Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT : In the dictionary we will find many words for the alphabet A such as: artist, antagonist, aggressive. Again, ‘A’ also stands for Awami League and many other things which we come across by consulting dictionaries. But does Awami League refer to any negative qualities which have been…
Al Arabiya : Thousands of people turned out to protest the rising cost of living in Turkey at a demonstration in Diyarbakir in the southeast of the country, an AFP journalist reported.There was a significant police presence in the Kurd-majority region for the march, which was organized by the KESK, a confederation of public service…
A.S.M Riad Arif writes for DOT : Some years ago, The Old Brahmaputra was a mighty river that flows near Mymensingh of Bangladesh. But the situation is changing day by day. We, the people kill the river. The dumping of garbage into it is now a serious threat to the river. Same happened to the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Hendrikus GJ Harry, the newly appointed ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, has stressed for continued international pressure on Myanmar to take back their nationals from Bangladesh. He made the call during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban yesterday. The PM’s press secretary, Ihsanul…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The state-run Teletalk commercially inaugurated the fastest fourth generation (4G) mobile data service in major parts of Dhaka on Sunday evening. The 4G network will cover the entire Dhaka city by December and will move to Chattogram within the next couple of weeks, said Teletalk Managing Director Shahab Uddin, reports The…
UNB BNP is going to roll out its own election manifesto for the 11th parliamentary elections today, a day after launching of the election manifesto by its alliance Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP senior leaders, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will present the party’s manifesto at a city hotel at 11am, BNP Chairperson’s…
Susan Hattis Rolef/The Jerusalem Post The survey tried to demonstrate whether one can qualitatively compare the anti-Arab sentiments of Israeli Jews to the antisemitic sentiments of non-Jews in Europe. On December 9, Yaron London of TV Channel 10 presented the results of a survey, prepared for the channel by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront has pledged the speedy trial of the attackers who pounced on students during the movement for safe roads in August. In its manifesto, the major opposition alliance tried to win over students involved with the movement. During said protest, attackers , allegedly from the student wing of the student…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Police have revealed that a man in Chandpur’s Sadar Upazila has committed suicide after killing his wife and two children. The incident occurred in the Debpur area in the early hours of yesterday allegedly over a family dispute, BDnews quoted Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station OC Md Nasim Uddin as saying….
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Main opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront, in its manifesto, has pledged that it will work to bolster Bangladesh’s relationship with India on the basis of equality. Bangladesh will join the projects beneficial for it under the One Belt, One Road initiative by China, the manifesto further revealed under the party’s foreign policy…