DOT Desk International Migrants Day is observed on 18 December in accordance with Resolution 55/93 of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted on 4 December 2000. On 18 December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their…
Gulf Times At least 20 people died when a truck carrying mourners returning from a funeral ritual plunged around 400 metres (1,300 feet) onto a river bank in central Nepal, police said Saturday. Fourteen others were injured as the vehicle veered off an unpaved narrow road in a hilly area around 70 kilometres (45 miles)…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The entire nation is celebrating Victory Day or Mohan Bijoy Dibosh today, marking 47 years since the Pakistani occupational forces signed the surrender terms concluding nine months of war and bloodshed that led to the emergence of Bangladesh. Several elaborate programs have been planned for the day by different socio-cultural organizations…
CNN The next generation of electric cars could charge their batteries in the time it takes to fill up at a gas station. A group of companies including Germany’s BMW (BMWYY), Porsche and Siemens (SIEGY) say they have developed technology that could help make super-fast charging a reality. They unveiled on Thursday a 450 kW…
Dr. M A Hasan writes for DOT The misty days of `71 winter were full of great surprise and excitement for me. I was a young lieutenant in Bangladesh Army. I was asked to work as adjutant of 2nd East Bengal regiment which I rejected saying, “I have left my parent profession of medicine to…
Chile has been selected to host the next United Nations’ climate conference in 2019, it was announced at the current meeting in the Polish city of Katowice. Brazil was initially slated to host the talks under but far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro pushed the Brazilian government to withdraw its offer to host conference. Under U.N. rules,…
Raj Abrar of DOT Eleven people have died after eating rice that had likely been contaminated with a toxic substance at a Hindu temple ceremony in India, a health official said. Another 29 people were critically ill and undergoing emergency treatment across various hospitals in Mysore, a city in the southern state of Karnataka. “Eleven…
UNB Local election observers have been advised to work impartially and shun media during the December 30 polls. Speakers at the ‘Election observers training workshop’ also asked them to remain alert against vote rigging. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, chief guest at Saturday’s programme at the Jatiya Press Club, asked the observers to…
A national coordination of protest announced the start of a social movement called “red vests” across Tunisia, inspired by the “yellow vests” protest movement in France this year. During a press conference at the headquarters of National Union of Tunisian Journalists, the founders of the movement announced that protests will start on Dec. 17, 2018…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Left Democratic Alliance yesterday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission saying that their candidates are facing obstacle during electioneering in different constituencies, reports The Daily Star. Candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh, a component of LDA, were not being able to campaign freely in the areas under Jamalpur-2, Dinajpur-4, Dhaka-6,…