Reza AB Choudhury writes for DOT In a historic heaviest parliamentary defeat of the democratic era, the House of Commons has delivered a devastating verdict on Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal deal. It voted against it by 432 to 202. The sheer scale of the defeat by a majority of 230 was greater than any other…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : No innocent garment worker will be terminated from job, announced president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Siddiqur Rahman. “If any worker who is found directly involved in the factory vandalism, looting or arson attack during the unrest may face the termination, otherwise not,” he said, reports The…
Rahat Islam of DOT : BNP has hailed Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) report regarding irregularities in the December 30 national election and commented that it unsettled the both the government and the Election Commission (EC). “The ministers of the government and the Election Commission are failing to hide their faces after TIB unveiled the absolute…
Al Jazeera: Kenyan bomb disposal experts searched on Thursday for leftover explosives at the site of the brazen attack on a Nairobi hotel complex that killed 21 people plus five al-Shabab fighters. The al-Qaeda affiliate said it carried out the attack in the Kenyan capital in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise…
Hossen Sohel of DOT: Shahjahan Khan, the convener of Garments Workers Coordination Committee, yesterday urged readymade garments owners to accept and implement the revised wage structure for the workers that came following eight days of unrest in the sector, reports The Daily Star. “The problems in the garments sector can be solved through dialogue,” Shahjahan…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said there is neither any conflict nor tension in the AL-led grand alliance, reports UNB. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, came up with the remark while speaking at a preparatory meeting on Saturday’s grand rally of AL to celebrate its…
Al Jazeera: The son of an American journalist working for Iranian state television said his mother has been imprisoned in the United States for reasons unknown. Marzieh Hashemi, 59, an anchorwoman for Iran’s English-language Press TV, was arrested on arrival at St Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and transferred by the FBI to a…
Barrister Tanjib-ul Alam speaks to DOT : TIB in its survey found that 82 percent fake votes were cast. To me, their survey is not in keeping with the reality. You cannot come to a conclusion after visiting three or four polling centres. You went to a polling centre and found some anomalies. Then you…
Nadeem Qadir writes for DOT : Bangladesh is all set on the fast track to development amid an outcry by the sidelined opposition called the Oikkya Jote over the December 2018 elections that saw the electorate choosing a leadership that has and will deliver for a better future. A valid question I place to my…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : The recent weeklong protests in the apparel hub that took place in Gazipur, Ashulia, Savar and Mirpur as the garment workers alleged that the minimum monthly basic wage in a grade had been increased to 8,000 taka from 5,300 taka but in other grades pay hikes were not reflected…