Al Arabiya: Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have said they will seek the death penalty for five defendants accused the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Eleven defendants accused of being involved in the killing appeared in court on Thursday. The Saudi General Prosecution said the interrogation of a number of the accused would continue, adding…
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury writes for DOT : Newly elected members of the 11thparliament but those elected MPs of BNP-led Jatiyo Oikya Front (National Unity Movement) have already taken oath. Jatiyo Party, coalition partner of the Awami League–led Grand Alliance has “unanimously” decided to be once again a part of the new government. Co-chairman of…
Al Jazeera: India has rejected US President Donald Trump’s comments mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying New Delhi has provided $3bn in development assistance to the war-torn country. The US president on Wednesday took a swipe at what he said were Modi’s frequent comments about building the library: “You…
Bharat Bhushan/ The Asian Age , Kolkata : The first two international calls to congratulate Sheikh Hasina Wajed for her landslide win in the Bangladesh polls came from India and China. The rest of the world has been more circumspect – wary of a poll result in which Sheikh Hasina has incredulously bettered her record…
Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu speaks to DOT : I did not have personal contacts with Syed Ashraful Islam, the former general secretary of Awami League. But we used to meet at cabinet and share our own views. I did not have any close relation with him. We would touch the base owing to both of…
AOL: Duchess Meghan‘s estranged half-sister Samantha Markleis reportedly on a “fixated persons list” with Scotland Yard in the U.K. The Sunday Times reported on Sunday, December 30, that Markle, who has repeatedly criticized the former Suits star since her engagement and marriage to Prince Harry, has been flagged by the police royalty and specialist protection…
Nadeem Qadir writes for DOT : When the ruling Awami League of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid emphasis on the young and zero-tolerance against corruption besides the spirit of the Independence War in its 30 December 2018 poll campaign, many wrote it off as graft has persisted in this country despite previous such pledges. Sheikh…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The body of Public Administration Minister and former general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam, MP, will be brought home around 6pm today. Syed Ashraful Islam died at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday. He was 68. Ashraful Islam who had been suffering from lung cancer for…
James M Dorsey/WION Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitical ambitions, primarily stymying the expansion of Iranian influence in the Middle East and North Africa and enhancing the kingdom’s global impact. The…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Awami General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP’s decision not to take oath was the repetition of its mistake. ‘BNP made a mistake in 2014 by boycotting the general election. Yesterday, the party made another mistake by taking the decision not to take oath as members of parliament,’ Quader said, reports…