Pope due in town today

    Sayeed Muhammad Pope Francis is arriving in Dhaka on a three-day state visit today, wrapping up his Myanmar tour. He is coming at invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Bangladesh, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid will receive him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around at 3 pm, who…

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      2018 likely to bring nastier hack attacks: McAfee

      Sayeed Muhammad After a year full of devastating cyber attacks and breaches, online attackers are expected to become even more destructive in 2018, security researchers said yesterday.2018 Threats Predictions Report by the security firm McAfee said the ransomware outbreaks offer just a taste of what’s to come as hackers develop new strategies and “business models.”McAfee…

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        Govt to revoke Sec-57

        Sayeed Muhammad The government has decided to scrap the Section-57 among other controversial sections of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act while the draft of the proposed Digital Security Act has been finalised. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed the matter while talking to reporters after a meeting held at the Secretariat in Dhaka…

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          Move to revoke Sec-57 lauded

          Ahmed Raju Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu’s remark on the proposed removal of the Section-57 from the Information and Communication Technology Act has well appreciated by different quarters. Dr Asif Nazrul, a professor of law at Dhaka University, said the Section needs to be revoked from the law immediately. Any person arrested in a case…

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            Trudeau Apologizes to LGBTQ2 Community

            Tanzim Taqrim Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for the purge of LGBTQ2 individuals from public service in the 20th century. He said, “On behalf of the government parliament and the people of Canada, we were wrong and we apologize and we will never let this happen again.” The Canadian government had a 30+ year…

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              Go Jek invests $2 millions on Pathao

              Sofian Khan An app based ride-hailing organization from Indonesia “Go-Jek” has invested $2 million on Bangladesh centric ride hailing organization “Pathao” – reports Deal Street Asia. This deal was a result to Go-Jek’s planning to invest in a Bangladeshi startup for several weeks.Go-Jek has brought a small share of Pathao as the Bangladeshi startup refused…

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                Manus Island Refugee Finds Safety

                Tanzim Taqrim Amir Taghinia was detained on Manus Island, one of Australia’s condemned detention centers. The 24 year old Iranian refuge smuggled a cellphone to share shocking photos and videos and to research countries that might help him leave. Then he heard about private sponsorship in Canada, which resettled 300,000 refugees since 1979. But he…

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