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Metro Rail staff threaten service suspension from Feb 21

Permanent employees of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), which operates the metro rail service, have given a deadline of February 20 to finalize the job regulations. In a press statement on Monday, they announced that if the comprehensive job regulations are not formulated, the...

Meta plans globe-spanning sub-sea internet cable

Meta has announced plans to build a 50,000km (31,000 mile) subsea cable across the world. The tech giant said Project Waterworth - connecting the US, India, South Africa, Brazil and other regions - will be the worlds longest underwater cable project when completed. Meta, which owns Facebook,...

Meta forms robotics team to develop humanoid robots

Meta is planning to design the hardware and software for humanoid robots, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet that a newly formed team within Metas Reality Labs division will start by working on humanoid robot hardware capable of completing household chores. Bloomberg...

Metro Rail sets record carrying 4 lakh passengers

Dhaka Metro Rail has achieved a new milestone by transporting a record 403,164 passengers in a single day, according to the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), reports UNB. In a verified Facebook post on Friday, DMTCL announced that this is the highest number of passengers it carried in...

Greece protests Turkiye's Piaggio deal, raises concerns over Meteor missiles

Greece has expressed strong objections to Turkiyes acquisition of Italian aerospace firm Piaggio Aerospace, with reports indicating that Athens is preparing a formal protest to Italy over the deal. The Greek daily Kathimerini reported Monday that Greek authorities argue Rome bypassed EU regulations...

Meta begins 5% workforce reduction as part of strategic shift towards AI

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has launched a series of performance-based layoffs, reducing its global workforce by 5%, or approximately 4,000 employees. This move is in line with CEO Mark Zuckerbergs strategy to raise the bar on performance and streamline operations. Employees...

Meta to launch 'Hypernova' AR glasses and expand wearables in 2025

Last week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company has sold over a million pairs of its Augmented Reality-enabled Ray-Ban smart glasses, with plans to eventually sell hundreds of millions and ultimately billions of AI-powered glasses, reports The Indian Express. Now, the company is...

Metro rail sets new record

Metro rail recorded its highest-ever daily ridership on Monday, transporting 3.82 lakh passengers, the Daily Star reported, citing the authorities. This surpassed the previous record of 3.81 lakh passengers set on January 23 this year. Mohammad Abdur Rouf, managing director of Dhaka Mass...

Met office predicts dry weather over country

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today forecasted that weather may remain dry for the next 24 hours across the country beginning Sunday morning, reports BSS. Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said the forecast begins from 9am Sunday. Ridge of...

Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump

Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter. Its the latest instance of a large corporation...

Microsoft and Meta CEOs defend heavy AI spending after DeepSeek breakthrough

Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field. DeepSeeks quick progress has stirred...

Meta introduces AI Chatbot ‘memory’ to remember your preferences

Meta is rolling out a feature that allows its AI chatbot to remember specific details about you, like your dietary preferences and interests, according to a blog post released on Monday. The AI will use information from past conversations, as well as data from your Facebook and Instagram...

DMP files 1735 cases for traffic rules violation

The Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 1,735 cases against individuals for violating traffic rules on various city streets of the capital, reports UNB. Additionally, 138 vehicles were dumped, and 44 vehicles were towed during the drive conducted on Sunday (January 26)....

Meta begins testing ads on Threads amid controversy over content moderation

Meta announced on Friday that they had begun testing advertisements on their newest social media platform Threads, which operates as an alternative to Elon Musks X, reported Bloomberg. Were starting a small test for ads on Threads with a handful of brands in the US and Japan, Instagram and...

Meta to spend up to $65bn this year to power AI goals: Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, aiming to bolster the companys position against rivals OpenAI and Google in the race to dominate the technology. As part of the investment, Meta will ramp up hiring...

Dr Yunus urges Meta to intensify efforts against misinformation, fake news

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged Meta to step up efforts to tackle misinformation and fake news being spread through Facebook in Bangladesh. Dr Yunus said oligarchs and politicians linked to the toppled dictatorship of Sheikh Hasina siphoned off tens of billions of dollars...

Meta to introduce WhatsApp account linking with Instagram and Facebook

Meta revealed on Tuesday that users will soon have the option to link their WhatsApp account to the Accounts Center, a central hub where they can manage connected experiences across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta Quest accounts, reports techcrunch. This integration will enable users to cross-post...

US Meta users report automatic re-follows of president, VP accounts

Some Meta social media users said on Wednesday that their accounts re-followed the profiles of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump after they had unfollowed those accounts once Trump took office for his second term. When a presidential administration...

DMP to introduce a new hotline for real-time information exchange

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sajjat Ali on Tuesday said that the DMP is set to introduce a new hotline for real-time information exchange, aimed at providing timely updates and facilitating communication between the police and journalists, especially crime reporters, reports UNB....

Meta, Google, TikTok, X pledge to combat hate speech under EU code

Meta, Google, TikTok, and X have committed to European lawmakers to enhance efforts in preventing and removing illegal hate speech on their platforms. The European Commission integrated a revised set of voluntary commitments into the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Monday that aim to help...

Former MP Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin arrested in murder case

Dr. Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, former Member of Parliament for Dhaka-7 Constituency and President of the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Mohiuddin, who is facing multiple charges, including murder, was taken into custody on Monday...

Cold wave set to arrive, says Meteorological Department

Poush and Magh are known as the winter months in the Bengali calendar. The month of Poush has come to an end, and the month of Magh has started. In many areas of the country, the expected winter weather was absent during the first three days of Magh. In some regions, the temperature was four to...

Zuckerberg cites YouTube in defense of Meta's AI copyright case

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own companys use of a data set containing copyrighted e-books to train AI models, newly released snippets of his deposition reveals, reports techcrunch. The deposition, which was part...

Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration

Tech giants Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg are set to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration on Monday, according to sources familiar with the event planning. The high-profile CEOs of Tesla, Amazon, and Meta will be prominently featured, sitting alongside Cabinet...

Met office forecasts dry weather mainly over country

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Wednesday forecasted weather may remain dry over the country for the next 24 hours. Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said the forecast begins from 9am on Wednesday, reports BSS. A ridge of sub-continental...

Meta terminates its DEI programs days before Trump inauguration

After Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Meta would be ending its fact-checking program, the company also announced on Friday that it is discontinuing its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, effective immediately, as reported by the guardian. An internal memo from Meta acknowledged that...

Meta to show eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled on 2024. The social media company announced it is starting a test that...

Met office forecasts dry weather nationwide

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Wednesday forecasted weather may remain mainly dry for the next 24 hours over the country beginning from the morning. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said the forecast begins from 9am on Wednesday,...