UNB BNP has got back their single candidates in three constituencies –Bagura-7, Jamalpur-4, Manikganj-2 and Dhaka-1 – after the Election Commission cleared its aspirants’ 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) candidature for the parliamentary seats after hearing their petitions. The Commission, the appellate authority, started its three-day hearing at 10am on Thursday over…
Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/Aljazeera Justin Trudeau is just as bad for humanity as Donald Trump is. “The world is a very dangerous place,” quipped the pre-eminent US Philosopher-King of the Twitter age, Donald J Trump, in a recent encomium in which he managed to exonerate…
DOT Desk Bangladesh will get $525 million loan from World Bank (WB) with a view to improving its connectivity and climate resilience through building, maintaining and improving roads and rural bridges, reports The Financial Express. To this end, Bangladesh government signed agreements with the money lender in the city on Thursday. Mahmuda Begum, Additional Secretary…
Bdnews24 A person from Tangail’s Gopalpur has accused Monir of forging his national ID card and providing false information about his educational qualification in his affidavit attached to the nomination papers. The accuser, Khandaker Khabiruzzaman, said he has made a complaint, of which bdnews24.com has a copy, against Monir to the Election Commission. While investigating…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Two of every three women, around 66 percent, have suffered from domestic violence and 72.7 percent of them never disclosed their experience to others in Bangladesh, reports UNB. A joint research conducted by ActionAid Bangladesh and Jatiyo Nari Nirjaton Protirodh Forum (JNNPF) titled “Spotlight on violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Trends…
DOT Desk Bangladesh Navy clinched the hat-trick Victory Day Hockey title when they beat Bangladesh Army by 5-4 goals in a pulsating final at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, reports the New Age. For Army, Mahbubur Rahman, Hasan Jubayer Niloy, Monoj Babu and Nayeem Uddin scored one goal apiece. Chayan gave Navy…
UNB A trader was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals at Kazirber in Sharsha upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Zahidul Islam Zahid, 32, a C&F agent and son of Abdur Jabbar Tarafdar of Narayanpur village in Benapole. Quoting locals, Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station, said Zahidul gave Tk 7…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The president of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College’s governing body Golam Ashraf Talukdar, apologized yesterday over the suicide of Aritry Adhikary, a ninth-grader of the school. “The governing body is shocked and are apologizing to Aritry’s parents,” Golam Ashraf said at a press briefing inside the school premises, reported The Daily…
DOT Desk Today is mark a phenomenon that musicians are holding on to their high-hats for, as Bangladesh is set to celebrate its first ‘Drum Day.’ Nine of the best drummers in the country will take centre-stage at the home of rock music, the Russian Cultural Center (RCC), reports the Daily Star. “We want to…
Arab News Katsuya Kodama’s wife died two years ago, and the 77-year-old keeps her ashes on a Buddhist altar in their suburban Tokyo home. “I talk to her morning and night, tell her everything,” he said. “I sit on the chair she used in the bath while ill. Sitting where she sat makes me feel…