DOT Desk: A four-day international photography exhibition titled ‘Dhaka International Foto Fest 2019’ began amid festivity at TSC of Dhaka University on Sunday. DU vice chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest, reports The New Age. ‘I want to congratulate all the students who are participating in extracurricular activities. It brings…
Katrin Bennhold/ The New York Times Men attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year were worried about a lot of things. A global economic slowdown. Threats to cybersecurity. Populism. War. And, several acknowledged at the meeting this past week, mentoring women in the #MeToo era. “I now think…
WIO News: As the BJP faces heat over the Citizenship Bill in the northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said his party will always protect the interests of Assam. Taking to Twitter, he also thanked the people of the state for supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party in elections to three tribal autonomous councils. “Gratitude to…
NDTV: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced what promises to be the party’s big pitch in the coming general election — a guaranteed minimum income for the poor across the country, much like the system of social security in the US. The Congress announcement comes as the government is reportedly considering a populist new…
DOT Desk: A lawyer of the Supreme Court yesterday sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to completely stop private practice of the government appointed doctors in 24 hours, reports The Daily Star. Advocate Abdus Sattar Palwan served the legal notice to the health secretary, director general of Directorate General…
DOT Desk: Sultan Md Mansur Ahmed, the Jatiya Oikya Front candidate who won a parliamentary seat in the general election under the paddy sheaf symbol, has expressed his interest in taking his oath of office, but his party, the Gono Forum disagrees, reports BDnews24. Sultan Mansur, who was elected from the Moulvibazar-2 seat, told bdnews24.com…
Habibullah Siraji speaks to DOT : We are trying to present this year’s Boi Mela with a different experience. The theme of the fair is the Language Movement of ’52 to 1971’s Liberation War. This is why the fair is divided among five courtyards named after five language martyrs – four of these are in…
Fayazuddin Ahmad writes for DOT : Korail, one of the largest slums in Bangladesh, is located in Mohakhali, Dhaka. Most of the people who live in Korail have moved to the city from some of the parts where level of poverty is high in Bangladesh. Korail covers approximately 100 acres and is home to more…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Among the three formats, Bangladesh cricketer Shakib al Hasan was at the summit of the all-rounders’ ranking in Test matches, but he has now lost his throne to West Indies captain Jason Holder, reports Dhaka Tribune. Holder enjoyed a stellar Test against England in Barbados, hammering an unbeaten double hundred and…
Arab News: Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a TV interview that he is looking into running against Donald Trump in 2020 as an independent presidential candidate. “I am seriously thinking of running for president,” Schultz told the CBS news show “60 Minutes” late Sunday. The self-described “lifelong Democrat” said he “will run…