DOT Desk The country’s inward remittance is expected to increase by 15.59 per cent in 2018 compared to that of the previous year, reports The Financial Express. Remittance showed such an upward trend as an increasing number of workers went abroad last year, said Tasneem Siddiqui. founding chair of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit…
DOT Desk Over the last four decades, Hamiduzzaman has been constantly trying to give a new language and fresh shape to his works, reports The Daily Observer. When we closely observe Hamiduzzaman’s creations, we can easily recognise his preference for various unfamiliar and familiar forms. He likes to play with nature, form and structural orientations….
DOT Desk Srijit Mukherji, the famed Indian filmmaker is set to come before Dhaka audience with two of his films, reports The Daily Observer. The two films are ‘Ek Je Chhilo Raja’ and ‘Uma.’ The films have been selected for the upcoming Dhaka International Film Festival. The seventeenth edition of the festival will start from…
DOT Desk A week-long celebration titled ‘Bijoyer Mahotsab’ has begun on Friday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in Segun Bagicha of the capital, reports The Independent. Organised by the BSA and planned by BSA director general Liaquat Ali Lucky, the event is being held at the open premises of BSA from December 21 to 27….
Rahat Islam of DOT : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged everyone to refrain from saying anything that would make the army questionable or controversial. “They are now on field to maintain law and order ahead of the upcoming national election,” Quader said while addressing an electioneering rally at Ataturka High School ground…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : At least three people were injured in an attack on BNP leader Moudud Ahmed’s motorcade during an election campaign in Noakhali’s Companyganj, reports Dhaka Tribune. The attack occurred in Charkakra union’s Notun Bazar area yesterday. The injured have been identified as Ashraf, Raquib, Belayet, Afsar Uddin, and Md Rakib. Moudud,…
Afsan Chowdhury writes for DOT : We were not sure if we were going to win but we felt more confident than ever in 1970 that things were going to be better than before. Everyone I knew were planning to vote for the AL though that might also be a fact for voters of Dhaka-…
Nuh-ul-Alam Lenin speaks to DOT : The next general election is going to be vibrant one since all political parties are participating in it. The electoral atmosphere so far is good, in which I hope the vote will be held neutrally. The people will cast their vote fairly. No plot could be able to deprive…
Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, Former Election Commissioner : The festive mood, which was present in the 2008 general elections, is found to be absent this time around. The last parliamentary elections held in 2014 is questionable. All of us know the reason behind the absence of festive mood centering on the upcoming parliamentary…
Barrister Tureen Afroz writes for DOT : Four people have challenged the validity of the participation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s 25 candidates in the upcoming National Election. Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali’s High Court bench passed the order to Election Commission to settle the case on Tuesday (18 December 2018). In the order it was…