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Oracle Q4 revenues up by 28pc

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) recently announced fiscal 2015 Q4 results. The results were significantly impacted by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to foreign currencies. Total Q4 Revenues were $10.7 billion, down 5% but would have been up 3% without the strengthening of the U.S. dollar. oracleSoftware and Cloud Revenues were $8.4 billion, down 6%, but up 2% in constant currency. Cloud software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) revenues were $416 million, growing 29%, and up 35% in constant currency. Cloud infrastructure a...

Int’l seminar on symbiotic fungi at JU June 20

The Microbiology Department of Jahangirnagar University is going to arrange an International Seminar on “Symbiotic fungi and bacteria in arthropod vectors as a tool for disease control” here on campus on 20 June. page1Dr. Sara Epis, Elena Martin and Dr. Massimo Pajoro, Department Veterinary Science and Public Health, University of Milan will be delivered their valuable speeches as speakers while JU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Farzana Islam will be present as chief guest. Around at 3.00 pm, the function will be started by inaugural speech of Prof. ...

Orange: The new black in Bangladesh?

Aristotle once said: “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Ernst Coppejans’ photo series “Orange Is the New Black” explores this very idea. The photo series consists of portraits of men in Bangladesh who have dyed the hair on their heads or faces using the orange-red color produced by the flowering henna plant. hair colourCoppejans did not travel in search of these men, however. “I was shooting a new series in Bangladesh and I (had) to travel a lot,” Coppejans said. ...

Opera max data management app launched in Bangladesh

Opera Software, recently launched a wonderful app called Opera Max in Bangladesh. Opera max is a free, data-management & data-saving app that extends a user data plan. With Opera Max, a user can easily manage the data not only on mobile networks, but on Wi-Fi networks, as well. Opera Max provides data savings by compressing videos, photos, media and opera maxmore on most apps and websites – without any noticeable loss of quality. It gives a fast and efficient web experience. A user can easily monitor how apps are using their data. Wi...

Indo-Bangla Rail Project on track

National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog will hold a meeting in New Delhi on June 18 in a bid to break the deadlock on the proposed India-Bangladesh railway project, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said today. “NITI Aayog has called a meeting on Thursday (June 18) to break the deadlock on the 15-km Agartala-Akhaura rail project along Tripura,” Mr Dey told reporters here. Meanwhile, a senior state official said that the central government was “yet to provide funds for the project”. trainNITI Aayog’s chief executive officer...

Naphtha draws slightly better price

Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) will sell 170,000 barrels of naphtha to Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises at a discount of 10 cents to Singapore quotes, slightly up from the last sale. bpc oilThe trading company, which entered Bangladesh's naphtha market for the first time, quoted the best price among eight firms competing in the tender for the cargo, lifting over June 24-26 on a free-on-board (FOB) basis from Chittagong, a company official said on Tuesday. Asia's naphtha crack eased to $104.38 a tonne on Monday with limited spot trades a...
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