Occupants’ protest halts eviction drive in Ctg hills
The people who have been living illegally in the Motijhorna hill of Chittagong compelled the district administration to halt its eviction drive on Wednesday morning.
Pacific Why Mark Zuckerberg didn't want to talk about your data
Mark Zuckerberg spent more than 10 hours testifying before Congress this week and still didn't answer the most important question about Facebook: How much data does Facebook collect on users -- and non-users?
A Syria decision hadn't been made when Trump tweeted missiles 'will be coming'
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's morning declaration that "nice and new and 'smart'" missiles would soon be fired toward Syria caught most of his aides off guard and came before an agreement had been reached between key US allies
Kevin Spacey sexual assault case under review
(CNN)The Los Angeles County District Attorney is reviewing a sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey, officials tell CNN.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday said its Special Victims Bureau began an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving Spacey back in December 2017
Algerian military plane crash kills 257 people
(CNN)At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported.The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew
Pacific Mark Zuckerberg just finished nearly 10 hours of questions from almost 100 lawmakers
Mark Zuckerberg survived his first grilling by Congress. The second round was more difficult. The Facebook (FB) CEO was pelted with tough questions on the company's data collection practices and the need for new regulation during a five-hour hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday.
No quota in public service recruitment: PM
Prime minister Sheiklh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be quota system in public service since nobody wants it.
Protests continue across the country
Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued across the country on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day of the protests and spread from public universities to private universities.
QUOTA REFORMS FOR GOVT JOBS Protests resume, spread to pvt univs
Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued and spread from public universities to private universities Tuesday, the third consecutive day of the protests
DU hall unit BCL chief expelled for ‘torturing’ anti-quota protester
The Dhaka University authorities have expelled a leader of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, for allegedly torturing a female protester inside the hall early Wednesday.
