Reuters: Ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to appear in a Tokyo court on Tuesday after he requested an open hearing to hear the reason for his continued detention. It would be Ghosn’s first public appearance since he was arrested on Nov. 19 on allegations of financial misconduct. He has been…
Hindustan Times: China has developed a massive bomb, said to be the country’s answer to the US-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, official media reported on Friday. China’s defence industry giant NORINCO for the first time showcased the aerial bomb, the country’s largest non-nuclear bomb, state-run Global Times reported. It is…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The Jatiya Party has decided to form the main opposition in parliament with Chairman HM Ershad as the leader of the group, reports bdnews24.com. The party’s newly-elected MPs will not join the government’s new cabinet, Ershad said in a statement yesterday. “I am requesting the honourable speaker of parliament to…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto : The Bangladeshi born Canadian citizen Dr Taj Hashmi, who is an internationally acclaimed academic and author has written a letter on January 3 afternoon to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in connection to testify in the US Congress about 2018 Bangladesh Election, as learnt by this correspondent of…
WIO News: The Supreme Court Friday said that an appropriate bench constituted by it will pass an order on January 10 for fixing the date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case at Ayodhya. “Further orders will be passed by an appropriate bench on January 10 for fixing the date of…
Arab News: Saudi Arabia on Thursday called for a global initiative to combat the recruitment of child soldiers. Ambassador to the US, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said the Arab coalition fighting in Yemen to support the internationally recognised government, regularly encountered children who had been recruited by the Houthi militia. In a series of heartfelt…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina along with the newly-elected parliament members of her party yesterday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. The prime minister and other AL MPs paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The man who allegedly ordered the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali over an argument on election day has been arrested, police have said, reports bdnews24.com. Hasan Ali Bulu, 60, is known locally as the ‘chief associate’ of local Awami League leader and former Union Council member Ruhul Amin, who…
Al Arabiya: Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have said they will seek the death penalty for five defendants accused the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Eleven defendants accused of being involved in the killing appeared in court on Thursday. The Saudi General Prosecution said the interrogation of a number of the accused would continue, adding…
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury writes for DOT : Newly elected members of the 11thparliament but those elected MPs of BNP-led Jatiyo Oikya Front (National Unity Movement) have already taken oath. Jatiyo Party, coalition partner of the Awami League–led Grand Alliance has “unanimously” decided to be once again a part of the new government. Co-chairman of…