Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury/The Economic Times Sheikh Hasina’s unprecedented electoral success that brought her to power for a record fourth time will not only continue to ensure stability along India’s eastern border but also open up a plethora of opportunities for sub-regional partnership, with Bangladesh acting as a bridge between India and Southeast Asia. This, in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Police’s Cri-minal Inves-tigation Dept. (CID) has arrested former national footballer Kaiser Hamid on Sunday, after an arrest warrant was issued against him on charges of embezzlement of funds, reports Dhaka Tribune. Special Superintendent of CID Abdullah Hel Baki confirmed this to Dhaka Tribune, adding that he was arrested from Elephant Road…
Lt. Gen. (retd.) Mahbubur Rahman speaks to DOT : If the main opposition party Bangladesh National Party (BNP) negotiates with the ruling party for the sake of bailing their chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from charges, it will be an insult to Ziaur Rahman. Instead of bargaining with the government, BNP should follow strategies of ethics…
The Guardian: The founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world’s biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO. A majority of the firms which announced this week they were collaborating to try to help tackle plastic pollution are likely to be at the heart…
Zahid Hussain speaks to DOT : The growth and number of riches have increased, while poverty has also declined at the same time. But the rate of poverty reduction that we saw since 2010 is weaker than that recorded before 2000. The employment rate these days is not satisfactory, especially in the manufacture and construction…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Former lawmaker Khandkar Abdul Baten, one of the organizers of the Liberation War and chief of Baten Bahini, died at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 72. Abdul Baten was elected MP twice from Tangail 6 (Nagarpur-Delduar) constituency in 9th and 10th election. He was elected MP in the…
Reuters: A Chinese scientist responsible for what he said were the world’s first “gene-edited” babies evaded oversight and broke guidelines in a quest for fame and fortune, state media said on Monday, as the university where he worked announced his dismissal. He Jiankui said in November that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Awami League celebrated its landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election with a rally on Saturday. Ruling Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on that day promised that her government will work for all, irrespective of political affiliation. Following the 11th parliamentary election, Prime Minister Modi expressed…
Channelnewsasia: Celebrity chef Redzuawan Ismail on Monday (Jan 21) apologised to former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, after a tirade against the senior opposition figure on the troubles faced by the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda). The chef had come under fire for threatening to slap Najib over Felda’s failings, with some social media users…
Reuters: Minority Muslims in the southern Philippines cast votes on Monday in a long-awaited referendum on autonomy, the culmination of a peace process to end decades of separatist conflict in a region plagued by poverty, banditry and Islamist extremism. Some 2.8 million people in the volatile Mindanao region are being asked if they back a…