Adrian Lobe/Gulf News What is threatening about this algorithmic regulation is not only the subtlety of control that takes place somewhere in the opaque machine rooms of private corporations, but that a techno-authoritarian political mode could be installed, in which the masses would be mere politico-physical quantity Every day, Google processes 3.5 billion search queries….
Michael Goodwin/The New York Post A story is supposed to have two sides, but there is only one when it comes to President Trump’s foreign policy. Most American media treat his every effort as a savage assault on a harmonious world order. Whether it’s the trade dispute with China, his pushing North Korea to scuttle…
Maloy Kumar Dutta/BSS Somebody came there singly, somebody with their spouse, some with friends and some were with their families. Although they are from different places, but the aim is common-to enjoy the beauty of sea beach and sea waves at Patenga in Chattogram in the last week of June. Of them, children were the…
Kabir Humayun: The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted six months bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in an arson case filed under the Special Power Act 1974 in Comilla in 2015. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed ‘‘no order’’ on a…
Russia Today: A lot has happened on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville riots. Donald Trump has said he condemns racism, his critics have criticized him and, true to form, someone in Washington found a way to blame the Russians. When there’s no evidence proving Moscow was behind election-meddling or collusion, it’s time to throw…
Reuters: Russia will continue decreasing its holdings of U.S. securities in response to new U.S. sanctions on Moscow, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, RIA state news agency reported on Sunday. Russia will increasingly use rubles and other currencies, including the euro, rather than the U.S. dollar in its settlements, Siluanov said, speaking on state TV.
BSS: Owner of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan will pay Taka five lakh each to the families of Rajib Uddin Rajib and Dia Khanam Mim, who were crushed to death by his bus in the capital on July 29, as per a direction of the High Court (HC). Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) informed the court about this…
Kabir Humayun: The Australian government has committed to work with Bangladesh to support Rohingyas in need at camps in Cox’s Bazar. After visiting Cox’s Bazar from August 6-9 to observe the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis, seven Australian parliamentarians made the committment, said Australian High Commission in Dhaka yesterday, reports UNB. Since September 2017,…
AFP: Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and a White House adviser, explicitly condemned “white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism” late Saturday in a manner her father seems reluctant to do. The tweets come on the anniversary of deadly unrest triggered by a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A similar far-right rally is scheduled for…
Sayeed Muhammad: The producers of poultry and fish feeds will have to use jute bags for packaging their products from now on as the government made it obligatory for them to follow. The Textiles and Jute Ministry recently issued a notification in this regard, said an official release yesterday, reports UNB. “The government made the…