Desk Report: Officials of Bangladesh and Malaysia would meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25 to work out a new method of recruitment of workers, reports New Age. Acting secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ahmed Munirus Saleheen would lead the Bangladesh team at the talks. The Bangladesh team would include officials from…
DAILYBITE,Daily O, India “Fortnite is causing divorces” is a headline one could not have imagined even a little more than a year ago. Yet, it makes perfect sense in 2018. Highly addictive online recreational software has a negative impact on your real life.Who’d have thunk it, eh? According to a report on Divorce Online, a…
BBC: It’s taken a little longer than expected but the Solar Orbiter probe is built and ready to begin testing. UK engineers are putting the finishing touches to the satellite this week before sending it to Germany to begin a year-long test campaign. Such attention to detail is necessary because of the punishing conditions the spacecraft…
Reuters: Garment workers in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, saying it is still not enough to live on and urging global brands to pay more for the clothes they buy, unions said. Bangladesh raised the minimum wage by more than 50 percent last week to 8,000 taka ($95.5) a month –…
BBC: Google wants pictures of bicycles and birds that can defeat image-recognition algorithms, as part of a contest launched to improve the technology. While it is easy for humans to tell the difference between birds and bikes, computer systems can struggle to do so. Prize money will be awarded for pictures that can fool image-recognition algorithms,…
Desk Report: A whopping 274 per cent rise in fuel oil import enhanced country’s overall imports growth by nearly 16 per cent or US$ 640.40 million in July, officials said, reports Financial Express. The settlement of letters of credit (LCs), generally known as actual import, in terms of value, rose to $4.69 billion in July,…
Rokshana Yesmin/ BSS The amount of pesticide residue found in vegetables, fruits and crops poses serious health risk for human body especially for children. Farmers in our country apply various types of pesticides to protect the vegetables and crops from unwanted pests. However, they do not follow necessary guidelines or safety standard to get rid…
Reuters: South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO plans to expand in high-growth Asian markets after securing the backing of Goldman Sachs in an equity funding round, the company’s chief executive said. Since its founding in 2014, JUMO, which helps individuals and small businesses access savings and credit products through their mobile devices, has mainly focused…
Desk Report: The top 100 contestants, aiming for the Miss World Bangladesh 2018 crown, locked horns at head-to-head round at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. The pageant, organised by Antar Showbiz, aims to find Miss World Bangladesh 2018, who will represent Bangladesh at the upcoming Miss World 2018. The 68th edition of Miss World pageant will…
Nina Dethlefs, Lecturer at University of Hull; Annika Schoene, PhD Candidate at University of Hull & David Benoit, Senior Lecturer at University of Hul/WION News “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that.” Anyone who has ever tried to have a deeper conversation with a virtual assistant like Siri knows how frustrating it can be. That’s…