Timeframe: 3rd April-9th April 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business Beijing overtakes New York City as the new billionaire capital of the world For the first time ever, Beijing now has more billionaires than New York City, according to Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires List for 2021. […]
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Timeframe: 27th March-2nd April 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business Apple to build battery-based Solar Energy storage project in California Apple Inc. announced on Wednesday (31st March, 2021) that it will build a battery-based renewable energy storage facility in Central California, close to a solar energy
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Timeframe: 19th March-26th March 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business Goldman Sachs’ promises junior bankers Saturdays off After complaints of ‘100-Hour’ workweeks by junior analysts, CEO David Solomon of Goldman Sachs is allowing bankers to take off on Saturdays in what has deemed the ‘Saturday rule.’
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Timeframe: 12th March-18th March 2021 Contributors: Sabyasachi Karmaker, Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury and Mahin Abrar Rahman. 1. Economics & Business New York stays top in finance as London loses ground In the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), New York maintained the top spot, with London clinging on to second position in the face of competition
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Timeframe: 11th-18th February 2021 Contributors: Oishee Eerada Maudud, Sabyasachi Karamker, Shanjida Hossain, Purbasha Prithvi and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business The coronavirus pandemic has incited a boom in the number of startups in the US. In spite of Silicon Valley success stories, the rate at which Americans commence companies had been steadily declining.
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Timeframe: 5th-11th February 2021 Contributors: Oishee Eerada Maudud, Sabyasachi Karamker, Shanjida Hossain, Purbasha Prithvi and Farhan Uddin Ahmed. 1. Economics & Business Bitcoin surges after Tesla reveals that it has invested in it On Monday, 8th February 2021, Tesla revealed on its annual report that it bought $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, which sent the cryptocurrency
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(9th JANUARY 2021 TO 15th JANUARY 2021)Contributors : Malik Araf, Shudipto Ahmed and Mohammad Sifat. Week 2, 2021 Economy Economy to rebound on remittance, private sector: Bangladesh Bank Riding on surged remittance and private sector growth, Bangladesh’s economy will promptly bounce back cushioning the virus fallouts in the current fiscal year, the Bangladesh Bank projects.
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(8th JANUARY 2021 TO 14th JANUARY 2021 ) Contributors: Oishee Eerada Maudud, Sabyasachi Karamker, Shanjida Hossain and Farhan Uddin Ahmed Week 02 Economics & Business Bitcoin fell by over 19 percent to $30,699, which is the lowest level in a weekBitcoin plummeted more than 19 percent on Monday, 11th January 2021. This is its largest
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(1st JANUARY 2021 TO 7th JANUARY 2021 ) Contributors: Oishee Eerada Maudud, Sabyasachi Karamker, Shanjida Hossain and Farhan Uddin Ahmed Week 65 Economics & Business Trump bans 8 Chinese appsDonald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transactions with 8 Chinese software applications, including Alipay, the payment platform owned by Ant Group, and WeChat Pay, which
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(2nd JANUARY 2021 TO 8th JANUARY 2021 )Contributors : Malik Araf, Shudipto Ahmed, Mohammad Sifat and Tawsif Zaman Week 1, 2021 Economy World Bank keeps Bangladesh’s growth forecast unchanged at 1.6% The World Bank has kept its projection of Bangladesh’s economic growth unchanged at only 1.6% for the fiscal year 2020-21 in the latest report
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