social media

¬For every occasion — AMBI’S GIFT BASKET

In 2017, Umbarin Karim created the page, Ambi’s Gift Basket, which was quite a novel concept at that time, with hardly any competitors offering gift baskets through a Facebook page.
13 September 2021, 11:24 AM

Understanding Political Labels

Where do you fall on the spectrum?
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Does swiping right really work?

Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram help us stay in touch with family and friends, but interacting with strangers is risky as that would require us to share our personal lives with them and maybe even end up interacting with fake profiles. This is where dating apps like Tinder provide a safe space to meet new people without giving away sensitive information. 
24 July 2021, 12:41 PM

How Does Social Media Affect Your Spotlight Effect?

Spoiler alert. The world does not revolve around you.
7 July 2021, 18:00 PM

The Problem With Facebook’s Haha React

The "general sentiment" of a post becomes a joke within minutes.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Info on Social Media: Crosscheck it before sharing

Stressing the need for ensuring cybersecurity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to cross-check any information before sharing it on social media for the good of the country and the society.
8 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Facebook removes 3.2b fake accounts

Facebook Inc removes 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report.
14 November 2019, 04:59 AM

Social media platforms reuniting high school friends from decades ago

Imagine that time when people had no social media and everyone was filled with doubts whether they would get a second chance to meet their dearest friend once they parted ways at the end of their school year. Well, gone are those days. Thanks to social media, we can now stay in touch with our beloved friends, even years after school ends and it is a far memory.
3 August 2019, 08:35 AM

BTRC to receive complaints through social media

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to use social media platforms such as Facebook and Viber, among others, to receive complaints from the customers, says its chairman at a public hearing.
12 June 2019, 10:49 AM

Hitler would have loved social media: Disney CEO

Disney CEO Bob Iger calls upon US politicians to reject hate in the run up to the 2020 election -- and claimed that Adolf Hitler would have "loved social media" as a tool to spread extremist propaganda.
12 April 2019, 07:23 AM

Meet Lini Zurlia, the poster girl for protest voting in Indonesia presidential election

It never occurred to Lini Zurlia that she would become the subject of a controversy surrounding golput (voting abstention) on social media. A photo she posted late last month, depicting her holding up a sticker saying “Saya Golput”, was originally intended as harmless self-expression.
4 April 2019, 04:23 AM

Bangladeshi man's stare goes viral

A portrait of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia has captivated social media users worldwide.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi construction worker’s stare breaks the internet

A portrait of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia captivates social media users worldwide.
26 March 2019, 05:07 AM

Farewell from Facebook

Musician Nazmun Munira Nancy, known for her song Dui Dike Boshobash, from the film Projapoti, has abandoned social media platform, Facebook.
1 February 2019, 18:00 PM

1 held for ‘spreading rumour’ on social media

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today claimed to have detained a man on charge of spreading rumours on social media.
24 January 2019, 08:04 AM

3 held for ‘spreading fake photos, derogatory remarks on PM’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained three men in Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi for allegedly spreading photoshopped images and making derogatory comments about the prime minister on social media.
9 January 2019, 07:53 AM

Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias

US President Donald Trump accuses tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats, a day after a report for the Senate revealed Russian agents had used social media in an attempt to sway the 2016 election in Trump's favor.
18 December 2018, 14:40 PM

Social media apps for the creative

This app lets you write haikus with other users on the platform. Haiku is a style of Japanese poetry that you write in three lines. Here, you
4 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Flight attendant fired after boyfriend proposed to her mid-flight

Wedding proposals, for the most part, are romantic in nature -- until it causes one to lose his or her job.
20 September 2018, 04:42 AM

Trump takes on Google in complaints about social media

President Donald Trump lashes out at tech companies, accusing Google and others of “suppressing” conservative voices and “hiding information” and good news. He cited no evidence for the claim, which echoes both his own attacks on the press and a conservative talking point.
28 August 2018, 12:29 PM