4cr local users help Google, Facebook make millions

    Desk Report: Global tech giants like Facebook and Google are making millions of dollar from Bangladesh as around four crore people of the country are using and generating data for search engines, digital content applications and social networking platforms, reports Daily Sun. “Developing suitable digital content and applications for local users will help prevent the…

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      Dhaka buses defy rules, run on contract

      BDnews24: Some operators are defying the decision by the owners to cancel the system of operating buses on daily deposits or contracts with workers in an effort to curb road accidents in Dhaka. Owners’ organisation Dhaka Road Transport Association cancelled membership of five companies on Thursday for not following their decision. In the system that…

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        Imran Khan and the Silk Road

        The election of Imran Khan represents a turnabout in policy in South Asia in ways few expect. Khan will close the door on America’s longtime policy toward the Caspian Basin, a policy of dominance, regime change and military colonization. That policy will die a needed and painful death. First of all, where no Pakistani leader…

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          Smartphone blue light exposure may speed up blindness

          Hindustan Times: Blue lightemitted from smartphones and other digital devices can accelerate blindness by transforming vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers, a study has found. Macular degeneration, an incurable eye disease that results in significant vision loss starting on average in a person’s 50s or 60s, is the death of photoreceptor cells…

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            The world’s fastest creature is not what you think

            GIzmodo: When it comes to naming the world’s fastest creature, it’s tempting to think of peregrine falcons, cheetahs, or marlins, but as researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology are apt to point out, we mustn’t forget Spirostomum ambiguum—a worm-like creature that reaches breakneck speeds through rapid shrinkage. Spirostomum ambiguum is a single-celled protozoan that’s often…

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              Nawshaba remanded, again

              M Humayun Kabir: A Dhaka court yesterday put actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Amirul Haider Chowdhury passed the order rejecting the bail petition, reports UNB. Earlier in the day, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, inspector of Counter Terrorism…

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