Arafat Hasan of DOT The High Court directed the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to immediately forward the nomination papers of BNP leader Mirza Abbas to the returning officer for scrutiny. The court also directed the returning officer for Dhaka-9 constituency to complete the scrutiny of the nomination papers within 24 hours starting yesterday. The HC…
UNB A man was beaten to death over a loan of Tk 15,000 his brother-in-law taken from a local moneylender in Sujanagar upazila in the district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Kashi Nath Halder, 50, son of Sannashi Halder of Bhabanipur in the upazila.
Hossen Sohel of DOT Israel announced yesterday that it had begun a military operation to expose and thwart offensive tunnels it said Hezbollah had been building across the Lebanese border, reports New York Times. The effort, called Operation Northern Shield, was aimed at an unspecified number of tunnels in the area of Metula, said Lt…
Banglanews24 BKash Limited signed an agreement with Pathao allowing passengers to pay through bKash while taking a ride. bKash is the largest mobile financial service provider in the country and Pathao is one of the fastest growing app based on demand ride service. Mizanur Rashid, Chief Commercial Officer of bKash and Hussain M Elius Co-Founder…
Zhao Minghao , Senior research fellow with The Charhar Institute/Global Times Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump’s meeting in Argentina on Saturday yielded results that boosted the confidence of both countries and the world. The US agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has suggested that the people must defeat the ruling party through ballots in the upcoming general election, in order to establish their rights. Manna was addressing a programme arranged by the family members of the victims of forced disappearance at the Jatiya Press Club yesterday,…
DOT Desk Bangladeshi girl, Jannatul Ferdous Oishi, has been included in the list of best beauties for the 68th edition of the ‘Miss World’ competition, reports The Daily Star. Hailing from Pirojpur district, Jannatul Ferdous Oishi has moved into the top 20 list from different countries of the world. Recently titled Miss Bangladesh, Oishi is…
Arab News India’s environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi’s government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog in the world’s most polluted major city, officials said Tuesday. The National Green Tribunal penalised the capital administration for its lack of oversight after it emerged some polluting industries were still burning…
BSS Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder yesterday said the Election Commission (EC) will scrutinize each appeal filed by the candidates whose nomination papers have been scraped, according to its merit. “The EC will not be biased towards anyone while hearing the appeals filed over accepting or rejecting nomination papers. We will hear the appeals according to…
DOT Desk The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday abolished the department development fees from Masters’ courses after facing tough students’ protests, reports The Daily Sun. ‘The university authority has cancelled the department development fees for the masters’ students’, confirmed JU Acting Registrar Rahima Kaniz. “We decided to earn the development fees from University…