Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission (EC) has directed not to hold any kind of functions of Tablighi Jamaat on Ijtema ground in Tongi before December 30 scheduled for voting. EC Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmed Khan on Friday sent a letter to Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner, deputy commissioner and superintendent of police, with the…
Enam Ahmed Chowdhury speaks to DOT : The election manifesto of Oikyafront has everything needed for the welfare of the people. It contains a seven-point demand and 11-point target. Khaleda Zia is the leader of immense love of the people. She has been incarcerated in a false case for long. The people want her to…
June Yong/Channel NewsAsia If we allow our perception of the “ideal child” to cloud our decisions, we may forget that our children are individuals who need their own space to grow and develop, says one mother of three. After MOE’s announcement about reducing testing at certain educational milestones, many tuition centres have stepped forward to…
Namita Bhandare/Hindustan Times We can’t seem to stop talking about sexual violence from strangers but can’t seem to start talking about the violence women face from within their homes If a picture says a thousand words, then a graphic illustration of 137 figures — the number of women killed every day around the world by…
Babu Ram Neupane/My Republica Talking of love soothes hearts and embalms the scorched earth. And the precondition is that it happens where love is expressed by blowing into tree leaves and whistling. It is where love still flows down the streams with roaring falls and faint murmurs. It is where love is still pure, polite,…
Sarwar Jahan Chowdhury writes for DOT The pre-election politics in India , this time around, has attained some unique characteristics . This is already marked by some kind of special desperation by the ruling BJP. This desperation stems from certain mis-governance and failure of the Narendra Modi government and their unprecedented cravings for clinging on…
DOT Desk Shafat Ahmed, the son of Dildar Ahmed, one of the owners of Apan Jewellers, received bail on Thursday morning in the Raintree rape case. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 7 Judge Khademul Kayes passed the order, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Court Chief Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu stood for…
DOT Desk Farmland acreage keeps shrinking unabatedly in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Asia due to illegal encroachment on the one hand and acquisition or lease of land for development of economic units and other manufacturing and development initiatives on the other, reports The Financial Express. To address the issues, there are needs for pro-people…
Banglanews24 Ministry of Women and Children Affairs arranged 16 days of countrywide campaign to create awareness about prevention of violence against women. The slogan of the campaign, which is known as Walkathon -2018, is ‘Narir Kotha Shunbe Bishwa, Komla Rongge Notun Drishwa (world to listen to women, new scene to emerge with orange color).’
UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three people along with 40,000 US$, 802 bottles of Phensidyl and 138 bottles of foreign liquor from Boro Achara area along Benapole border on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Nahid Hossain, 19, Abdul Jabbar, 40 and Zahid Hossain, 18. They hailed from different parts of Jashore…