Tanzina Tanin of DOT Security analyst Major general AK Mohammed Ali Shikder said that it has turned into a matter of international concern that Jamaat is participating in election with “Dhaaner shish” which is the symbol of BNP. A proposal has been made in the US congress to ban Jamaat as a terrorist organization….
Hindustan Times : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he will “show” the Narendra Modi government “how to treat minorities”, amid a controversy over Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks on mob violence in India. Shah finds himself at the centre of a major controversy over his remarks on the spate of mob lynching…
Abrar Hussain of DOT: The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 222, with more than 800 people injured, officials said yesterday. “222 people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are missing,” according to a statement by Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. “This number is…
Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : A recent survey carried out by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) revealed that in Dhaka, 70 per cent of divorces are initiated by women. The same report also found out that divorce rates almost doubled while separation tripled in the last decade. Some of the common reasons are…
Wion News : Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi will celebrate Christmas under guard, despite being cleared of the blasphemy charges that kept her in jail since 2010. Bibi — a former labourer who was on death row for eight years — remains a prime target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan, with extremists calling for her blood and…
Al Jazeera : Hamas, the Palestinian party that governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to implement a court order and dissolve parliament. The movement warned late on Saturday that the move to dismantle the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and hold elections within six months would bring chaos and destroy…
Channel News Asia : Hundreds of Hindu devotees on Sunday (Dec 23) blocked a path leading to one of the religion’s holiest temples in southern India to stop a group of women making a new attempt to reach the landmark. Women activists have been trying to enter the Sabrimala temple complex in Kerala state since…
A.S.M Riad Arif writes for DOT : After the 47 years of our Independence, the Voice of the Grassroots people remains silence at the mainstream media of the country. The highly centralized media has always been passive to focus the daily sufferings of the rural people. But the development of a country is largely depending…
Wion News : In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took “deep comfort” that his long reign had been one of peace as he remembered the “countless lives” lost in World War II. Akihito, in a pre-recorded speech to mark his 85th birthday Sunday, also paid…
DOT Desk : The government has taken HCFC Phase-out Management Plan (Stage-II) aiming to phase out the ozone depleting substances (ODSs) and help protect the planet’s ozone layer that safeguards the lives on the earth from harmful cosmic radiation. “The Department of Environment (DoE) has already prepared the HCFC Phase-out Management Plan 2018 (Stage-II) with…