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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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VAT shock for thousands of small businesses if MPs back May’s Brexit deal
28Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

VAT shock for thousands of small businesses if MPs back May’s Brexit deal

    Hundreds of thousands of small businesses face a VAT shock if Theresa May’s Brexit deal goes through, campaigners claimed last night. Small firms currently do not have to charge VAT on goods and services if their annual taxable turnover is less than £85,000 but an EU directive, expected to come into force next year, would reduce this to £76,700. The People’s Vote campaign which wants a second referendum claims Britain would have to implement this directive if MPs back Mrs May’s withdrawal agreement. This is because Britain would have to abide by EU rules during the transition period, without having the power to veto changes we do not like. The transition period lasts until at least the end of 2020. Europeans face having to send billions more to Brussels in a no-de...
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May could be forced into second Brexit referendum by MPs’ tax threat
28Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

May could be forced into second Brexit referendum by MPs’ tax threat

    MPs could block the government’s ability to collect taxes to force Theresa May to allow a Final Say referendum. Influential Tory rebel Dominic Grieve has backed a plan to make a new public vote rather than a no-deal Brexit the default option if Ms May’s deal is not approved by parliament by exit day in March. Under the proposal, set out in a report by campaign group Best for Britain, MPs would amend the Finance Bill when it return to the Commons on January 8, making future taxation conditional on holding a referendum (with an option to remain). If there is no majority, MPs could also try to unite those who want a Final Say with those who oppose a no-deal, by making hampering efforts to collect taxes unless the deal has been approved or a referendum scheduled, the r...
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How UK aviation nut broke news of Trump’s secret Iraq trip
28Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

How UK aviation nut broke news of Trump’s secret Iraq trip

    An eagle-eyed photographer in South Yorkshire ensured the news of Donald Trump’s secret visit to Iraq emerged sooner than the White House intended. Self-described “aviation nut” Alan Meloy was on his front doorstep taking pictures of aircraft over the Sheffield suburb of Chapeltown when he spotted something a bit different flying up above. He quickly photographed the unusual plane and immediately recognised it to be one of the two aircraft used as Air Force One, the name given to the plane which the US President uses. At this point Mr Trump’s Iraq visit was still top secret – he and First Lady Melania had left Washington DC without fanfare in the middle of the night. So when Mr Meloy posted the image on photo-sharing site Flickr to see if anyone else had spotted i...
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Hundreds of sexual harassment claims against male police officers
27Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Hundreds of sexual harassment claims against male police officers

    Hundreds of people have claimed they were sexually harassed by male police officers in the past six years, prompting calls from senior officers for outdated and unacceptable behaviour to be rooted out. A Guardian investigation using freedom of information laws has revealed that more than half of British police forces received almost 450 complaints from staff and members of the public about sexual harassment. They included accusations against senior detectives and inspectors. The true number of harassment grievances was likely to be even higher as only 28 out of 43 police forces provided data, with many including the Metropolitan police claiming they were unable to supply information or had failed to respond within the time limit. The National Police Chiefs’ Counci...
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Awkward Trump kiss decoded
27Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Awkward Trump kiss decoded

    Donald Trump took wife Melania to Iraq to pay US troops a surprise visit this Christmas. The President and First Lady posed for selfies, shook hands with military personnel, and packed on the PDA for an awkward-looking kiss. But what did the kiss and their actions during the visit reveal about the couple? Melania appears to keep their torsos apart as they kiss, stretching her neck in to achieve face-closeness instead. Trump’s kissing style looks rather dominant, with a raised chin and fully pursed lips that touch his wife’s face on her upper cheekbone. This rather awkward style of cheek kiss with contrasting touch and little in the way of choreography would normally suggest a social or business greeting or farewell kiss between colleagues or friends, suggesting th...
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Meghan reveals due date clues
26Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Meghan reveals due date clues

    The Duchess of Sussex looked absolutely glowing as she stepped out with her husband Prince Harry at the royal family's Christmas Day church service at Sandringham on Tuesday. The new royal is expecting her first child, with the world closely following her pregnancy and eagerly awaiting further news on her due date, especially as her bump looks very large for a spring baby. While no exact date had been given, Meghan was thought to be due in March or April 2019. But now, we have a little more insight into when the Queen's ninth grandchild is expected to arrive, thanks to amateur photographer Karen Anvil. This year, the mum returned to the same spot at Sandringham to take new photos of the royal family, and she posted an update on her Twitter page. Karen wrote: Got th...
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Why do people think Muslims hate Chrismas
25Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Why do people think Muslims hate Chrismas

    It’s Christmas time and so it hasn’t taken long for a national newspaper to run a feature implying British Muslims are poorly integrated for refusing to celebrate a Christian holiday. The irony of this pernicious Islamophobia, feebly hiding behind the banner of defending the Judeo-Christian values of our country, is that it is bereft of any meaningful understanding of Islam. You see, the thing is, Muslims love Jesus. In fact, the Prophet Muhammad said: The dearest person to me in friendship and in love, in this world and the next is Jesus, the son of Mary. It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Jesus is mentioned in the Quran over 100 times, while the Prophet Muhammad, by contrast, is mentioned just five times. Described as the best woman ever to have set...
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Royal attend Chrismas service
25Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Royal attend Chrismas service

    Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton looked like best mates as they arrived at the Royal Family's Christmas Day church service amid claims of a growing rift between them. The pair were all smiles and chatted as they walked shoulder-to-shoulder, along with their husbands, in front of an adoring crowd of hundreds. All eyes were on pregnant Meghan, 37, and Kate, 36, as they made one of their first public appearances together since the claims of a fallout emerged. It is Meghan's first Christmas as a member of the Royal Family, and the last before she becomes a mum for the first time. Well-wishers shouted Merry Christmas as the group passed by. The time-honoured tradition was led once again by the 92-year-old Queen at the church in the grounds of her private Norfolk count...
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