by Keith Bradher in The NY Times online, SEPT. 25, 2017 SHANGHAI — China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app, the latest move by Beijing to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party gathering next month. The disabling in mainland China of the Facebook-owned app is a setback for the social media giant, whose chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has been pushing to re-enter the Chinese market, and has been studying the Chinese…
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by Abdul Aziz in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 26, 2017 Cox’s Bazar: The Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) has been repairing the barbed wire fence at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border for the past three days. On Monday, the BGP members were seen deployed near Ghumdhum, Tumbru and Jolpaitoli border areas in Naikhongchhari upazila. Locals believe that Myanmar is reinforcing the damaged fence to prevent the Rohingya refugees from returning to their country. Since the repair started, camps…