The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States. The bill will now be handed over to US President Joe Biden who has said he will sign it into law as ...

Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations, reports Reuters. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a ...

Tech giant Apple said Monday it would increase spending on suppliers in Vietnam, a key production hub, as CEO Tim Cook arrived in the country for a two-day visit. The iPhone maker announced the news in a statement on its website but gave no details of how much it would spend or where the money would go. Cook is expected ...

The most popular internet search engine of the world, Google celebrated Bangladesh’s Independence Day featuring a “Doodle” on its home page marking the memorable day. Since 12:00am on Tuesday, the Bangladeshi flag-themed doodle has been appeared above the search bar on Google’s home page. When someone visits google.com or its various country variants , the doodle of the waving Bangladeshi ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the combined Military Hardware Exhibition at the National Parade Square here on the Independence and National Day-2024. She opened the display by cutting a ribbon and releasing balloons in the morning. The exposition would be opened for all from 10am to 4pm from March 26 to March 30, said an ISPR press release, ...

Seven flyovers on the Dhaka-Gazipur route under the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project were opened to traffic on Sunday. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the flyovers virtually from his Secretariat office. The seven flyovers are Airport Flyover (Left Side), Airport Flyover (Right Side), Jasimuddin Flyover, U-Turn-1 Gazipura Flyover, U-Turn-2 Open University Flyover, Gazipur Bhogra Flyover and ...

The nation is set to observe the Genocide Day on Sunday in remembrance of the brutality carried out by the Pakistan occupation Army on the unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25 in 1971 under the infamous “Operation Searchlight”. The government has taken various programmes to observe the day at state level with due respect, reports BSS. A ...

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury said Saturday that women are powerful agents of change in building resilient communities by tackling climate change. He said for this reason collaborative efforts and collective action are important for charting a course towards a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. It is imperative that we harness the potential of ...

A fire broke out in a multi-storied building at Gulshan-1 in the capital at 4:20 pm on Saturday. Fire Service and Civil Defense Headquarters Media Officer Talha bin Jassim confirmed the matter. He said three units of fire service are working to bring the fire under control. At 4:20 pm, a fire broke out in the outdoor unit of an ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will celebrate the silver jubilee of International Mother Language Day on February 21, 2025. The decision was taken unanimously at the 219th meeting of UNESCO executive board, held at its headquarters in Paris, the Bangladesh Embassy in Paris said. Sixty-three UNESCO member states supported the proposal placed by Bangladesh, reports UNB. ...