a trade meeting held between India Bangladesh Chamber ...

Photo: In this July 8, 2019, photo, cars wait to be exported at Yokohama port, near Tokyo. Japan logged a deficit for a second straight year last year as its exports were hurt by a slowdown of demand in China amid a tariff war with the U.S. Government data released Thursday showed Japan’s exports fell 5.6% in 2019, to 76.9 ...

Bangladeshi-American Omar Ishrak has been elected chairman of the Intel Corporation board of directors succeeding Andy Bryant who stepped down after serving for seven years. The California-based chip maker made the announcement on Tuesday (21 January) and said it would take immediate effect. Omar Ishrak has been serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical ...

Canadian prosecutors proposed to fine Volkswagen $196.5m Canadian dollars (£110m) over its emissions scandal. Volkswagen was charged in December with importing nearly 128,000 vehicles into Canada that violated emissions standards.Volkswagen, the major German automobile manufacturer, then pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of diesel emissions violations.Globally the scandal has already cost the company more than €30bn in fines, penalties and ...

Facebook on Tuesday said it plans to create 1,000 more London-based jobs this year to improve safety on the social network with the aid of artificial intelligence. The new roles will increase the number of staff at the company’s largest engineering hub outside the United States to more than 4,000. “The UK is a world leader in both innovation and ...

12-terabyte bandwidth to be available to meet an incessant demand for internet The government is likely to sign up for the third submarine cable in next June, aiming to use 12 terabytes of internet bandwidth, a top official said on Tuesday. “We have already signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and hopefully will finalise terms and conditions in March next ...

  Students studying to be police officers at the University of East London stopped for tea on Brew Monday to acknowledge the great work of the ‘Samaritans’, showing support for the charity’s bid to raise awareness of the need to chat. With the Samaritans answering a call every six seconds listening to someone who is struggling to cope, the University wanted to ...