Hossen Sohel of DOT Detectives yesterday arrested a man in connection with a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila on December 31, reports The Daily Star. The arrestee was identified as Henju Majhi, 29, our Noakhali correspondent reports quoting Zakir Hossain, inspector of DetectiveBranch in Noakhali. Tipped off, a…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Hasina Begum has been reappointed as the acting principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College as she was sacked amid turmoil over the alleged suicide of a student following rebuke. Governing body of the school appointed her on Thursday. As per the directive of Education Ministry, teachers appointments were postponed. For…
DOT Desk: The country’s manpower export may experience further fall in the coming years due to poor demand for less-skilled workers in major markets, experts and sector insiders have predicted, calling for urgent measures to develop skilled manpower, reports The Financial Express. They suggested formulating a long-term policy with restructuring the education and training systems…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security alongside Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, said the 2018 Global Terrorism Index. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are amongst the ten countries most impacted…
Wio News: Nepal on Friday strongly pitched for convening of the SAARC summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali also cited last year’s historic talks between US President Donald Trump and North…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on being reelected as the prime minister of Bangladesh. “On the auspicious occasion of your re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third term in a row, I have the honor to extend…
DOT Desk: A joint meeting of Awami League Advisory Council and Central Working Committee will be held today. The meeting will be held at 3pm on Saturday at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue, a press release of Awami League said. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting. AL…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Some 13,000 students from Cumilla Education Board applied for the re-scrutiny of their Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination results of 2018, reports The Daily Star. Sources said 2,904 students applied for re-scrutiny of English, 2,560 of Bangladesh and Global studies and 2,335 of Mathematics while the other applications were submitted for…
BSS: The United Kingdom has pledged to work together with Bangladesh for bolstering trade, economic and security cooperation. “We attach high importance to Bangladesh and a major focus of our relations with the South Asian country in the coming days will be to strengthen trade, economic and security cooperation,” said Minister of State for Asia…
AP: President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his long-promised border wall, as pressure mounts to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay. Some 800,000 workers, more than half of them still on…