DOT Desk: Dhaka tops the list of divisional headquarters when it comes to drug abuse, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital. With 24.90 per cent drug addicts, Chattagram is listed next to Dhaka, where the percentage of drug abusers is 36.80, reports The Independent. Ironically, the…
DOT Desk: A new trust fund titled “Taibun Nahar Rashid and Abdur Rashid Trust Fund” has been established at the Faculty of Arts of Dhaka University (DU), reports The Daily Observer. Ali Asgor Khurshid and Ali Bakhtiar Mahmud, two sons of Rashid family handed over a cheque for Tk 15 lakh to DU Treasurer Prof…
Reuters: Pakistan’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests over a case that has divided society and incited killings. Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row, has been in hiding since the Supreme Court…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called upon BNP to reconsider its decision of not participating in the upcoming Upazila Parishad elections. “I don’t know whether it’s their (BNP) final decision, but I would like to call upon the party to reconsider their decision,” Quader told reporters at a press…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The High Court summoned the Director (law) of Anti-Corruption Commission and three other government officials to explain why one Jahlam was in jail custody for the last three years in place of the original accused in 33 cases, reported The Daily Star. They will have to appear before the High Court…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh and India are set to launch passenger cruise services between the two countries in March next, reports The Financial Express. Acting Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Adarsh Swaika said this when he made a courtesy call on Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi at the latter’s secretariat office on Sunday. Replying to a…
BSS: LGRD and Coopera-tives Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday called for formulating a 100-200 years master plan to make the mega city Dhaka as livable for its citizens. “Now we are working on our 7th five-year plan. We will have to make 100-200 years master plan to make Dhaka city livable for citizens,” he…
Arafat Hasan of DOT A Dhaka court has sentenced two convicts to jail after they surrendered before it in connection with a case filed over the August 21 grenade attack 15 years ago, reported The Daily Star. The two convicts, then deputy commissioner (East) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Obaidur Rahman Khan and then deputy…
Eurek Alert: A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the lining of the heart, possibly linked to increasing use of the opioid hydromorphone. The study is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Infective endocarditis can be life-threatening. “We observed a…
Yoshita Srivastava/Feminism in India The Constitution of India was adopted by the elected Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950. The total membership of the Constituent Assembly was 389. While we all remember Dr. B R Ambedkar as the Father of the Constitution and other pioneering male members…