UNB: President of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)Lee Mi-kyungarrives here on January 20 on a four-day visit to discuss development cooperation between Bangladesh and South Korea through KOICA and visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. She will lead a six-member high-level delegation, said an official on Wednesday. It will be the first-ever visit of KOICA’s…
The Chinese New Year cultural performance will open at the Bangladesh national theater on January 17. The event will be hosted by the Embassy of People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh and co-organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh-China Friendship Centre and the culture and tourism department of China’s Yunnan province. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Mr….
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) says it surveyed 50 parliamentary constituencis during elections and found irregularities in 47 of them, reports The Daily Star. Irregularities were witnessed in at least one or multiple voting centres across those constituencies, TIB said in a report presented yesterday. Shahjada M Akram, senior programme manager…
BBC: A Saudi teenager given asylum in Canada after fleeing her family has said the journey was “worth the risk” so she could live a more independent life. Rahaf Mohammed, 18, made headlines when she flew to Thailand and barricaded herself in a hotel while appealing on Twitter for help to avoid deportation. She said…
DOT Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said his party will take part in the upcoming upazila elections under the party banner, reports The Daily Star “We will not take part in the elections as a part of any alliance. Awami League will contest the upazila elections under the party banner with boat…
Daily Nation, Africa: Zimb-abwe police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the second city of Bulawayo yesterday, a day after the country was rocked by violent demonstrations against a sharp hike in fuel prices. Police moved in after protesters chanted for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and as looting broke out in Bulawayo,…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader should apologise to the public in a stadium for the “farce” elections and for “stealing votes”. The BNP leader also said they would go for the dialogue only if there is an agenda to cancel the…
Time: An art exhibit in Israel featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald has sparked protests by the country’s Arab Christian minority. Hundreds of Christians calling for the removal of the sculpture, entitled “McJesus,” demonstrated at the museum in the northern city of Haifa last week. Israeli police say rioters hurled a firebomb at the museum and…
Dr. Delwar Hossain speaks to DOT : Bangladesh has been bearing the burden of sheltering Rohingyas for a long time. Meanwhile, the international community has not been taking any responsibility like they had promised they would. When the Rohingyas entered the country, many international organizations also came but did not stay. Bangladesh has been trying…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : The cubicles, had become a parody of the productivity,by the end of the 1990s, as workplace designers, thinking outside the box, began to tear down Cubicle walls and personal offices became rare. Low or no walls between groups of desks, few private offices, and wide, open rooms…