Hossen Sohel Facebook said it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts, reports AP. The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social media service. In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited a bug that affected its “View As” feature,…
Abrar Hussain: At least 33 people have been killed and 98 injured in road accidents throughout the country yesterday, reports the Dhaka Tribune. In Gaibandha, 16 people lost lives and 40 were injured when a bus lost control and crashed into a tree on the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway in Palashbari upazila. According to the Dhaka Tribune,…
Samiul Bashar Samin No political action seems to enjoy greater moral authority than the nonviolent methods Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated more than a century ago. Gandhi’s neologism for nonviolent direct action was satyagraha, which roughly translates to ‘holding fast to truth’. While this term itself never caught on, in principle or form, nonviolent models of organizing…
BSS: The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the Sylhet Medical University Bill, 2018 in an amended form as recommended by the parliamentary standing committee. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim moved the bill in the House, which was passed unanimously by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. “It is necessary…
UNB: The Bangladeshi multinational electronics brand Walton has greatly stressed on manufacturing environment-friendly energy saving refrigerators and compressors. Of late, Walton initiated a project of phasing out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), that are mainly used in refrigerators and air conditioners and also contributing to the global warming through depleting ozone layer. To support Walton implement this project…
DOT Desk: Police yesterday found the bullet-ridden bodies of two alleged Rohingya drug dealers in Cox’s Bazar, known for its connection with the Myanmar meth trade, reports The Daily Star. Prodip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said the bodies were found lying next to a highway beside the Bay of Bengal and some…
Jatin Sharkar speaks to DOT : Merely hearing about PEC and JSC boils my blood. There’s no need to celebrate these results so much. The country’s top academics have all suggested scrapping PSC and JSC. And instead, these are being celebrated. I reject this practice of obsessing over passing percentage, which board did best, etc….
Reuters: Three journalists working for independent news outlets in Belarus have been detained on suspicion of hacking the computers systems of state-run news agency BelTA and stealing its data, authorities said on Tuesday. Investigators said they had opened a criminal case against the two editors from the privately owned independent news website “Tut.by” and one…
Nobonita Chowdhury The Vagabond Feminist is a travel blog run by Emma, a woman in her thirties currently based in Perth, Australia. What makes her blog unique is that not only is it a travel blog, it is a FEMINIST travel blog. In other words, her blog focuses on both travel and feminism. Or just…
Phys.Org: There are spicy beers and even peanut butter beers, made to stand out on crowded shelves. Then there’s a murky, green brew that looks a lot like algae. It’s making a statement on the one ingredient brewers can’t do without—clean water. The ghastly-looking “Alegae Bloom” beer made by Maumee Bay Brewing Co., which relies…