DOT Desk: Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd), Chief External & Corporate Affairs Officer of bKash handing over books to Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Founder and Chief Executive of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro at their office recently, reports The Daily Sun. bKash has been supporting the ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Program’ of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Local think tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has blamed defective procedures in the implementation of the wage structure for the recent unrest in the garment sector. The research organisation has also found inadequacies in the systems used for informing workers about their wage increases, reports BDnews. The CPD highlighted…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on winning the ‘Bharat Ratna’ – India’s highest civilian award, reported UNB. Sheikh Hasina greeted Pranab over telephone yesterday morning, according to the Press Wing of the Prime Minister’s Office. On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh…
Prof Apu Ukil speaks to DOT : People rejected BNP in the 11th parliamentary polls. The world has seen that BNP suffered a crushing defeat. That’s why BNP is now afraid of taking part in the upazila council and Dhaka North City Corporation elections. BNP’s conspiracy was foiled as the 11th parliamentary elections were held…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : In order to transform Dhaka into a smart city we need to start a conversation around the following issues between not only the experts and government officials but also be inclusive enough to accommodate and address the voices and concerns of people and stakeholders from all walks…
The Guardian, UK: Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was “pretty miserable” for his ancestor, in a speech defending the celebration of Australia Day, while tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day marches around the country calling for the public holiday to be abolished. Morrison told a citizenship ceremony in Canberra that his…
AFP: Prolific French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and five Grammys during a career spanning more than half a century, died Saturday (Jan 26) aged 86, his spokesman said. Legrand lived in a musical whirlwind, with the same appetite for popular music to jazz, from conducting to film. “Since I was a child,…
Channelnewsasia: Germany should stop using coal for electricity production by 2038, a government-appointed commission said Saturday, laying out an €80-billion roadmap to phase out the polluting fuel. The commission agreed to the deadline after months of bitter wrangling as pressure mounts on Europe’s top economy to step up its commitment to battling climate change. The…
AFP: Rescuers worked overnight into Saturday searching for around 300 people missing after a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil killed at least nine, but the local governor said “odds are minimal” that they would be found alive. Seven bodies were recovered Friday hours after the disaster, which saw a torrent of mud…
Arafat Hasan of DOT BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for national unity as ‘all talk’ and revealed that it will “not take it into consideration.” In her speech to the nation on Friday, Hasina had called for the nation to unite in order to help transform…