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Remittance rebounds in November

Remittance in November rose 14.7 percent to $1.17 billion from the previous month on the back of legalisation of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. November's receipts were over 10 percent higher than in the same month a year ago, according to data from Bangladesh Bank, reports the Daily Star. remittanceBanks' active role in remitting money from expatriates had also contributed to the growth, said Kazi Saidur Rahman, general manager of BB's foreign exchange reserve and treasury management department. The appreciation of the dollar agai...

Artificial intelligence could end mankind, says Hawking.

Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." His warning came in response to a question about a revamp of the technology he uses to communicate, which involves a basic form of AI. stephen-hawking_1But others are less gloomy about AI's prospects. The theoretical physicist, who has the motor neuron disease amyot...

Registration mandatory for NGOs

The non-government organisations (NGOs)must register with NGO Affairs Bureau to operate in Bangladesh and receive funds from international donors, according to the draft of a new law on foreign grants. ngoThe cabinet today gave final approval to the draft of Foreign Grants (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Act 2014. With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the weekly cabinet approved the act which empowered the bureau to cancel the registration of any private organisation for its irregularities, Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan tol...

Tigers complete clean sweep in ODI series, too

Riding on debutant left arm orthodox bowler Taijul Islam’s four-wicket haul, including a hat-trick, Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by five wickets in the final match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday to clean sweep the Bashundhara Cement ODI Series 5-0. tiger_winChasing an easy target of 129 runs, the Tigers scored 130 runs for five in 24.3 overs. With this, the Tigers whitewashed Zimbabwe for the second time in a five-match series. Earlier, Bangladesh won the five match series 5-0 against the visiting side on the h...

BD blasts Israel for supporting extremist groups in region

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu voiced deep concern over the spread of the new waves of extremism in region, and lashed out at Tel Aviv for the role it has always played in recent decades to destabilize the Muslim states. enuInu, who is in Tehran to attend the 10th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM), told reporters that Takfiri groups, who pretend to be Muslim intend to tarnish the image of Islam. Meantime, Inu added that the Zionist regime is one of the supporters of these groups. The Bangladeshi minister went o...

Modi vows to halt illegal immigrants from Bangladesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stepped up his rhetoric against illegal immigration from Bangladesh, vowing to halt the unauthorised flow of citizens from the neighbouring country into Assam. [caption id="attachment_10856" align="alignleft" width="300"]India's PM Modi gestures as he arrives to address the Bharatiya Janata Party workers meeting in Guwahati India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) gestures as he arrives to address the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers meeting in Guwahati, November 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Utpal Baruah[/caption] At ...
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