Abrar Hussain of DOT : BGB Headquarters Media Officer Mohsin Reza announced yesterday that a total of 1,016 BGB (Border Guards Bangladesh) platoons will be deployed across the country to act as law enforcers for the national parliamentary election. 50 platoons will be deployed in Dhaka, said Reza, but he did not elaborate on how…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : Symbols have always been an important feature in the elections we have gone through in our part of the world. There is often the literary which comes associated with them. Again, some symbols are reflective of the state of politics which exists at a given time in a…
Arab News : Indian security forces put separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir under house arrest on Monday to thwart their march to an army camp in Srinagar to protest the killing of civilians by army personnel in Pulwama district on Saturday. The leaders of the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) — a group of separatist…
WIO News : A judge will decide whether former national security adviser Michael Flynn should be sent to prison for lying to the FBI in a case stemming from the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan will…
Rahima Ali writes for DOT : Now-a-days we see so many students to whom if we ask who is your favorite teacher most of them would answer no one! This is such a shock to me because when I ask the same question to myself and my classmates or relatives, they still do remember and…
Arab News Hijab-clad female soldiers are to be deployed throughout the Philippines as part of a major counterterrorism initiative. The so-called “hijab troopers” will provide vital support to communities traumatized by war. Their placement in key areas across the country follows the success of their deployment during the Marawi siege last year, when Daesh-inspired local…
Dr Rezwan Siddiqui speaks to DOT : The Awami League promising freedom of the press in its election manifesto is something worth being mocked. We who are doing journalism are sensing badly how devastating the freedom of the media has been during the current government’s tenure. An editor of a major media outlet in an…
Dr. Tofail Ahmed speaks to DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, unveiled the election manifesto of the party for the upcoming national elections slated for December 30. The ruling party promised availability of city amenities in every village of the country in its election manifesto unveiled yesterdsay. If voted to…
M Hamid speaks to DOT : BNP in its manifesto promised that it would carry out the trials of war criminals, but how will it carry out the trials when it has already given out 22 seats to war criminals? If it is actually pledging these trials then the party will be experiencing some sort…
DOT Desk : Renowned director and National Film Award winner Saidul Anam Tutul passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 68. The nephew of the deceased Samiul Anam confirmed the news. The director on both silver and small screen, Saidul Anam Tutul, was suffering from heart disease. He was admitted to Labaid…