Bangladesh’s export earnings fell by 1.8% in February, continuing the negative trend in export from the start of this year. According to Export Promotion Bureau data released on Thursday, Bangladesh earned $3.32 billion in February marking a decline of 1.8% compared to the same period last year. Earlier in January, the country’s exports fell by 3.62%, after seeing a 2.89% ...
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Brexit preparations cost UK 4.4bn: spending watchdog
Britain’s departure from the European Union has cost taxpayers more than 4 billion ($5.2 billion, 4.6 billion euros) in extra government costs, the National Audit Office said on Friday. The government spending watchdog said departments will have spent at least 4.4 billion between the June 2016 referendum on EU membership and March 31 this year.A total of 6.3 billion had ...
Read More »NASA to reveal name of latest Mars rover
After a months-long contest among U.S. students to name NASA’s latest Mars rover, the agency will reveal the name of the rover Thursday, according to a release of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Tuesday. The Mars 2020 rover was the subject of a nationwide naming contest in 2019, which drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from across ...
Read More »China’s coronavirus mounts around the world
Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The global march of covid-19 is beginning to look unstoppable. In just the past week, a countrywide outbreak surfaced in Iran, spawning additional cases in Iraq, Oman, and Bahrain. Italy put 10 towns in the north on lockdown after the virus rapidly spread there. An Italian physician carried the virus to the Spanish island of ...
Read More »Big Clean Up 9: Litter-picking volunteers come together to give parks a spruce up
Tower Hamlets Council’s latest Big Clean Up swept through the borough last week with residents defying the wet weather to give parks and streets some extra love and attention. The ninth edition of the litter picking campaign got underway in Mile End Park on Saturday where the mayor led a band of eager residents in a public clean up. ...
Read More »Malaysian central bank cuts key rate to counter slowdown
Photo : A motorcyclist rides past the Bank Negara Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia’s central bank reduced its key overnight policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5% on Tuesday, citing worsening economic conditions from the virus outbreak in a growing number of countries. The Bank Negara Malaysia said it expects economic growth to be stunted in this quarter ...
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S20 vs Plus vs Ultra: 5G Smartphones with Terrific Camera Feature
Samsung Galaxy S20 vs Plus vs Ultra Samsung’s latest Galaxy S20 flagship can make you break up with your dearest Smartphone. Ending all the leaks and rumors, Samsung is releasing their awaited Galaxy Series flagship smartphones S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra on 6th March, 2020 in the USA. Though this trio share some common features, the Ultra model is ...
Read More »New virus hits Mideast airlines with $100M loss, group says
Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Major disruptions due to the new coronavirus have already caused the equivalent of a roughly $100 million loss to airline carriers in the Middle East region. File Photo Major travel disruptions due to the new coronavirus have already caused the equivalent of a roughly $100 million ...
Read More »Walton begins exporting smartphone, AC to USA, India
Walton, a local electronics and ICT product manufacturer, has begun exporting ‘Made-in-Bangladesh’ smartphones to the United States (US) and air-conditioner to India. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal inaugurated the export process on Sunday while visiting factories of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd at Chandra of Gazipur. Five other projects, including an elevator factory, were launched in his presence. “Countrymen are happy ...
Read More »Easy Build brings complete building solutions
Easy Build has introduced full-fledged services on clients’ demand and likings to build a house with all architectural, structural, plumbing and electrical drawings facilities. Rahat Zahan Shamim, chief operating officer, Easy Build, said everyone has a dream to have his/her own house. Perhaps some people have their own lands to build house. But many don’t dare to start construction activities ...
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