September2020
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New UN meeting on Belarus on Friday
Sep 1, 2020The UN Security Council is to hold an informal meeting on Friday on the situation in Belarus, this time in public and with the participation of the country’s opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, diplomats said. The videoconference... -
Iran nuclear deal parties meet amid US pressure
Sep 1, 2020The signatories to the faltering Iran the nuclear deal kicked off a meeting in Vienna on Tuesday as the United States is bidding to replace international sanctions on the Islamic republic and extend an arms embargo.... -
Bangladesh to play two series against New Zealand next year
Sep 1, 2020Bangladesh cricket team is all set to play two cricket series versus New Zealand next year after those were delayed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. New Zealand was due to be in Bangladesh in... -
Bangladesh, other Asia-Pacific countries convene virtual FAO conference
Sep 1, 2020As Coronavirus (COVID-19) remains to approach lives and livelihoods over many nations of the Asia-Pacific region, it has led to setbacks in the fight to end hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of... -
Bangladesh to provide 50,000 MT fertilizers to Nepal
Sep 1, 2020Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh would give 50,000 tonnes of fertilizer to Nepal responding to a call by Nepalese PM K. P. Sharma Oli as the landlocked nation was exposed to a severe lack... -
Amazon.com Inc’s drone service has received federal approval
Sep 1, 2020Amazon.com Inc’s drone service has got federal approval that will permit Amazon to start trialing commercial deliveries through its drone fleet, the company said yesterday. Amazon Prime Air, the company’s special service delivering packages in 30... -
Apple to make at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year
Sep 1, 2020Apple Inc has asked suppliers to manufacture minimum 75 million 5G iPhones for later in 2020, along with new Apple Watch models, a new iPad Air and a smaller HomePod, Bloomberg News reported today. The company... -
US surpassed six million cases of Covid-19
Sep 1, 2020The US has now surpassed six million cases of Covid-19 – almost a quarter of the world’s total, as stated by a data collated by Johns Hopkins University. It said USA added one million new infections... -
Tesla cars in the US can now read speed limit signs and detect green lights
Sep 1, 2020Cars made by Tesla can now read speed limit signs and detect green lights in the US, after a new software update. The vehicles’ Autopilot system makes a speed limit warning on the dashboard display and... -
Facebook threatened to stop sharing news content in Australia
Sep 1, 2020Facebook threatens to halt users from sharing news content in Australia as it prepares for a new law forcing it to pay publishers for their articles. Regulators want tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay...