FINTECH INNOVATORS AS DRIVERS OF INCLUSIVE ECONOMIES

October 16, 2019    Atrium, World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC ...

Imran Khan, the Bangladesh-born strategist behind Snapchat’s success

Imran Khan was born in Bangladesh on June 16, 1977.  He passed H.S.C from Dhaka College in 1996. During his college days, he was well known for his debates. One of his iconic debates was during "Bangladesh Television School Debates 1993-1994".  Some of you might only know him because...

Nothing new in the new budget

Bangladesh National Budget 2019-20: Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has presented the new budget, but with nothing very new within it. It seems to be a continuity of the past 10 years, despite changes in the economy. On one hand, growth is at an all-time high. On the other, there is also...

Dear students: Our Semester is finished. So you don't have to post in this blog anymore. But those who have posted here thanks to them. Last word of mine: "TEACHERS OPEN THE DOOR BUTSTUDENTS MUST ENTER THE DOOR BY YOURSELF" Sharmina Zama...

Amazon Posts Record Profit of $3.6 Billion in 1Q 2019.

Amazon posted a record profit of $3.6 billion for the first quarter of 2019, amid revenue slowdown but booming cloud services growth. Amazon posted a record profit of $3.6 billion for the first quarter of 2019, powered by the rapid growth of its cloud services unit even as overall...

Engineering Economics - Last Day - Photos

Engineering Economics, Sec- 3, Spring 19, NSU - Students tried to make the last class memorable.   EEE452.3 in a frame ...

Mrs. Sharmina Zaman mam's euphonious song performed in the class party

We all really enjoyed this song very much. Thank you Mam for making our day special.&nbs...

How Do Investors Lose Money When the Stock Market Crashes?

Over the last 100 years, there have been several large stock market crashes that have plagued the American financial system. For example, during the great depression, stock prices dropped to 10% of their previous highs and during the crash of 1987, the market fell more than 20% in one day. Due to the way stocks are traded, investors can lose quite a bit of money if they don't understand...

Why Hong Kongers, Malaysians are Confident Technology will Generate New Jobs

When asked how modern technology will impact the labour market, many say computers and robots will take over their jobs. Not Hong Kongers. They believe the technology will result in new vacancies. The Hong Kong chapter of the multinational human resource company Randstad’s latest report shows...

What Business Owners Need to Know About Protecting Their Data

With the recent rush toward enhancing consumer data protection due to GDPR and other privacy regulations that have taken effect, businesses have strengthened their platforms toward better protecting and securing user data. But is this enough? What do you need to know as a business owner, entrepreneur...

4 things we’ll learn from the first closeup image of a black hole.

What does a black hole really look like? Black holes live up to their names: The great gravitational beasts emit no light in any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, so they themselves don’t look like much. But astronomers know the objects are there because of a black hole’s...

UBTECH Robotics Gets US$820 Million Funding; Becomes the World’s Most Valuable AI Startup

Chinese AI and humanoid robotic company UBTECH Robotics today announced a staggering US$820 million in Series C funding. With its new estimated value of US$5 billion, Shenzhen City based UBTECH becomes the world’s most valuable AI startup. Internet giant Tencent led the funding with a US$120 million...

6 STOCK MARKET INVESTING TIPS AND GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

6 STOCK MARKET INVESTING TIPS AND GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS      1. Set Long-Term Goals Before investing, you should know your purpose and the likely time in the future you may have need of the funds. If you are likely to need your investment returned within a few months, consider...

Meet Katie Bouman, woman behind first black hole photo

“3 years ago Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) grad student Katie Bouman led the creation of a new algorithm to produce the first-ever image of a black hole,” MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab tweeted. Now, that image has been released. (New York Post) #WomenInSTEM This...

The Old Farmers Almanac

The Old Farmer’s Almanac is North America's #1 Almanac—the biggest, best-selling periodical, as well as the oldest almanac—published since George Washington's time as president. As other almanacs come and go, The Old Farmer's Almanac remains as the esteemed tome valued by generations. "A calendar...