Prof Anu Muhammadspeaks to DOT : It is not possible for Awami League to declare zero tolerance against corruption. Because, the AL-led government has been in power for the last one decade. There has been unprecedented corruption in all development projects including banking sector under this government. Corruption has taken a new dimension under the…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : On the evening of 8 January 1972, the news on the BBC World Service was unmistakable: “The East Bengali political leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has arrived in London.’ Two days later, a jetliner of Britain’s Royal Air Force landed at Tejgaon airport. Moments later, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Syed Abul Hannan, a 1952 Language Movement veteran and a Freedom Fighter, died from old age complications at a private hospital in the capital early yesterday, reports The Daily Sun. He was 87. Abdul Hannan, also former principal of Sherpur Government College, breathed his last at City Hospital around 4:40…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury of DOT : On January 3, 2019, The House SpeakerNancy Pelosi swore in RashidaTlaib, using the Quran instead of a Bible during the 116th Congress swearing in ceremony. Tlaib, one of the first two women from Muslim origin to be elected in the Congress, however, recently tweeted to correct the widely…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Saudi Arabia deported at least 13 Rohingya, held indefinitely by the kingdom, from a Jeddah detention centre early yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Abdur Rahman, additional superintendent of police of the Armed Police Battalion at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said the Rohingyas arrived in Dhaka around 2:00am. “They have admitted…
Eurek Alert: A stop sign at an intersection appears to be larger than a parked car across the street. Is our brain playing tricks on us? Researchers at the George Washington University gained important insights into how the human brain processes information and allocates attention. Their study, “Attention Scales According to Inferred Real-World Object Size,”…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday on the occasion of the installation of her government for the third consecutive term, reports BSS. Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at…
UNB: Officials of Forest Department recovered 30 kilograms of venison from a boat in Pashur River at Chila in Mongla upazila on Monday night. Being tipped-off, a team of Forest Department conducted a drive in the area at night and challenged a boat, said Md Mahmudul Hasan, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East Zone….
UNB: Four people were killed in separate road crashes in Chapainawabganj and Chattogram districts on Tuesday. In Chapainawabganj, two motorcyclists, Mizanur Rahman, son of Jalal Uddin, and Moshiur Rahman, son of Salauddin, of Kolail Diyar area of Gomostapur upazila, were killed when a truck rammed their vehicle in Kolyanpur area of the district town at…
Eurek Alert: Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) is calling on a government committee to revise its report on a coordinated response to the opioid epidemic so that it reflects the unique needs of women.In a commentary published in the peer-reviewed journal Biology of Sex Differences, WHRY Director Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., and Jill Becker,…