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Day: December 29, 2018

Gatwick drone sightings may have been of police equipment
29Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Gatwick drone sightings may have been of police equipment

    Drone sightings which shut down Gatwick airport for 36 hours may have been reports of  Sussex Police's aircraft, the force's Chief Constable has admitted. Police received 115 reports of sightings in the area, including 92 which have been confirmed as coming from credible people, Sussex Police's Chief Constable Giles York said. But the force launched its own drone to search for what officers believed at the time to be malicious aircraft deliberately being flown above the airfield to intentionally force the airport into lockdown. Sussex Police's most senior officer told the BBC police have searched 26 potential launch sites for drones near the airport but do not believe they have found the drone thought to have been flown near runways on December 19 and 20. I don't ...
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Traffic thins out in Dhaka as residents leave to vote
29Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, Featured

Traffic thins out in Dhaka as residents leave to vote

    The densely populated capital city has acquired a festive mood since traffic snarls have all but disappeared from its streets ahead of the general elections, slated to be held tomorrow. Normally, the city streets are free of traffic jam only during the Eid holidays as the people go to their native villages to celebrate Eid with their kith and kin. But this time, residents have been leaving Dhaka in hordes for a different purpose: to exercise their franchise in the upcoming national polls. The people are enjoying three days vacation as the government has declared polling day December 30 a public holiday. The two days preceding the polls Friday and Saturday are weekly holidays, which has created a vacation mood in the nation. This correspondent visited the busiest ...
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Facebook can never fully stop use of platform for election meddling
29Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Technology

Facebook can never fully stop use of platform for election meddling

    Election interference and harmful speech are issues that can never fully be solved by Facebook, according to the social media giant’s embattled boss. In an end-of-year post on Mark Zuckerberg's own Facebook page, the chief executive claimed the company had fundamentally altered our DNA to focus more on preventing harm in all our services during the year. He noted that his biggest personal challenge for the year has been to address some of the issues that have caused the company to draw intense criticism in 2018. Earlier this year, Facebook was embroiled in a scandal over the harvesting of the personal data of 87m users by Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, which used it for political reasons. The firm went on to work for the campaign of Donald Trump,...
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EC starts reaching election materials to polling stations
29Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, Featured

EC starts reaching election materials to polling stations

    UNB correspondents from different districts reported that the assistant returning officers are handing over the election materials to the presiding officers. Election materials will be reached to the polling stations across the country within this(Saturday) afternoon, said Election Commission Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmmed Khan. In Dhaka city, electoral materials are being distributed from 15 vanues for 15 constituencies. The country’s people are going to witness a battle mainly between two major political camps ruling Awami League-led Grand Alliance and Dr Kamal Hossain-led JatiyaOikyafront in the election to be held with the participation of 39 registered political parties. Meanwhile, the curtain fell on the 18-day official electioneering on Friday morning amid a...
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