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Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time

The shortage of housing in California's Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed taking homebuilding into its own hands for the first time with a plan to construct 1,500 units near its headquarters.
8 July 2017

Expanding the frontiers of connectivity

The debate about “art for hedonistic pleasure or art for a greater cause” is ongoing and will continue. But there is broad consensus on one issue: a good work of art can connect you to your senses, not just your mind. In our fragmented world, it's important for people not only to comprehend adversity with their minds, but also to feel it emotionally and spiritually. This might motivate some of us to turn compassionate thinking into compassionate actions!
1 July 2017

Facebook to hire 3,000 to review videos of crime and suicide

Facebook says it will hire another 3,000 people to review videos of crime and suicides following murders shown live.
3 May 2017

Facebook starts reopening ‘blocked accounts’ from Bangladesh

Social media giant Facebook starts reopening the “temporary blocked accounts” after 11 days of its initiative to suspend fake identities from Bangladesh.
26 April 2017

Facebook's Zuckerberg vows to help prevent repeat of murder posting

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledges that his company will do all it can to prevent postings of incidents like Sunday's fatal shooting in Cleveland.
18 April 2017

Genuine users getting back Facebook accounts

The genuine Facebook users, whose accounts were blocked by the giant social media during its drive against fake accounts, are getting back their accounts.
17 April 2017

Dhaka 2nd among top cities with active Facebook users

Dhaka has been ranked second among the top cities of the world having largest active Facebook users.Bangkok is the number one city ahead of Dhaka and in the country category, the United States leads all having over 21 crore active users of Facebook, says a recent report conducted jointly by social media research organisations -- We Are Social and Hootsuite.
15 April 2017

Facebook looking at behaviour to weed out fake accounts

Facebook says it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behaviour such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages.
13 April 2017

Blocking Facebook: BTRC contradicts govt initiative

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) contradicts government’s initiative of blocking social networking site Facebook from midnight to 6:00am every day and mentions four alternative measures.
3 April 2017

Facebook's Zuckerberg and wife expecting a second daughter

Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a second child, a daughter, the billionaire internet mogul says.
10 March 2017

Bangladesh cricket: Tigers pay homage to ‘Amar Ekushey’

Members of the Bangladesh cricket team paid homage to 'Amar Ekushey' and the International Mother Language Day today.
21 February 2017

Tennis: Sizzling Serena comes back with bang at Australian Open

Serena Williams exploded any doubts about her form on Tuesday as she swept into the Australian Open second round on her return to Grand Slam action.
17 January 2017

Cricket: Misbah to captain Pakistan in Sydney

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said Monday he will lead the side in the third Test against Australia in Sydney, dismissing suggestions he is about to retire.
2 January 2017

Tigers pose for Mannequin Challenge

Waves crashed on the background, sea breeze substituted for that catchy song as the members of Bangladesh national cricket team completed the Mannequin Challenge at the picturesque beach in New Zealand today.
19 December 2016

Milestone for BCB

The Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) official Facebook page crossed the '10 million followers' mark yesterday.
27 October 2016

Google may face over $400 million Indonesia tax bill for 2015

Indonesia plans to pursue Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided payments.
19 September 2016

[WATCH] Adorable little girl vows not to eat animals ever

An adorable little girl makes it clear to her mom that she will not eat animals ever as she learns that meat comes from animals.
4 September 2016

RU student held for ‘derogatory’ remarks on Bangabandhu, PM

A student of Rajshahi University is arrested for making “derogatory” remarks on Facebook about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
28 August 2016

[WATCH] Mom posts video of adorable young couple kiss and giggle

Netizens have gone crazy over a video of an adorable young couple kissing and giggling.
5 August 2016

Black Lives Matter protest photo hailed as 'legendary'

This image of a woman peacefully protesting in Baton Rouge while being seen to be aggressively fetched by police officers in riot gear stirs social media.
11 July 2016