Tesla plans to build half a million electric vehicles a year at its future factory outside Berlin of Germany. Planning documents posted online Friday reveal that the US automaker wants to construct Model 3 and Model Y vehicles at the site in Gruenheide, as well as “future models.”. The so-called Gigafactory — Tesla’s fourth — will include facilities to assemble ...

The prices of gold in the local market have increased again by Tk 1,166 per Bhori (11.664 grams). Bangladesh Jewellers’ Samity (BAJUS) adjusted gold prices citing price hike in international market.The new prices will come into effect from Sunday.After the latest hike, the price of one Bhori of 22-carat gold stands at Tk 60,361 while 21-carat gold price at Tk ...

The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s premier consumer electronics show, is just around the corner. It runs from Jan. 7 to 10, but features a two-day preshow chock full of revealing corporate presentations and press conferences hosted by the big boys of the industry on Jan. 5 and 6th. CES is considered the largest and most influential tech ...

The price of oil surged Friday as global investors were gripped with uncertainty over the potential repercussions after the United States killed Iran’s top general. News that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an air attack at the Baghdad international airport prompted expectations of Iranian retaliation against U.S. and Israeli targets. In previous flare-ups ...

Chinese astronomers have found more than 10,000 giant stars rich in lithium, surpassing the total number of such stars previously discovered by scientists around the world. The discovery was made by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), a special quasi-meridian reflecting ...

World markets in the coming year will be heavily exposed to eased yet continued uncertainties in global economy and trade, analysts say. They believe that trade disputes, global growth slowdown, Brexit and geopolitical incidents will remain the major factors that will keep up pressure on the market and weigh on investor sentiment. In fact, a vulnerable, challenging market amid mixed ...

2020 is quickly approaching, so have the time of your life ringing in the New Year by attending one of the top celebrations taking place at Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka. Enter the New Year in style as their fabulous restaurants lay out an indulgent festive feast for the grandest New Year’s Eve Party. There will be New Year Eve ...

Facebook has blocked live streaming of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation’s (PBC) news bulletins for highlighting Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday. However, temporary arrangements have been made to continue live streaming of Radio Pakistan’s bulletins on YouTube, the report added. In its report, Radio Pakistan has included screenshots of earlier warning messages received from the social-media ...

Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 105th birthday of renowned Bangladeshi painter, educator and activist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin. He is widely considered a founding father of Bangladeshi modern art. Throughout his colorful life, Zainul Abedin strived to preserve and honour Bangladeshi heritage. Google Doodle made an alteration on its Bangladeshi homepage on Sunday, showing the great artist painting Google ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday unveiled prototypes of a domestically produced electric car, putting him closer to fulfilling a long-held dream of building Turkey’s first “national” automobile. Erdogan showcased the SUV and sedan models of the car, known for now as TOGG after a consortium of Turkish companies that will produce them, at a ceremony in Gebze, in ...