46-member cabinet formed with 31 new faces

    Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is making a new start forming her third government on the trot by bringing a number of new faces to her cabinet. After the landslide in the 11th national parliamentary polls held on December 30, the premier has formed a cabinet of 46 members, with 31…

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      Australia PM slams ‘ugly racial protests’ in Melbourne

      Channelnewsaisa: Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday (Jan 6) slammed “ugly racial protests” in Australia’s second-largest city, after some far-right demonstrators were seen making Nazi salutes. An anti-immigration rally at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne drew hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters on Saturday, but a large Victoria Police presence was broadly successful in keeping the…

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        Dhanmondi Blues

        Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT :  Some fifty years ago, Dhanmondi was literally a place where paddy used to be processed into rice in its huge and empty fields. Paddy used to be cultivated all over the area. Over the years, the place has become the oldest hub of the elite of Dhaka with the…

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          Egypt beefs up security around churches ahead of Coptic Christmas

          Al Arabiya: Egyptian security forces reinforced their presence around churches in the capital and surrounding cities, in preparation of the Coptic Christmas celebrations scheduled to take place on Sunday eve. The security reinforcement comes as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the largest cathedral in the Middle East in the new administrative capital, where the…

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