Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Settling the factional feud in Tabligh Jamaat, the government has yesterday said that Biswa Ijtema, the second biggest congregation of Muslims, will be held next month. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal announced the development after a meeting with two groups of the Tabligh Jamaat at the secretariat in Dhaka, reports…
Arab News: Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the US-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north. History’s first Latin American pope, the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina,…
Prof Abu Ahmed speaks to DOT : The growth of Bangladesh will go from strength to strength. There is no reason to falter the growth. However, the IMF’s account is not intelligible. Bangladesh is one of the countries, which are doing well in the world economy. It is a positive aspect for us. However, a…
BBC: An Indian woman who defied a historic ban to enter a prominent temple in the southern state of Kerala has been abandoned by her family, officials say. Kanakadurga, 39, had been in hospital since 15 January after she was allegedly beaten by her mother-in-law for entering the Sabarimala shrine. The Hindu temple has traditionally…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT Sexual harassment in employment may be termed as any attention of a sexual nature in the context of work situation which has the effect of making a woman uncomfortable on the job, impeding her ability to do the work or interfering with her employment opportunities. Sexual harassment may on its…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Music composer Alauddin Ali has been admitted to a hospital for respiratory problems, reports bdnews24.com. The 67-year-old is being treated in the intensive care unit of Mohakhali’s Universal Medical College and Hospital. His family members rushed him to the hospital on Tuesday midnight. “There has been no change in the patient’s…
Reuters: Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire faced more time in jail after a court delayed his bail application on Wednesday, as hundreds of others arrested during a brutal crackdown on protesters awaited trial. President Emmerson Mnangagwa had promised a day earlier to investigate the security services’ actions against anti-government protesters and called for a “national…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation that the Fourth Industrial revolution is about to bring will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one…
Washington Post: A scion of India’s most famous political dynasty on Wednesday formally entered politics, with the opposition Congress party assigning her a position as it prepares for national elections due before May. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is the 47-year-old daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. She has in the past helped her mother and…
Reuters: Greek lawmakers began the final steps on Wednesday toward ratifying an historic accord on a name-change for neighboring Macedonia, as a bitter row rumbled with opponents who say it harms Greece’s national identity. Parliament opened a two-day debate on ratifying the so-called Prespes Agreement, a U.N. mediated deal between Athens and Skopje changing the…