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Musk says moving fast on moderation, as harmful content surges
02:36 PM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayElon Musk's Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions on distribution rather than removing certain speech outright, its new head of trust and safety told Reuters...
Myanmar military uses death penalty to ‘crush’ opposition: UN
01:43 PM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayMyanmar’s military government is using capital punishment as a tool to crush opposition to its rule and has sentenced more than 130 opponents of the regime to death since February 2021, a senior United Nations official said...
Car drags, kills woman: Case filed against DU ex-teacher
01:24 PM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayA case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station on Friday night over the death of a woman, who was killed after a private car dragged her from the Central Jame Mosque of the Dhaka University (DU) to Nilkhet intersection...
US designates Iran, China as countries of concern over religious freedom
12:25 PM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayThe United States on Friday designated China, Iran and Russia, among others, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
G7 coalition agrees $60 per barrel price cap for Russian oil
11:11 AM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayThe Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia on Friday said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after European Union members overcame resistance from Poland and hammered out a political agreement earlier in the day...
Switzerland edge Serbia in feisty clash to make World Cup last 16
09:23 AM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdaySwitzerland booked a last-16 showdown with Portugal at the World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 win over Serbia in a bad-tempered match secured them second place in Group G...
Cameroon beat Brazil 1-0 but bow out of World Cup
09:13 AM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayCameroon defeated a second-string Brazil team 1-0 in their final Group G match at the Lusail Stadium on Friday but it was not enough as the African side were knocked out of the competition...
Stunned Uruguay win but dumped out of World Cup on goals scored
08:59 AM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdayGiorgian de Arrascaeta netted twice in six minutes as a resurgent Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0 on Friday in a battle for their World Cup survival, only to crash out agonisingly on goals scored after South Korea's shock win over Portugal...
South Korea leave it late, then wait, before reaching last 16
08:37 AM, 03 Dec 2022 SaturdaySouth Korea's Hwang Hee-chan scored in added time to snatch a 2-1 comeback win over Portugal on Friday but they then faced an agonising 10 minute wait on the pitch before discovering it was enough to send them into the World Cup last 16 on goals scored...
Khaleda Zia is at home due to kindness of Bangabandhu's daughter
06:10 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayTerming Begum Khaleda Zia as a convicted accused, Information and Broadcasting minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said she resided at home outside the prison by the kindness of Bangabandhu's daughter...
Private car kills woman on DU campus, mob beats driver
06:06 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayA woman was killed as a private car hit her in Dhaka University area on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rubina Akter, 40, but her detailed identity could not be known yet. Witnesses said the private car hit the woman in Dhaka University's central mosque area...
Law making Facebook, Google pay for news has worked: Australia
05:21 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayAn Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a government report said...
120 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:04 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridaySome 120 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Friday morning...
One Covid death, 15 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:57 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 15 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remained at 29,434, and infections rose to 20,36,612. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Friday...
WB gives Bangladesh $250m for improvement of environment management
04:50 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayThe World Bank on Thursday approved $250 million financing to help Bangladesh strengthen environment management and promote private sector participation in green investment...
Teacher held on student molestation charge
03:47 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayPolice arrested a school teacher in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur on Thursday night on a charge of molesting his student...
Rajamouli calls NTR Jr an action powerhouse
03:12 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayFilmmaker S.S. Rajamouli has recently termed Telugu actor NTR Jr as an ‘action powerhouse’ and a ‘born actor’...
US, Asian allies impose new sanctions on North Korea
02:30 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayThe United States, South Korea, and Japan have imposed sanctions on North Korean officials connected to the country's weapons programs after Pyongyang's latest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile test last month...
Up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since Russian invasion
12:57 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayAs many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia's invasion in February, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said...
Father, son among 5 killed as covered van crashed into shops
12:27 PM, 02 Dec 2022 FridayFive people, including a man and his son, were killed as a covered van crashed into roadside shops in Manirampur upazila of Jashore district on Friday morning...