Digital Trends: Does your iPhone 8 sometimes freeze up, restart, or refuse to power on? If so, the device might be eligible for Apple’s new repair program. The company has announced that a small percentage of iPhone 8 devices suffer from defective logic boards and has offered free repairs to affected customers. This program only…
Nabil Al-Sahli/Middle East Monitor Following the Trump administration’s acknowledgement of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, funding cut to UNRWA and closure of the PLO office in Washington a few days ago, media reports confirmed the US President’s intention to announce a fourth step early next year. This is related to the issue of…
UNB: The 10th edition of Garment Accessories and Packaging Expo-2019 (GAPEXPO) is scheduled to kick off from January 17 in the capital. The four-day exposition will be held at the International Convention City, Bashundhara. It is being jointly organised by Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA), ASK Trade and Exhibition Private…
Sky News A suspected armed robber has been caught after a bank was held up in a remote archipelago near the North Pole, police have said. The heist was a first for Svalbard, which is located in the Arctic Ocean halfway between Norway and the North Pole, and is famous for its glaciers and polar…
Kazi Anis Ahmed, Investor and Publisher : TRIGGER WARNING: Unpopular opinon ahead!!–The student protests triggered by a bus running over two college kids five days ago have made for an amazing display for civil action – so far. But by now, the owner and driver of the offending bus have been arrested, the company’s permit…
BSS United Technologies chief executive Gregory Hayes said Friday that Honeywell’s recent $90 billion offer for the industrial group “grossly undervalues” the company. Hayes reiterated his rejection of the last week’s bid after Honeywell revealed the details publicly for the first time on Friday, including the price it had proposed. Honeywell offered the equivalent of…
DOT Desk It was a special day for Chittagong port on Wednesday as no vessel was waiting for xbulk vessels nor general import (GI) vessels were waiting for berth, reports The Financial Express. Only one gearless container vessel reached the outer anchorage and was waiting (zero day) for berth. The port authority said 12 container…
BBC: Doctors are being told to adopt a new policy of writing letters that are easier for patients to understand. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says too often correspondence contains complex medical jargon rather than plain and simple English. Using the phrase “twice daily” to explain the dosing of a medicine is better than…
Sayeed Muhammad As the entire country remained blanketed with thick fog disrupting normal life yesterday, at least 20 flights were delayed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.The airport sources said the flights, both domestic and international, from different routes could not land there in the time fixed. Tarik Ahmed Al Sadik, assistant superintendent of…
UNDP Five years ago, on the night of November 15, a cyclone ripped through Bangladesh’s coast killing more than 3,000 people and leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. “We woke up in terror after the roof of my house was swept away, and moments later we were chest deep in the rising waters,”…