Majority of Bangladeshi youths think digital technology, especially mobile and internet, would be the key to their careers by 2020, according to a survey report. In Bangladesh, 60 per cent of millennials said they were “excited” about the future opportunities in internet and digital…

AFP, SEOUL: Exploding batteries and an embarrassing recall of a flagship gadget during a controversial, closely-watched leadership transition—it’s been a bad year for Samsung, and analysts warn the trouble isn’t over yet. With ever-fiercer competition in the saturated smartphone market,…

AFP, WASHINGTON: With spats over Apple and Deutsche Bank and squabbles about Airbus and Boeing, approaching elections on both sides of the Atlantic are…

AFP, WAYANG WINDU: Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant sitting in the shadow of an active volcano, as energy is tapped…

Have you ever heard of ‘missed-call marketing’? If yes, then it’s really easy to describe the Startup named ‘BuzzAlly’, which has been selected as a top five startup of GP Accelerator program. Missed Call marketing is not that much familiar in Bangladesh. But there are…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO:  Vanishing message service Snapchat announced Saturday it will launch a line of video-catching sunglasses, a spin on Glass eyewear abandoned by Google more than a year ago. The California-based company, which also announced it is changing its name to Snap Inc., said in an online…

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed marginal loss yesterday after gaining in the 13 consecutive sessions that began on August 31 as major sectors closing the session with falling trend, reports BSS. Market insiders said as the market was upbeat over the past 13 days, some risk-averse investors…

AFP, MADRID: Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato stands trial today (Monday) accused of overseeing a “corrupt system” that helped him and other executives misuse funds on hotels, parties and luxury shopping when he was a Spanish bank boss. Uncovered in 2013 by a journalist who saw a…

Ishtiaque Hossain, a senior captain of Boeing 777 in Biman Bangladesh Airlines, has been permanently nominated as a full member of International Society…

AFP, HAVANA: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday said it was time for a new direction in relations with Cuba, during a landmark visit to the Americas’ lone communist-ruled state. During the first visit by a Chinese premier since the two countries established diplomatic relations 56 years ago…