The demand for Apple’s iPad has been waning over the past six month as rivals such as Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Samsung Electronics have introduced tablets that offer similar features at lower prices.
Year: 2013
Age of the smartwatch
By Dan Seifert Wearable technology is an exploding market. A trickle of devices ranging from fitness trackers, to smartwatches, to identification tools are rapidly turning into a flood, with many more expected for 2014.
Deep-sea block bid submission deadline now Jan 12
State-owned Petrobangla has finally announced a new schedule for the aspirant international oil companies (IOCs) submitting bids for three deep-sea blocks under revised terms and conditions.
Khaleda’s red phone now operative: BTCL
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) on Monday said the red telephone at opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s residence is operative at present.
President reaches London to attend 9th WIEF
President Abdul Hamid reached London on Monday on a three-day official visit to the UK to attend the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). The President reached the Heathrow Airport at 9:20 am (local time) by a regular Emirates flight,…
4 Bangladeshis killed, 9 injured in Kuwait road crash
Four Bangladeshi nationals were killed and nine others injured, five critically, in a road accident at Amgara in Jahara, Kuwait on Saturday, Foreign Ministry officials here said on Monday.
4546 Bangladeshis now in foreign jails: Minister
Some 4,546 Bangladeshis are now jails abroad on charges of various crimes, Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister told Parliament on Monday.
JS body formed to probe Ctg Port irregularities
A parliamentary watchdog on Monday formed a four-member subcommittee to look into the alleged corruption in procuring three ships and an ambulance and other irregularities by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
Bombs blast at Judge Court Complex
Unidentified miscreants exploded two bombs one after another inside Dhaka Judge court complex on Monday evening.
Are US-India not in same wavelength on Bangladesh?
A major Indian newspaper has reported that the US ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena went to Delhi “uninvited” and discussed Bangladesh.
Six killed on 2nd day general strike
Widespread violence, clashes, vandalism and huge crude bomb blasts marked the second day of the 60-hour countrywide shutdown enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, killing at least six people.
JS passes RPO (Amendment) Bill ’13: Horse trading promoted
Parliament has endorsed a new law that will allow politicians to change sides as they deem fit. As the bill becomes a law, it revokes the RPO requirement to be a member for three years in order to become a…
Govt must start dialogue- Fakhrul: Ball in BNP’s court- Nasim
It is the government that should reinitiate a dialogue, the BNP’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.
PM rules out army takeover
Emphasising the importance of having respect for the Constitution and democratic practice by all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of grabbing power by the army what had happened in 2007.
CPB-BSD move to broker deal
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) are going to sit with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia separately in a bid to find out a solution to the political impasse over election time…
Huda proposes Fazlul Azim as poll-time PM
Former Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda on Monday proposed the name of lone independent Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Fazlul Azim as the Prime Minister of the poll-time interim government.
Cloth shop gutted in Satkhira
A cloth shop was gutted in a fire incident which took place at Kadamtala Bazar in the city on Monday morning.
8 rescued in Benapole while being trafficked to India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued eight people, including a woman, from Putkhali border area in Benapole town while they were being trafficked to India on Sunday night.
Illegal timber seized in Rangamati
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 105 cubic-feet timber from Narayan Giri Khal under Kaptai upazila of the district early Monday morning.
Jubo Dal man chopped to death in Laxmipur
Miscreants at Digholy in Sadar upazila of the district chopped a Jubo Dal activist to death on Sunday night.
Aman rice production may exceed target by 2 lakh tonnes
The overall production of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice may exceed the fixed production target by two-lakh tonnes this season in the northern region, officials and experts predicted Monday.
Success in sanitation improves rural health indexes: Speakers
The tremendous success achieved in sanitation coverage has improved all public health indexes in rural areas in the country in recent years, speakers at a post-rally discussion said on Sunday afternoon.
DAE fixes 86.50 lakh tonnes winter vegetables production target
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 86.50 lakh tonnes winter vegetables from 4.40 lakh hectares land during this Rabi season throughout the country, official sources said Monday.
Social curses, superstitions being eradicated from char areas
Laudable changes have taken place in eradicating social curses and superstitions through hectic GO-NGO efforts in the remote and hardly reachable char areas in the Brahmaputra basin in recent years.
Crime-free society is must for cherished national uplift
Speakers at a conference said wide-ranging community participation is very important for making the community policing forum effective and meaningful for the sake of building crimes-free society.
India – China: MoU on sister city relations
By DS Rajan In the modern era, the concept of sister city ties between countries in the world which in the main focuses on ‘people to people contact sand learning from each other’, have come to play a strong supportive…
Radioactive waste: Where to put it?
As the U.S. makes new plans for disposing of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste deep underground, geologists are key to identifying safe burial sites and techniques. Scientists at The Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Denver…
Has democracy really failed in Pakistan?
By Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi Whenever there are elections the people who get elected and sit in Pakistan’s assemblies do not deserve to be there. They tend to be, in the rural areas, feudal landlords or the descendants of long deceased…
Michel Platini: World Cup should be expanded says Uefa boss
Uefa president Michel Platini wants the World Cup expanded from 32 to 40 teams. The 58-year-old has proposed the move after Fifa president Sepp Blatter suggested more countries from Africa and Asia should qualify at the expense of those from…
Hosts Bangladesh have to qualify for World T20
Bangladesh will have to play the opening round of next year’s World Twenty20, which is effectively a qualifying round for the Super 10 stage of the tournament. In the opening round, they will be grouped with three other Associate and…