Abrar Hussain: The government has announced its intention to develop content filtering systems in order to prevent the spread of ‘rumors’ through different social media. The Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar made the statement at an event in Dhaka yesterday. The announcement comes after allegations of ‘rumors’ spreading through Facebook, that further escalated the violent clashes…
Banglanews24: Selling of the advance bus tickets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha started Monday (August 6) morning. Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners’ Association former executive member Md Salauddin confirmed the matter to Banglanews. The sale was scheduled to start on Sunday (August 5); but delayed for a day due to inconsistent situation. “The ticket selling started since 6am…
Reuters: Singapore will scan travelers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, local media reported on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification. It is the latest in a series of high-tech initiatives in the city-state, some of which have stoked privacy concerns among rights advocates, aimed at…
AFP: More than one thousand tourists were being evacuated from Indonesia’s tiny Gili islands on Monday after a powerful quake struck neighbouring Lombok, killing 91 people and injuring hundreds. The Gilis are three coral-fringed tropical islands popular with backpackers and divers, a few kilometres off the northwest coast of the larger Lombok island. Footage posted…
Reuters: An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of belonging to Islamic State. Judge Suhail Abdullah read out the sentences in Iraq’s Central Criminal Court, saying he found French citizen Lahcen Ammar Gueboudj, 55, and the German, Nadia Rainer Hermann, 22,…
UNB: Three people died and another person fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of an under-construction building in Bank Colony area of Nasrsingdi municipality yesterday.
Daily Telegraph: New mesh, higher fencing and more cameras will be installed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a bid to stop people from illegally climbing the landmark. The NSW government will also increase six-fold the maximum fine to $22,000 – in line with the punishment for illegally scaling the Sydney Opera House. The move…
Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday placed noted photographer and Managing Director of Drik Gallery Shahidul Alam on seven-day remand in a case filed against him under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order. Earlier, DB inspector Arman Ali produced Shahidul before the…
Sayeed Muhammad: At least five people died as some 44 people were shot across the Midwestern US city of Chicago on Sunday, US media reported, saying the development that came in a wave of violence which police branded “totally unacceptable”. Fred Waller, chief of patrol at Chicago Police, told a press briefing on Sunday afternoon that…
Dr Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Former Chairman, NBR : We have a completely competitive market system. The interest rate is dependent on the ups and downs of demand and supply. In all, if there is no capital in the banks, how would they be able to provide loans? Fixing the interest rates comes way later. On…