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Fans unite for Nasir

Cricket fans extend their support to Bangladesh allrounder Nasir Hossain over bullying on popular social media platform Facebook.
28 June 2015

Man held for instigating religious anarchy thru Facebook

Detectives arrest man in Paltan area of Dhaka on charges of instigating people’s religious sentiment through his posts in social media platform.
17 June 2015

Facebook taken to court by Belgian privacy watchdog

Facebook is being taken to court by the Belgian privacy commissioner over claims it tracks people across the web.
16 June 2015

Facebook launches private photo sharing for friends

Facebook has unveiled a new feature that allows smartphone users to privately share photos of friends, by sifting through images with facial recognition technology.
16 June 2015

Your photo, someone else’s profit

Painter and photographer Richard Prince shares his words of caution that what you post in Instagram can be shared, and sold, for anyone to see.
27 May 2015

Cannes denies high-heel rule for women on red carpet

Cannes Film Festival organisers denied a report that they were enforcing a strict high-heel rule for women on the event's legendary red carpet after a storm of protest on social media.
20 May 2015

Protests grow against Facebook's Internet.org

The backlash against Facebook's "free mobile data" Internet.org scheme has spread across the globe.
19 May 2015

Decoding the #Hashtag

There is an ongoing debate about the "success" rate of digital activism, given that success means different things to different people.
18 May 2015

80pc Bangladesh internet users on Facebook

An overwhelming 80 percent internet users of Bangladesh are Facebook users, authorities monitoring the internet says.
17 May 2015

Facebook rolls out 'Instant Articles' publisher platform

Facebook to introduce 'Instant Articles', which will offer organisations chance to create interactive content that is simpler,faster to read on Facebook via mobile device.
14 May 2015

Free internet access initiative

IT is heartening to note that Facebook has launched its free online browsing platform internet.org in Bangladesh in partnership with a local mobile company.
13 May 2015

Ukrainians petition Facebook against 'Russian trolls'

Campaigners are urging Facebook to act against what they describe as Russian attempts to silence pro-Ukrainian voices.
13 May 2015

Facebook tightens its grip on news

Where do you get your online news? For millions, the answer is Facebook, and now the social media giant is moving to make it even easier to access news articles.
13 May 2015

Chance to lift up 10m Bangladeshis: Zuckerberg

Access to Internet can help lift up more than 10 million people in Bangladesh from poverty, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg writes on the occasion of launching Internet.org in Bangladesh.
12 May 2015

Facebook testing internal search engine

Social networking site Facebok is testing an internal search engine to help users find links to post.
11 May 2015

Stop pornography in social media: HC

The High Court directs government to stop uploading and sending pornography by service providers through mobile phones and social media in seven days.
10 May 2015

Internet.org launched in Bangladesh

Free internet access to selected websites is introduced in Bangladesh by Internet.org, a non-profit group that allows free online browsing through mobile gadgets.
10 May 2015

Browse Internet for free from tomorrow

Bangladesh is going to be a part of internet.org, a non-profit group domain which allows free Internet browsing through mobile gadgets.
9 May 2015

1 Million and Growing!

The Daily Star has clocked 1 million fans today. Thanks for being with us, dear readers.
7 May 2015

Facebook rolls out 'donation button' for Nepal quake victims

Facebook rolls out a donation button for contributions to victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal, and offers to match up to $2 million.
29 April 2015