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Nokia distances itself from boss’s warning over Huawei 5G kit

Dhaka, Jun 30 : Telecoms giant Nokia has disowned the comments one of its senior executives made about rival Huawei, reports the BBC. Nokia’s chief technology officer Marcus Weldon told the BBC that the UK should be wary of using the Chinese hardware. He said Huawei’s telecoms kit had vulnerabilities that meant it posed a risk to 5G networks. In ...

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Property firm fined for failing to comply with scheme to protect tenants

  A property management company has been fined £3,000 after failing to join a Government-approved redress scheme for tenants, leaseholders and landlords, after an intervention by Tower Hamlets Council’s trading standards team. Following a hearing at the Upper Tribunal, G Crawford Management Ltd of Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs was found to be in breach of legal requirements ...

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Ignorance, ego and dismissive became norm (food and health) 

  Fatema Miah: In some communities, ie the Bangali/Pakistani People are ignorant vast majority, ego is a devil  red heated up with horn killing people from within and they destroying each other, and dismissive nature has become a norm. These are the damaging aspects in  nature destroying humanity and has been. Tried to avoid, I ignored. I have been trying ...

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Theresa May: Salisbury poisoning suspects must face justice

The suspects in the Salisbury Novichok attack should be “brought to justice” and Russia must stop its “destabilising activities”, Theresa May has said. The PM spoke to the BBC before she met Russia’s President Putin at the G20 summit for one-to-one talks on Friday. The UK believes two officers from Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, were behind the poisoning ...

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Brexit: Theresa May refuses unconditional support for next PM

Theresa May has refused to promise unconditional support for her successor’s Brexit plan. Asked if she would back whichever Brexit outcome the next prime minister achieves, including a no-deal Brexit, she said that amounted to agreeing to “whatever happens in future”. Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson will be announced as the winner of the Tory Party leadership race on 23 ...

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Boeing suffers new 737 Max issue that could delay return

US regulators have uncovered a possible new flaw in Boeing’s troubled 737 Max aircraft that is likely to push back test flights. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it identified the “potential risk” during simulator tests, but did not reveal specific details. Boeing’s top-selling aircraft was grounded in March after two crashes.The company is upgrading the aircraft’s anti-stall software, which ...

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Huawei loses trade-secret case

Photo: In this May 29, 2019, file photo, a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. Dallas, June 27 : A Texas jury ruled Wednesday that Chinese technology giant Huawei stole trade secrets from a Silicon Valley startup, but jurors declined to levy damages, saying Huawei didn’t benefit from the theft. The jury in US District Court in Sherman, ...

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Taka 130cr revenue collected from ‘Gold Tax Fair’

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has collected around Taka 130 crore as revenue from ‘Gold Tax Fair’ held in all divisional cities, including Dhaka and Chattogram. In the fairs, jewelers legalized about 13 lakh bhori undisclosed stocks of gold and 1000 carat diamond and 500 Bhori silver. NBR and Bangladesh Jewelers Samity (BAJUS) jointly organised the fair for the first ...

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Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit

In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. File Photo London, June 26 : Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says he’d be inclined to back a stimulus package to shore up the British economy ...

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