HC orders removal of Murad remarks from social media

The High Court on Tuesday directed Bangladesh's telecom regulator to take necessary steps to remove all objectionable audios and videos of State Minister for Information Murad Hassan from social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube. A division bench of Justices M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman gave the order to

How safe are we from cyber threats?

The development of new trends of online crimes every now and then has raised our concern. Through using different social media platforms, these criminals who also have links with international gangs and masterminds are entrapping common users lacking sufficient knowledge about using cyberspace safely, to squeeze out money. To their

2 more of women trafficking ring remanded

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent two more members of an international women’s trafficking ring on five-day remand in a case filled by a woman for 77 days of horrific torture in India. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mamunur Rashid granted the remand when investigative officer of the case produced the accused

Bangladesh charts 9m new social media users

A study has revealed the exceptional growth of social media users in Bangladesh as more than 900,000 users joined the platform between 2020 and 2021. The total number of social media users in the country is around a 45million, according to The Digital Report, a report published in February by 'We

Social media distorts Chinese culture, culinary across globe

The China-South Asia Center for Socio-Cultural Studies under Political Science and Sociology faculty of North South University organized a webinar on Thursday to disseminate a research findings about Social Media Representation of China with regard to COVID-19 in Bangladesh. The webinar was chaired by Professor Tawfique M Haque, Director, SIPG and