BDnews24: The government has appointed private secretaries to ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of the new cabinet. Forty-five government officials holding the rank of deputy secretary and one official with the rank of assistant secretary were appointed as private secretaries to the new ministers in two orders issued by the public administration ministry…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The head of the United Nations in Myanmar expressed concern about the situation in the western state of Rakhine, where fighting between the military and the rebel Arakan Army has displaced about 4,500 people since early December. Knut Ostby, who acts as the resident coordinator for the United Nations, said in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed to have detained three men in Chattogram, Bogura and Rajshahi for allegedly spreading photoshopped images and making derogatory comments about the prime minister on social media, reports The Daily Star. In Chattogram, Rab-7 arrested Md Tofazzal Hossen Helal, 40, a carpenter early today for allegedly…
UNB: A suspected criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Satnal Jora Bridge in Manirampur upazila of Jashore. The deceased was identified as Billal Hossain, 19, son of Golam Mostafa of Fedaipur village in the upazila. Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Manirampur Police Station, said Billal abducted Zahid Hossain, a Class IV student…
Hasaan Khawar, Public policy expert and an honorary Fellow of Consortium for Development Policy Research/ The Express Tribune The Supreme Court of Pakistan recently gave a month’s notice to parliament to amend the ‘voluntary return’ provision in the National Accountability Ordinance. In its election manifesto, the PTI already committed to address the legal lacunas in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Police have arrested two suspects over the murder of two children in Dhaka’s Demra, reports bdnews24.com. Golam Mostofa, 31, and his cousin Azizul Baowani, 32, allegedly strangled the two girls to death after attempting rape, police said yesterday. The ceramics workers were caught during raids at Jatrabari’s Bhanga Press and…
DOT Desk: It has been a decade since the Awami League-led alliance came to power with a promise to build a highly digitized nation, labeled as ‘Digital Bangladesh’, by the year 2021, reports The Financial Express. Now that the same alliance is taking over the reins for the third consecutive term, leaders within the ICT…
George Packer, Staff writer for The Atlantic/ The Atlantic A shutdown looks like the beginning of the end that Lincoln always knew was possible. We had made plans to go to Washington weeks ago, and there was no way to change the trip. The train was almost empty when it pulled into Union Station on…
DOT Desk: Online platforms are increasingly becoming the prime destination for creative productions all over the world, reports The Daily Observer. And among all these platforms US-based Netflix can be said to be the most successful one with ease. Debutant Noor Imran Mithu’s directorial venture “Komola Rocket” has become the latest film to be added…
Brian Bennett/ Yahoo News President Donald Trump began a meeting with the top Democrats in Congress Friday with a 15-minute rant. Shortly after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took their seats, the president told them he would not budge below the $5.7 billion he’s demanded for a border wall and that…