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Israel’s Amos-17 satellite reaches orbit in space

An Israeli communications satellite Amos 17 launched in August from Florida, U.S., has reached its orbital space point, Spacecom, the company that operates the satellite, announced on Monday. According to the Israeli company, based in the central city of Ramat Gan, the satellite has successfully completed all necessary tests and will begin its commercial operations within days. The 250-million-U.S. dollar ...

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bKash asks distributors to remain compliant

bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider of the country, reiterated on strict enforcement of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML&CFT) laws at the annual distributors’ conference in Dhaka recently. The “Annual Distributors’ Meet 2019” was held at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka  participated by more than 200 distributors across the country to train and motivate everyone to ...

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China to raise retail fuel prices

China will raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel from Tuesday, the country’s top economic planner said Monday. Based on recent changes in international oil prices, the retail prices of gasoline and diesel will rise by 70 yuan (about 10 U.S. dollars) and 65 yuan per tonne, respectively, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. Under the current ...

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WhatsApp hit by critical security vulnerability on Android, iOS

If someone has sent you an MP4 file on WhatsApp, guard against downloading it as hackers may use a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned app to execute snooping attack on both Android and iOS devices. The specially crafted MP4 file triggers the remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) cyber-attack. Users are recommended to update their WhatsApp app ...

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Saudi Aramco to sell 1.5% stake, valuing company up to $1.7T

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 ...

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Neighbours in Poplar visit Calais Refugee Kitchen

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 ...

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Discrimination at work

  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 ...

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Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media  and formal education

  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 ...

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Stocks end week of milestones at new highs; Dow tops 28,000

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 ...

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Smartwatches: Too clever by half?

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 ...

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