3,300 army engaged to facilitate EVM use in national election

    DOT Desk Around 3,300 members of Bangladesh Army have been engaged for providing various types of technical support, including training, for using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polling stations of six constituencies in the 11th parliamentary elections. The Election Commission through a lottery picked six constituencies—Dhaka-6 and 13, Chattogram-9, Rangpur-3, Khulna-2 and Satkhira-2 — to…

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      Muslim cleansing: A global pandemic?

      Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/ Aljazeera Muslims across the world persecuted, abused and murdered by Muslim and non-Muslim regimes. What is happening to Muslims around the globe? In China they are put into concentration camps, in Myanmar they are slaughtered en masse, in India they have…

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        Last film from Anowar Hossain premiered

        DOT Desk The last film scenes captured by late cinematographer Anowar Hossain has been screened. The scenes are part of a short film titled “Bhalobasha”, reports The Daily Observer. It has been directed by Shuvra Goswami. Story is from Shahidul Jahir and screenplay by Shawon Koiri while music has been composed by Pintu Ghosh. The…

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          Sonu Nigam says Pakistani singers get paid more in India than Indians do. This is discrimination. Why are liberals silent?

          Soumyadipta Banerjee/Daily O, India Had this discriminatory treatment taken place with a Pakistani singer, the intelligentsia would have flooded the opinion space with their caustic comments. Art is timeless, borderless and priceless. When we are appreciating or internalising a brilliant piece of art, a true work of genius, we cannot put a price tag to…

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            Fire bomb attack on AL polls rally in M’singh

            Sayeed Muhammad of DOT An election rally of the ruling Awami League was attacked with a petrol bomb in the Muktagaccha municipality of Mymensingh, injuring one person. Anwar Hossain, was wounded and a motorcycle was also set on fire, reports BDnews. He has been admitted to the Upazila Health Complex. The supporters of Awami League…

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              ‘What an insecure dictator you are,’ Rahul tells Modi on ‘surveillance’ order

              Express Web Desk/The Indian Express A political row erupted over the Ministry of Home Affairs’ latest notification with opposition parties terming the order as unconstitutional, undemocratic and an assault on fundamental rights. Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday fired a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recent notification by the Ministry of Home…

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                WB likely to use new reference rate from next year

                DOT Desk The World Bank (WB) is likely to adopt a new reference rate from next year in calculating the interest of its high-cost loans, officials have said, reports The Financial Express. Presently, the interest rate of WB’s high-cost loans is calculated on the basis of LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) index, which is now…

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                  Army deployment will change poll situation: Rizvi

                  Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed his hope that the deployment of the army will bring a change to the present election situation, reports bdnews24.com. Rizvi made the remark at a press briefing yesterday, two days prior to the deployment of the armed forces for the 11th…

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                    Biting cold heats up warm clothes sale

                    DOT Desk With the rising biting cold of the winter, sales of warm clothes increased manifold in city markets, bringing a boom for the traders, reports The Daily Sun. Customers from all classes of life are crowding the makeshift shops to malls to buy winter clothes according to their needs and capacity. Cashing the high…

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