DOT Desk : Bangladesh win the first ODI against West Indies by five wickets after a well-disciplined performance from the bowlers and the batsmen at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza led the charge with the ball, picking up three wickets while Mustafizur Rahman bagged three as well, reports The Daily…
The Guardian, UK : This year has been by far the worst on record for gun violence in schools, the advocacy group Sandy Hook Promise said, citing research by the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security counted 94 school shooting incidents in 2018, a near 60% increase on…
Shahriar Kabir speaks to DOT : Human Rights Day is observed every year globally on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed…
Arab News The United States wants to continue support to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s war and will remain engaged in efforts to combat Iranian influence and Islamist militancy in the Arab state, a State Department official said on Sunday. Since the Oct 2. murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Local authorities in Bandarban have decided to impose temporary restriction on tourism in the popular destination due to the upcoming general election. According to a report by The Daily Star yesterday, the restriction has been placed from December 20 to January 6. Md Daudul Islam, deputy commissioner of Bandarban, claimed the…
Raj Abrar of DOT BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed three separate writ petitions with the High Court yesterday, challenging the legality of the Election Commission order that cancelled all the three nominations of Khaleda for the upcoming general election. Barrister Nowshad Jamir, on behalf of Khaleda Zia, filed the petitions seeking High Court directive on…
Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst/CNN Court filings on Friday regarding Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen reveal the ways in which the special counsel’s investigation can endanger President Trump’s future. Special Counsel Robert Mueller also revealed on Tuesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn offered “substantial assistance” to the Russia investigation — the same day…
DOT Desk Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza will become the first Bangladeshi player to play 200 one-day international matches when he will lead the side in the first of three-match series against West Indies in Dhaka, reports The New Age. Mashrafee, who made his ODI debut in 2001 against Zimbabwe, played 199 matches so far…
DOT Desk International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day) on 12 December aims to mobilize diverse stakeholders to call for stronger, more equitable health systems to achieve universal health coverage, leaving no one behind. It has become the annual rallying point for the growing global movement for health for all. Every person—no matter who they…
DOT Desk Detectives in a drive arrested seven people from different parts of the city on Friday night in connection with the leakage of recruitment test questions of Department of Narcotics Control, reports The Daily Observer. The details will be disclosed later at a press briefing. The recruitment test was held on Friday.