NDTV A restaurant in Denver, Colorado, is being forced to assure its customers that it’s not a drive-through after getting hit by a car – for the third time in 2018. The Hornet, a restaurant in Denver’s Baker neighbourhood, says no one was injured when a car crashed into the eatery at around 2 am…
AFP A football fan has been arrested after a banana skin was thrown onto the pitch at the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrated scoring a penalty in front of Tottenham fans. The Gunners won a memorable match 4-2 on Sunday and London’s Metropolitan Police afterwards confirmed that seven arrests had been made….
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : In the wake of raging protests over the suicide of a ninth grader, the authorities of Dhaka’s Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC) have suspended Zinnat Ara, the morning shift in-charge of the institution’s main campus. They also served a show-cause notice on her, said the institution’s Governing Body Chairman Golam…
Sabrina Hasan writes for DOT : Who does not love to see a blue ocean and from a distance, we all can see Blue Ocean surrounding 70 percent of the earth’s surface. However, in a closer view, the blue ocean is not really blue as it is polluted with different sort of debris. Even penetrates…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : A Bangladeshi has won the first global award recognising the achievements of women with disabilities, reports Reuters and bdnews24.com. Ashrafun Nahar Misti, who has founded the Women with Disabilities Development Foundation in Bangladesh, won in the rights award category for her campaigns for inclusive policy and equal opportunities in education and…
DOT Desk : Visually impaired Bangladeshi national, Vashkar Bhattacharjee, has been awarded the Unesco/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, reports The Daily Star. The award, carrying a monetary prize of $20,000, has been given to him in recognition of his contribution to the empowerment of…
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Mahbubur Rahman speaks to DOT : I vehemently condemn the harassment and false allegations made against BNP leaders. Many BNP leaders got themselves rejected from the election due to their own shortcomings. Some of them have bank loans while some have not yet repaid theirs. There are allegations against all those exlcuded…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy died a lonely man fifty five years ago in Beirut. It was sudden death which put an end to what had been a colourful life, with its many shades of meaning, led by a Muslim politician in the Indian subcontinent. Perhaps it was a cardiac…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today said that there is compelling evidence that the Burmese military committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingyas, reports The Daily Star. “Our analysis concludes there is compelling evidence that Burmese authorities have intentionally sought to destroy the Rohingyas people because…
AFP : Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was named winner of the 2018 Ballon d’Or on Monday, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel Messi’s decade-long hold on the prestigious award. Modric, 33, helped Real Madrid win a third successive Champions League title in May and also captained Croatia to their first World Cup final, being…