Man arrested for Facebook post mocking freedom fighter quota
A 43-year-old man named Jahangir Alam has been arrested over a Facebook post 鈥榤ocking鈥� the quota system for freedom fighters in government jobs...
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Vietnam arrests prominent journalist over Facebook posts
Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a leading independent journalist for 鈥榓busing democratic freedoms鈥� to undermine the state by posting articles on...
Overdue book returned to Finnish library after 84 years
A book borrowed from a Helsinki library was returned in May -- 84 years overdue, a librarian told AFP on Wednesday.
Facebook removes accounts linked to Bangladesh鈥檚 ruling Awami League
Meta, the owner of Facebook, announced on Thursday that it had removed 50 accounts and 98 pages linked to Bangladesh鈥檚 ruling Awami League for...
Ex-BCL leader takes selfie with ballot inside secret booth
A former leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, on Wednesday took a selfie with a ballot paper bearing a seal on it inside the secret booth of a polling station and shared it on his Facebook wall...
Publication ceremony of Solaiman Chy鈥檚 book held
Politicians, academics, and professionals called on opposition political parties to wage movements to end the misrule of the Awami League at a book publication ceremony on Tuesday...
鈥楰airos鈥� wins International Booker Prize
German writer Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann were named winners of the International Booker Prize for the novel 鈥楰airos鈥� on Tuesday...
Udichi urges govt not to exclude story 鈥楽harifa鈥� from textbook
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi on Saturday urged the government not to remove the story about hijra community titled 鈥楽harifa鈥� from a textbook of...
Travel giant Booking.com to face tough new EU tech rules
The European Union on Monday added Dutch online travel giant Booking.com to its list of digital companies that are big enough to fall under tougher competition rules.
鈥楳y Golden Bengal鈥� launched
A political science book titled 鈥楳y Golden Bengal: Views and Voices from Civil Society鈥� was launched at a publication ceremony held at the University Press Limited office in...
Two more years for madrassah students to join new curriculum
Madrassah students will have to wait for at least two more years to get their specialised textbooks under the new national curriculum that has already been introduced for general students, authorities said...
Self-inflicted death in system of male dominance
FAIRUZ Abantika, a student from the 13th batch of law in Jagannath University committed suicide, sending out a poignant message on Facebook. In her note, she implied that her death was not suicide but murder, pointing the finger at a classmate and the university鈥檚 assistant proctor...
BdREN hosts seminar on e-Books
Bangladesh Research and Education Network hosted a full-day seminar focused on 鈥楨nhancing Access to e-Books/e-Journals through TIGERfed鈥� on...
Alaktak available at bookshops
Writer Sanjida Shahid鈥檚 new collection of short stories titled Alaktak is now available at different bookshops. Published under the banner of...
Police asked to probe case against journalists
Barishal Cyber Tribunal asked the police to investigate a case against six people, including three journalists, for live-streaming a press conference on social media Facebook at Patharghata press club in Barguna...
Aaron Sorkin working on new Facebook movie
Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning writer of 鈥楾he Social Network,鈥� is working on a follow-up movie about Facebook that will explore the company鈥檚 role in the...
Nadira Bhabna鈥檚 鈥楻udra and Beyond鈥� available at bookshops
A collection of translated poems in English of poet Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah titled Rudra and Beyond is now available at different bookshops.
Prof Harun鈥檚 new book published from London, New York
A new book of Harun-or-Rashid, former professor of political science, Dhaka University and vice-chancellor of National University Bangladesh (currently Bangabandhu Chair), has been...
Manusher Galpa available at bookshops
Fiction writer Sadia Mahjabin Imam鈥檚 new collection of short stories titled Manusher Galpa is now available at different bookshops.
Facebook briefly deletes popular Pakistan support group for women, says founder
Facebook briefly deleted a women-only group in Pakistan with over 300,000 members who used it to freely discuss taboo topics, its founder Kanwal Ahmed told AFP on Friday.聽
Socio-pathology of abusive society
THE Bangladesh market is rapidly expanding with new products and the sales of old products is increasing. The sheer number of consumers makes it hugely profitable and the rise of rural consumption has...