Endangered sea turtle rescued in Bhola

    DOT Desk The turtle was caught by fishermen at the Tulatuli area of the Meghna River. A 47kg weight endangered Ridley sea turtle has been rescued in Bhola by the Forest Department, reports Dhaka Tribune. The turtle was caught by fishermen at the Tulatuli area of the Meghna River on Wednesday. This breed of turtle…

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      How I’m fighting for my disabled veteran husband

      Sarah Verardo, Chief executive officer of The Independence Fund/USA Today As a caregiver of a catastrophically disabled veteran, I’m in a lifelong battle to support my husband. Too often, the VA forces me into battle alone. Eight years ago, my husband stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. He lost his left leg and…

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        Demonstration on EVM held at Satkhira

        DOT Desk The deputy commissioner of Satkhira on Wednesday exchanged views with journalists on the use of electronic voting machine (EVM), reports the Daily Observer BD. Demonstration of using EVM was also held during the programme held in the conference room of the DC office in the district town. Satkhira DC SM Mostofa Kamal presided…

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          Law not enough to curb graft: Gowher Rizvi

          Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister’s Intern-ational Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi has called for social boycott of the corrupt to check corruption in the society. “Law is not enough to reduce corruption. They need to be socially boycotted,” he said at a program of the Transparency International Bangladesh. He commented that poverty cannot be reduced…

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            Jameela Jamil and the trouble with #NoFilter Feminism

            Hannah Giorgis, Staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture/The Atlantic The outspoken British actor recently wrote that airbrushing should be illegal. But there are far more compelling ways to consider the tyranny of gendered beauty standards. Earlier this week, the British actor Jameela Jamil took a familiar stand. For the BBC, she wrote…

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              BTRC bars mobile packages with less than 7-day validity

              DOT Desk Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has scrapped all the voice and data packages and offers of the mobile phone operators with up to 6 days validity thus again arbitrarily raising mobile phone cost for the economical users, reports the New Age. The telecom regulator issued a directive to all four mobile phone operators —…

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                Awareness meeting held in Gafargaon

                DOT Desk A mass awareness meeting was held in Gafargaon Railway Station on Wednesday against throwing stones at the moving train, and to prevent touring on train roof, reports the Daily Observer BD. The community policing discussion was organised by Railway Police at Gofargaon Railway Station at noon. Gafargaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Ahad Khan…

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