5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (352+ words) A new phishing campaign targeting users of Gmail is using a counterfeit security tool to harvest sensitive information, according to cybersecurity researchers cited in a recent report by the Daily Mail. Researchers at Malwarebytes Labs said the scam involves a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (622+ words) In Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, Hasan Zahid, 35, started cultivating strawberries on a small piece of land in 2017 to pursue his hobby. The yield was promising, so he gradually expanded to four bighas. "Every year I earn about Tk 400,000 to Tk 500,000 after…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (244+ words) Meta is testing new tools on Facebook designed to help content creators identify and report impersonators, as the company continues efforts to address concerns about spam-like posts. In a recent blog, Meta said those earlier changes contributed to a significant…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (132+ words) Instagram to discontinue encrypted chat from May'The Daily Star Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026, according to a recent update from the company. Users with affected chats will receive instructions on how to download any media or…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (199+ words) Simpaisa has acquired aamarPay and invested nearly $1 million to expand digital payment services in Bangladesh. The investment marks a foreign fintech investment in a Payment System Operator (PSO) in Bangladesh, says a press release. The announcement was made during the…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (178+ words) Bangladesh's Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has received a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate severe viral pneumonia in children, marking a significant milestone for the country's biomedical research landscape. The award, funded by the UK-based charitable foundation the Wellcome…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (272+ words) Meta is introducing new scam detection tools across its messaging and social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. On WhatsApp, Meta is introducing warnings related to device-linking requests, a feature that allows users to connect their accounts to additional…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (816+ words) Prominent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday said many are languishing in jail primarily because of their political identity, describing it as a failure of the judicial system and the interim government. "This has been a violation of human rights, a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (761+ words) Four days later, a reel featured a deepfake of Zaima Rahman, Tarique's daughter, saying she was visiting villages and giving away Tk 20,000 in cash along with the Family Cards. "Those of you who wish to receive them, please follow and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (282+ words) Hundreds of thousands of users have installed malicious browser extensions that impersonated legitimate AI assistant tools to harvest chat histories and browsing data, Microsoft has revealed. According to an official report from Microsoft Defender, the malicious Chromium-based extensions reached approximately…...