Barrister Shafique Ahmed speaks to DOT : Jatiya Oikyafront submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding re-election under a neutral government. A seven-member delegation of Oikyafront led by BNP Secretary General handed over the memorandum to Chief Election Commissioner at the Election ommission’s office. In this regard, Barrister Shafique Ahmed said that there is…
Rahat Islam of DOT The Communist Party of Bangladesh has demanded holding a fresh national election under a neutral government, reported UNB. “Cancel results of this unprecedentedly rigged election,” CPB leader Ruhin Hossain Prince announced at a human chain protest at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka yesterday. “Hold a free, fair and participatory election under…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : A man was sentenced to death for killing a college teacher, Krishna Kaberi Biswas, in the capital’s Mohammadpur area in 2015, reports The Daily Star. The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka Judge Shahed Nuruddin delivered the death sentence of KM Zahirul Islam Palash in the murder case in his absentia….
Major General (Retd.) Mohammad Ali Sikder speaks to DOT : As soon as the elections were over, the supporters of the ruling MP of Faridpur on Monday alleged that more than 100 houses of minority Hindu community including several houses were vandalized and looted. The law enforcing agencies have arrested eight people so far in…
Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT : Anyone applying for a visa to travel abroad will have filed their NID or Smart Card numbers in the application form. That the embassies have access to our country’s data banks to run checks might not be known to the visa seekers but that’s a fact. Just as is…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The new Cabinet Division will be formed on Monday when its members take oath, reports UNB. The swaring-in ceremony will take place at 3pm, the president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told reporters at Bangabhaban yesterday. On Thursday, the oath-taking ceremony of the parliamentarians elected in the 11th general elections was held…
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BDNews24: Start of operations of the centres at Thakurgaon and Bogura will begin on Jan 6 while Cumilla, Noakhali, Brahmanbaria and Satkhira centres will open from Jan 12. “These new IVACs are being opened to further serve the needs and facilitate access of Indian visas to Bangladesh nationals, residing in far-flung and remote areas of…
DOT Desk: An early sprouting of mango buds in some trees in Bamlail village under Godagari upazila has created commotion among the locals, reports The Financial Express. It is learnt, Alam Sheikh owns some 60 mango trees of different species in his orchard. He noticed some untimely sprouting of mango buds on 10 of those…
Shira Ovide/Bloomberg The company has reached the end of its denial phase. The optimistic narrative about Apple Inc.’s iPhone business is falling apart in front of our eyes.The company on Wednesday stunningly slashed its own revenue forecast for its first fiscal quarter that ended in December. Apple led by blaming a slowing economy in China…