February2020

San Francisco declared a local emergency over the coronavirus on Tuesday, despite having no cases, as U.S. officials urged Americans to prepare for the spread of infections within their communities. California’s fourth-largest city said it made...

Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliates are ready to decide the location of a new hydrogen fuel-cell system factory this year, which could be in South Korea or overseas, an executive said on Wednesday. The factory...

realme, the fastest growing smartphone brand, has made its step into Bangladesh mobile market. A brand launch event was held at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden on Monday to officially announce their arrival. In the occasion,...

WaterAid launched a public toilet access card, distributing it amongst a group of marginalised people at the Gabtoli inter-district bus terminal public toilet – one of WaterAid’s first public toilets in Dhaka. This was done in...

To celebrate the Valentine’s Day, Samsung Bangladesh had launched a campaign, called ‘Step Towards Love’, on February 6, 2020, and it is has come to an end. The winners were recently announced. The five couples with...

Autonomous driving firm Pony.ai said on Wednesday it has raised $462 million in its latest funding round, led by an investment by Japan’s largest automaker Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota invested around $400 million in the round,...

Mastercard Inc plans to hire 1,500 more staff in Dublin over the next three to five years, more than trebling its workforce in one of Ireland’s largest single multinational jobs announcements. The U.S. credit card issuer...

China’s ride hailing company Didi Chuxing plans to launch a food delivery service in Japan from April, the firm, backed by SoftBank Group Corp, said on Tuesday, as it seeks to grow its overseas business, reports...

South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases while the United States pledged $2.5 billion to fight the disease, as it spreads rapidly...

Grameenphone has recently renewed an agreement with Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK), to continue encouraging the habit of reading-among young children. This agreement will support the prize-giving ceremonies of Book Reading Program in Dhaka, Chattogram, Barishal, Rajshahi,...