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