Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco announced Sunday it will sell a 1.5% stake in the company as it looks to raise as much as $25.6 billion from the sale. The newly released figures also revealed a valuation for the company that’s between $1.6 trillion and $1.7 trillion, a figure that fell short of the $2 trillion mark Crown Prince ...

Emdad Rahman: A delegation from Neighbours in Poplar have returned after completing an aid trip to Calais to meet with Refugees, relief workers and volunteers. The team lead by Sister Christine Frost MBE included Lord Michael Cashman CBE amongst its members. The delegation visited the Refugee Community Kitchen which serves hot, nourishing meals to displaced people before meeting with volunteers ...

  Taslim Ahammad:   Workplace discrimination is a major concern in today’s business community. Increase in cultural and gender diversity in the workplace has obligated employees from different ethnicities and backgrounds to work together for meet the goals of the business. Usually, different people have a tendency to lead to misunderstandings, and result in conflict and discrimination. Therefore, employers have ...

  Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   Education does not exist outside of the social or technological contexts in which it is located. Thus, it is little surprise that both users and developers are proposing and exposing teachers and students to new affordances of social networking tools. In addition, researchers are beginning to understand and appreciate the learning designs and value that ...

Wall Street closed out the week with more milestones Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,000 for the first time and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs. Health care and technology stocks powered most of the broad rally, which helped drive the S&P 500 to its sixth straight weekly gain. The Dow extended its streak of ...

If you love gadgets and are tech savvy enough to feel the need to stay up to date at all times, then you are already considering smartwatches. Even traditional watch companies like Fossil are beginning to manufacture these, so why should you stay back from putting one on your wrist? But with any hefty purchase, a little pros and cons ...

The two-day (Nov 16-17) annual Bangladesh Festival, London begins at the Bethnal Green Library here on Saturday. The annual festival was put in place in 2010 by Shommilito Sangskritik Parishad, UK, in partnership with Bangla Academy, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh High Commission, London, and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The festival is managed by CEN, a creative sector ...

Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang has praised Hong Kong’s “bright” future as the Chinese e-commerce giant prepares to list in the embattled financial hub, reports Hong Kong. The firm, which is already traded in the US, hopes to raise up to $13.4bn (£10.4bn) in its secondary listing.That would make it the biggest share sale this year, according to Dealogic. The ...

Dhaka, Nov 14 : A total of 142 national-level tax card winners, including 75 individuals, 57 companies and 10 under other categories have been awarded by National Board of Revenue (NBR). The state revenue collection agency also awarded 521 top district-level taxpayers on the basis of highest or long-term tax payment.  Of them, 374 were selected on the basis of ...

Chairman of Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) Dr Shahjahan Mahmood on Thursday said that a consultant will be appointed within the next 3-4 weeks for launching the country’s second satellite, following in the footsteps of Bangabandhu -1. He informed this at a views-exchange meeting with the Telecom Reporters Network Bangladesh (TRNB) at BCSCL office in the capital. “We have ...