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Google to allow users delete last 15 minutes of search history

July 28, 2021 News Desk

Google has rolled out a set of new privacy features, including an option that would let users delete their last 15 minutes of search history on mobile. Announcing extra protection for Google’s search history, a company executive said in a blog post that the new privacy features are particularly important for those who share a device and want to make sure others aren’t able to access their search history. Google is now giving users a way to put extra protection around the searches saved in their accounts. When signing in…

Philippines clears golden rice for commercial use, Bangladesh may approve soon

July 28, 2021 News Desk

The Philippines has approved the release of vitamin A enriched golden rice, paving the way for it to be cultivated commercially in the country while creating a similar opportunity for Bangladesh. The Department of Agriculture in the Philippines approved the commercial use of rice. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is reviewing an application for the crop’s biosafety approval. Earlier, in December 2019, the Philippine government approved the Golden Rice to be used as food, feed and processing. The approval enabled PhilRice, the national rice research institute in the Southeast…

Many small businesses closed, opportunities lost, but tax collection increases – How?

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 News Desk

It is apparently perplexing how the government’s income tax revenue has grown at more than 20 per cent when economic activities and jobs have shrunk amid a pandemic of over one and a half years. Rasel Mia, a popular dressmaker for fashion designers based in Metro Shopping Mall in the city’s Dhanmondi area, finds it hard to understand how businesses can overcome uncertainties created out of the pandemic. He used to get huge orders from customers especially before Eid festivals, and Pohela Boishakh. In January 2020, he started expanding his…