Business Standard: Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp, which has received a series of warnings and notices from the government over the spread of fake news, has said the company is planning to strengthen its local presence by hiring a top executive, who will than build an India team. The American company has been at the centre of…
M Humayun Kabir: Dhaka commuters have been facing untold sufferings following the ongoing shutdown of bus services by transport owners and workers in response to student protests for safer roads. As on previous days, the shutdown also left hundreds of passengers stranded on district roads and highways yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. Following the deaths of two…
NDTV: An Indian man in the US has been sentenced to over four years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction for possessing child pornography. Abhijeet Das, 28, of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment for possession of material depicting the exploitation of a minor,…
MEMO: Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its closure on the Islamist Hamas-controlled territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier. The Israeli statement came hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to convene his security…
Kabir Humayun: BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury was sued under the ICT and Special Power Acts after a phone conversation allegedly between Khasru and a BNP activist over the ongoing students’ movement for safe roads was leaked. Jakaria Dastagir, acting general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chattogram city unit, filed the…
Banglanews24: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the bus owner, over the death of a medical worker under the wheel of a bus in Moghbazar of Dhaka.Junaid Hossain Laskar, owner of SP Golden Line Paribahan, was nabbed from Laskar Para area of Satkhira yesterday.
The Guardian: The US president, Donald Trump, has approved declaring the Californiawildfires a major disaster, the White House said on Sunday, and ordered federal aid to be provided. His move, which will make federal funding available for the most stricken areas, comes after California governor Jerry Brown called for federal help. It comes as the…
Kabir Humayun: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday inaugurated “Traffic Week” in the capital’s Zero Point area. During inaugurating the “Traffic Week”, Kamal urged the protesting students to return to classes as “their demands have been accepted”, reports The Daily Star. The traffic week will be observed throughout the country for the next seven days.
UNB: Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday evening invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the Bimstec Summit to be held in Nepal. KP Sharma called Sheikh Hasina at 7:30pm and both had a 10-minute discussion, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. During the conversation, the Nepalese Prime Minister invited his Bangladeshi counterpart…
UNB: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday directed the principals of government and private colleges of Dhaka to convince their students to vacate roads and return to their classes at any cost. The minister came up with the direction during a meeting with the principals of colleges around 3 pm at International Mother Language…