Probir Sikdar appeals to PM for ‘safety’
Fearing that he might disappear or be harassed further, veteran journalist Probir Sikdar appeals to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to save his life immediately.
22 April 2016
Facebook’s next big thing: Bots for Messenger
No longer satisfied with being the dominant network for our humble species, Facebook is now courting a different type of user: bots. And eventually you can talk to them as if they were your mates.
13 April 2016
To eat or not to eat Hilsa this Pahela Baishakh
Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.
12 April 2016
Making most of Facebook
While most of us are content with maintaining social connections, even the very casual ones, with Facebook and catching up on what friends have been up to, looking at their holiday photos or photos of their children, some have been using Facebook for study materials and getting jobs.
10 April 2016
Identity 2016: Facebook lets blind people 'see' its photos
As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people what appears in them.
5 April 2016
Black Power wedding photo goes viral in New Zealand
A couple's chance wedding photograph with members of New Zealand's Black Power gang goes viral on Facebook.
29 March 2016
Fans engage in photoshop battle over Zuckerberg’s photo from China trip
A photo shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent trip to China stirs a photoshop battle in the social media.
22 March 2016
Use social media responsibly
The government yesterday published its draft guidelines for the public servants on social media use.
20 March 2016
Facebook supports six start-ups
Six start-up companies yesterday won Facebook packages, each worth about $50,000 mainly for advertisements for a year on the social media network. In addition to advertisements on Facebook, they will also get technical support as part of the package.
19 March 2016
Nation turns green on social media; anticipating historic Asia Cup victory
Scores of users on social media platforms are expressing their solidarity with Bangladesh national cricket team, in hope of achieving a historic victory against India at the Asia Cup final.
6 March 2016
Facebook wildlife trade prompts fears among environmentalists
Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.
3 March 2016
Snapchat rivals Facebook with 8bn video views on app daily
Snapchat has emerged as a new powerhouse, with the revelation that users of the service now watch 8 billion videos on its app every day, reports Business Insider.
1 March 2016
Hong Kong leader swarmed by 'angry' emojis on Facebook
Hong Kong's beleaguered leader is nearly 100 times more unpopular than US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, according to Facebook's new "angry-face" button that allows netizens to voice their displeasure on the social network.
28 February 2016
Facebook wants to crack down against hate speech on migrants
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says the social network needs to get better at cracking down on hate speech against migrants.
27 February 2016
Cristiano 1st athlete to pass 20 crore social media followers
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media.
24 February 2016
Facebook messenger for Android now supports multiple accounts
Facebook has officially rolled out multiple-account support for its Android Messenger app.
21 February 2016
'Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano' in 12 languages
A Bangladeshi youth has done a wonderful job by composing the famous song 'Amar Bhaier Rokhte Rangano Ekushey February' into 12 languages together marking the International Mother Language Day.
21 February 2016
[WATCH] Tear jerking reunion of lost cat Kunkush with refugee family
A long and arduous journey later, an Iraqi family was tearfully reunited with their beloved cat Kunkush on Thursday, whom they lost while fleeing Iraq for Europe.
20 February 2016
Facebook blocks Suman after JNU row song
Indian former Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman on Friday claimed he was blocked by Facebook after he had posted a song that he had written in support of the JNU agitation, reports The Indian Express today.
20 February 2016
5 ways you can show your Valentine’s Day love through tech
If you accept the axiom “opposites attract” then it stands to reason that, often, one person in a relationship is the technophile while the other is the technophobe.
14 February 2016