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…
The Guardian, UK: Police are searching for five suspects involved in the murder of a 14-year-old boy who was rammed off his moped and stabbed in east London. Jaden Moodie, a keen boxer, died on 8 January after the “barbaric” attack in Bickley Road, Leyton. Five men in a black B Class Mercedes smashed into…
AFP: British Prime Minister Theresa May faces crushing defeat in a historic vote in parliament on Tuesday over the Brexit deal she has struck with the European Union, leaving the world’s fifth biggest economy in limbo. With just over two months to go until the scheduled Brexit date of March 29, Britain is still bitterly…
UNB: Journalist Abu Bakar Chowdhury, acting editor of Dainik Manobkantha, passed away at a private hospital here early Tuesday. He was 54. Abu Bakar suffered a heart attack early morning and was admitted at Ibne Sina Hospital where he breathed his last around 5:15 am. His namaj-e-janaza will be held after Zohr prayer at Taqwa…
Russia Today: WikiLeaks says it has collected enough funds to file a lawsuit against the Guardian for publishing an uncorroborated story about alleged meetings between former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Julian Assange. The whistleblowing website has thanked all its supporters who contributed to its GoFundMe campaign, launched on November 27 following the publication…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah ascended the throne of Malaysia’s Pahang state yesterday, ahead of the country choosing its new head of state, reports UNB. Sultan Abdullah took his oath in front of some 1,600 guests, comprising royal families, state government leaders and community leaders, according to state news agency…
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid speaks to DOT : The government’s zero tolerance policy against corruption will come successful based on the application of the process. Graft is a social and national illness. So, there has to be legal action in order to reduce anomalies. Moreover, the people also need to be made aware of…
Shreya Dasgupta /Monga Bay *A researcher-illustrator team has traced the emotional and personal links of two of India’s indigenous tribes to what is now a protected area via their memories. *By interviewing more than 200 community members, most of them from the Bugun and Shertukpen tribes living near Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh state,…
Leah Ranney, Director of Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ChannelNewsAsia While traditional cigarette smoking habits among youth and young adults in the US are declining, the use of e-cigarettes appeals strongly to this age group, says one observer.An upsurge in e-cigarette use among middle and high school students…