Abdul Quayum speaks to DOT : The prime minister of the new government has formed an effective council of ministers, reflecting her political commitment. Those who were much powerful in the previous cabinet were excluded in the latest one as new faces were brought in instead. The premier did it all out of her immense…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : What Is Free Public Transport? Obviously, Free Public Transport for everyone is not really entirely free. Someone, somewhere got to pay for it. What Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, generally means is a public transport funded in full by means…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The High Court yesterday accepted forty four appeals for hearing filed by the convicted accused of the August 21 grenade attack cases. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman also stayed the part of the trial court verdict that fined the convicts of the cases….
BSS: More than 300 poor and distressed cold stricken people were given blankets for lessening their sufferings caused by the present sweeping cold wave in the city. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) donated and distributed the blankets at its school premises in Hetemkha area. BDRCS City unit Vice-President Rejaul Karim, General Secretary Prof Chowdhury Sarwar…
DOT Desk: The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is an annual film festival that film makers aspire to attend. This year, in the 69th edition of the festival, Bangladesh will make a debut in the renowned Berlinale Co-Production Market with Bangladeshi director Bijon Imtiaz and producer Arifur Rahman’s film Paradise. Arifur Rahman,…
DOT Desk: The sale of warm clothes has reached its peak in the district as cold wave has been sweeping over the district including the whole country for the last several days. To meet the demand of warm clothes, the vendors have set up temporary shops on footpaths across the district town, reports The Daily…
Yossi Klein /Haaretz We’ve resigned ourselves to the idea that government is corrupt. Take a lesson from the settlement division. We’ll find ourselves facing the Bennetts, Shakeds and Regevs In the end, it appears that nothing will change, but until we reach that end, he’ll put us through the wringer. As with the election. The…
DOT Desk: Newly-appointed Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury ordered all officials of his ministry to submit their wealth statements within the next month, reports the Daily Observer. “The Land Ministry will be brought under the purview of accountability and freed from corruption,” he told journalists at the city’s Press Club. “I will pay abrupt visits to…
UNB: Perched on hills overlooking the borders of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, sits the small village of Bogakhali. It is a remote place in every sense of the word. Reaching it by land is a herculean task as it takes nearly seven days to get there from Rangamati Sadar Upazila. One has to walk almost…
DOT Desk: Oncologists on Saturday blamed early marriage and absence of precursor screening for the high incidence of cervical cancer in Bangladesh. But they also expressed the view at a discussion that if diagnosed at the early stage cervical cancer was found to be preventable and treatable in most cases, reports The New Age. March…