Azadeh Karimi & Elahe Boghrat/Kayhan Life The Iranian media have reported on the suspicious death of Zahra Navidpour, a 28-year-old woman whose body was discovered on January 6 at her mother’s home in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan. Ms. Navidpour had filed a criminal complaint against Salman Khodadadi, an influential 56-year-old Majlis (Iranian Parliament)…
Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : The country’s political arena is tapering off and politics has now become confined to a single party. Awami League has won the just-concluded 11th parliamentary elections by a landslide. People have shrunk the political sphere through casting votes for a party. Therefore, the country’s politics has become confined to…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : What is a Smart City? A Smart City is an urban development that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs by incorporating information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality and performance of urban services…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Violent protests are continuing in India’s north-eastern states over a proposed amendment to the country’s citizenship law. The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently saw four million residents left off a citizens’ register. The bill attempts to grant citizenship to immigrants who are not Muslim….
BBC: The Queen has urged people to find “common ground” and to respect “different points of view”. Commentators say the remarks will be seen as referring to the Brexit debate, with MPs due to vote on the PM’s deal for leaving the EU again next week. MPs rejected the deal last week but the UK…
Huffington Post: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Priyanka GandhiVadra’s entry into politics shows that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi cannot handle politics alone and needs his sisters’ help. The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader representing Indore in the lower house of parliament since 1989 further said that talented people must be given an opportunity…
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury speaks to DOT It is the right choice of BNP that it decided not to participate in the next elections to be held under the current government. The elections include the by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation.BNP-led Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain went abroad for medical purposes. His return will…
Hindustan Times: Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s first openly gay congressman, said he will not serve a new term for which he was re-elected due to death threats and he now plans to live abroad. But Wyllys’ Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) said his seat in Brasilia will go to a substitute lawmaker who is also gay:…
The Guardian, UK: A Mexican woman who was sentenced to 16 years in jail after suffering a miscarriage in a department store bathroom has walked free after a court in the central state of Querétaro overturned her homicide conviction. Prosecutors had accused Dafne McPherson, 29, of murdering her newborn, but an appeal court judge found…
DOT Desk: Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international holiday that occurs every 28 January. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. It is currently observed in the United States, Canada, India and 47 European countries. Data Privacy…