Tens of thousands of users reported being unable to access various Google services on Monday night, according to outage monitor Downdetector. “User reports indicate Google Maps is having problems since 9:36 PM EDT (0136 GMT),” Downdetector tweeted. More than 40,000 users, including in New York City and Denver, Colorado, reported disruptions when trying to use Google’s services, particularly the maps ...

Oil prices dropped on Monday, hovering near multi-month lows, as recession fears hurt demand outlook and data pointed to a slow recovery in China’s crude imports last month. Brent crude futures dropped 74 cents, or 0.8%, to $94.18 a barrel by 0039 GMT. Front-month prices hit the lowest levels since February last week, tumbling 13.7% and posting their largest weekly ...

Edible oil importers of the country have proposed the government to increase soyabean oil price by Tk 20 per litre. Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vegetable Manufacturers Association (BVORVMA) made the proposal to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission on August 3. It was stated in the proposal that the price of unpacked (loose) soyabean oil be raised to Tk ...

China has announced duty-free access to 99 per cent of Bangladeshi goods, raising from the existing 98 per cent. It has been seen a major win for the local exporters during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s Dhaka visit. Yi discussed the decision during a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday. “It’s good news for Bangladesh ...

Global oil prices have dropped to their lowest levels since before Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, as traders fretted over the possibility of an economic recession later this year that could torpedo energy demand, reports Reuters. Benchmark Brent crude futures settled down $2.66, or 2.75%, at $94.12, the lowest close since Feb. 18. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures settled ...

    ■ KHAIRUL NADIM CHOWDHURY Tahir isn’t much of a people’s person. He is shy and doesn’t like to talk much – everything he isn’t supposed to be tonight. He is feeling a bit disoriented and whether it’s because of the medication the doctor gave him an hour ago or just the pressure of being on live television is ...

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for “Moon” and “enjoy” — was on a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida by Elon Musk’s aerospace ...

Rishi Sunak on Thursday appeared to score a surprise win with a studio audience at a key debate with frontrunner Liz Truss in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister. While opinion polls back Truss to win the vote among Conservative party members, those sitting in the audience at the Sky News debate overwhelmingly supported Sunak in a show ...

The government is in talks with the multilateral lenders to get more budget support in three years to ease economic pressure stemming from the lingering corona crisis and the Ukraine war. The receipt of budget support increased in the last three years to procure corona vaccines and provide stimulus loans on the back of a slump in domestic resources during ...

The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates to 1.75% from 1.25% – the highest level since January 2009. A warning has also been issued by the BoE that the UK is set to plunge into the longest recession since the financial crisis. The recession is set to begin in autumn, and last for more than a year, as ...