DOT Desk: Bangladesh’s Mainul Ahsan Nobel has created quite a sensation, singing in India’s Zee Bangla TV reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’. He has shot to the top of popularity both in West Bengal and back home in Bangladesh. His performance in the singing contest has gone viral on social media, with the…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Dhaka Metropolitan Police claimed yesterday that they arrested the youth who set fire to a police vehicle near Bangladesh Nationalist Party office at Naya Paltan in the capital during a clash between the police and BNP activists on November 14, 2018. “Pallabi police arrested the youth named Wasim, 28, today. He…
Soumyadipta Banerjee/ Daily O, India For one, Dr B R Ambedkar would want it that way. Secondly, caste-based reservation has not accomplished social justice but in fact, the opposite. I remember the first time I came face to face with the reservation system. It was during my college admissions. I was aiming to study English…
DOT Desk: The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair will begin on February 1 at Khulna Divisional Public Library premises, reports The New Age. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the conference room of the deputy commissioner with deputy commissioner of Khulna Mohammad Helal Hossain in the chair on Wednesday. Additional deputy commissioner…
DOT Desk: Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Qauder yesterday said the main priority of his work will be to bring back discipline in road and transport sector, reports The Daily Star. “Everything has to be accomplished in the beginning like ‘killing cat’ on the very first night,” said Quader while talking to reporters at…
DOT Desk: Students of the 13th batch of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) graduates of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) got appointed in jobs in Japan through a direct interview at IUB very recently, reports The Daily Observer. Two companies namely Venturas Ltd. and Human Resocia Co. Ltd from Japan interviewed 38 IUB…
BBC: Contamination of salad vegetables by E.coli and Salmonella bacteria are the most common causes of food poisoning. Although most Salmonella outbreaks are linked to contamination during handling and transportation of the vegetables, there are also cases where the infectious bacterium had entered the plant when it was still in the farmland. How does it…
DOT Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding president of Bangladesh, on the occasion of his Homecoming Day, reports New Age. She paid the tributes by placing wreaths at the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city. The prime…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission will announce the election schedule for the 50 reserved seats for women in the 11th parliament next week, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced yesterday. “According to the 11th parliamentary election results, 43 seats will be reserved for Awami League while four for the Jatiya Party, one for…
UNB: The 5th ‘Dhaka International Conference on Women in Cinema 2019’ will begin in city on today. The two-day conference will be held at the Gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka as part of Dhaka International Film Festival scheduled to be held from January 10 to 18. Organisers said the conference will serve the…