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Turkish PM seeks global support for Rohingyas

COX'S BAZAR, Dec 20 (UNB): Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday called upon the international community to work jointly to send back Rohingyas to their homeland safely and with all facilities in place what they deserve.Terming Myanmar's brutal crackdown on its Rohingya minority "ethnic cleansing", he said it has...

Driverless cars, facial recognition to be reality

The upcoming year of 2018 will be the year when Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning will hit the market, a global technology giant predicted recently. At the same time, the forthcoming year would witness introduction of a number of new device payment systems, which will pave the way for 'open...

Work for country’s dev, PM tells BGB members

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hoped on Wednesday that the members of BGB will work for the development of the country, reports UNB."I always want this force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to maintain its discipline strictly and work for the development of the country," she said.The Prime Minister said this while...

Govt initiates two deals to buy re-gasified LNG

The government has initiated two separate sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with Trafigura and the joint venture (JV) of Gunvor and Exmar to purchase 200 mmcfd each of imported re-gasified LNG from mid-2018, said officials.The firms will supply the fuel at the jetties of the state-owned Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Company...

BB raises EDF allocation by 20 per cent

The central bank has increased the allocation of Export Development Fund (EDF) scheme by 20 per cent or US$500 million aiming to facilitate the country's exporters for boosting their business activities.The EDF allocation rose to $3.0 billion from $2.50 billion earlier, according to officials.The enhanced EDF scheme will also help...

AL threatens to go for legal action against Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanding an apology for making 'malicious and defamatory' remarks about her reported assets abroad, reports UNB. On behalf of Khaleda, her counsel and BNP joint secretary general Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon sent the notice by post on...

India, Myanmar sign MoU for development in Rakhine

India and Myanmar signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Rakhine State Development Programme with anobjective of restoration of normalcy in Rakhine State and enable the return of displaced persons, reports UNB.Under this MoU, the government of India proposed to take up, among others, a project to build...

JS goes into session Jan 7

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its 19th session, first session of the new calendar year, on January 7 next after a 45-day recess, reports UNB.President M Abdul Hamid convened the session. The House will go into session at 4pm on the day, said a Parliament Secretariat handout on Wednesday.

Internet users now 80.2m: BTRC

The number of total internet users in the country is now 80,166,000, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), reports UNB.On Wednesday, the BTRC released its statistics updated till the end of November.