Timothy Kreider/Medium It happens to every generation, and not for the reasons they expect Nothing is more arbitrary and changeable over time, or regarded as more self-evident and absolute in their moment, than social mores. In my own fleeting half-century, I’ve watched mores shift (and, long after them, with tectonic slowness and resistance, laws) until…
Hossen Sohel of DOT More than 7,000 people were killed in road accidents throughout the country last year, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) said in a report yesterday, reports The Daily Star. The BJKS Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury revealed the report at a press conference in the capital’s Jatiya Press Club around 11:00am. According…
Abrar Hussain of DOT In the United States, Arkansas State Rep. Julie Mayberry has moved to file House Bill 1015 after several lawmakers voted to remove journalism classes as an elective in public schools prior to last year. While the lawmakers termed their decision as ‘a mandate’, Mayberry said she was appalled. “Journalism is essential…
BSS: The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is planning to hand over industrial plots to the investors in Mirsarai Economic Zone (EZ) after few months. BEPZA General Manager Nazma Binte Alamgir said road development works of the economic zone are going on and earth filling works will start soon. “After making the EZ suitable…
Hossen Sohel of DOT At least 13 workers were killed and two others injured after a coal-laden truck skidded off and overturned on a mess at a brick kiln in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla early yesterday, reports Teh Daily Star. The deceased are: Ranjit Chandra Roy, 30; Md Morsalin, 18; Torun Chandra Roy, 25; Md…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque thanked House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Eliot Engel for his initiatives to adopt resolutions condemning the atrocities on the Rohingyas, reports UNB. When they met at the Hill on Thursday, Shahidul also thanked Engel for putting greater pressure on Myanmar so that the latter…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said that Rohingyas will be shifted to Bhasanchar soon, reports UNB. “The work of infrastructure development at Bhasanchar is progressing fast. Rohingyas will be shifted there soon after completion of work,” he said. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after attending a…
Matthew caruana galizia, Andrew caruana galizia & Paul caruana galizia/ Project Syndicate While investigative journalists have joined forces to expose globalized crime and corruption, justice and law enforcement remain largely national. Law-enforcement authorities should follow journalism’s lead and urgently develop the sort of international networks that organized crime has perfected. The worldwide network that facilitates…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy—grand-nephew of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and nephew of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina—has become a member of Awami League’s Publications and Publicity Sub-Committee, reports Dhaka Tribune. The decision to include Tonmoy as a committee member was made during a meeting of the Publications and Publicity Sub-Committee; at the…
Structure of Manipulated News (Part:1) Noor Majid of DOT: Modern news media and journalism took its earliest form during the 17th century, but the inception of news distribution is far more ancient. Actually, its association dates back to the earliest human civilizations, even in the Stone Age’s when human used to live on caves in…