Al Jazeera: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would set up a security zone in northern Syria as suggested by US President Donald Trump as both leaders sought to ease growing tensions. Addressing his deputies on Tuesday, Erdogan said he held a “quite positive” telephone conversation with Trump late on Monday where he…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : The magnitude of unrest in the country’s garments industry came down yesterday after the government announced revised wages and amid threats of factory closure by apparel factory owners. However, turmoil was reported on Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Ashulia’s Jamgora around 9:00am. Workers tried to put up a blockade, reports The Daily…
Hindustan Times: An octogenarian scientist who received China’s top science and technology award this month has said that the “underground steel great wall” created by him for missile bases located under mountains could withstand attacks from nuclear and hypersonic weapons. Qian Hu, 82, called the steel wall China’s last line of defence and inseparable part…
DOT Desk: The fortnight traffic discipline programme in capital Dhaka begins Tuesday in order to develop and bring discipline in the city traffic system, reports The Daily Observer. The awareness programme, initiated by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP traffic), will be continued till January 31. During the campaign, the DMP will make the people aware to…
Reuters: Lionel Messi became the first man to score 400 La Liga goals as Barcelona eased to a 3-0 win at home to Eibar on Sunday which kept the Catalans five points clear at the top of the standings at the halfway point of the season. Luis Suarez, who scored twice, helped tee up Messi’s…
Dr. Emajuddin Ahmed speaks to DOT : I believe that corruption takes place throughout the country twenty two hours out of twenty four hours a day. The way this government came to power was also through corruption. Then how will it be able to adopt a zero-tolerance policy against it? Is there a ministry in…
Ahmad Hossain speaks to DOT : Awami League pledged to adopt zero tolerance policy against corruption in the election manifesto. We are beginning to witness some actions immediately after forming the government. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury asked all officials of his ministry to submit wealth statement by February 28. I hope that all ministers will…
NDTV: A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said. A flight engineer survived and was taken to hospital, the army said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency. The plane…
Agence France-Presse, Cairo: Egypt’s Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school’s reputation. The video, which went viral earlier this month, showed a young man carrying a bouquet of flowers kneeling before a young woman and…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reappointed her five advisers in the new government, reports The Daily Star. The advisers are: HT Imam, Dr Mushiur Rahman, Dr Gowher Rizvi, Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique. The cabinet division today published a gazette over the appointment of the five advisers with portfolio…