Alex French & Maximillian Potter/ The Atlantic The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories. Over the past two decades, Bryan Singer’s films—The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, Superman Returns, four of the X-Men movies—have earned more than $3 billion at…
DoT Desk: Archaeologists say there is a probability that it might be the remains of the palace of King Ballala Sena, the second ruler of the Sena dynasty in Bengal, reports The Dhaka Tribune. A number of pieces of bricks, stones, Chinese porcelain and charcoal, among other things, were found during the excavation, said the…
Hu Bofeng/Global Times *Bangladesh welcomes Chinese investment but fears being dragged into debt risks *Compared with India, China has played more of an economic role than a political one *Some scholars are hoping for China’s coordination in settling the Rohingya problem. Bangladeshi experts and scholars raised tough questions about Rohingya refugees and the so-called debt…
Afroza Yasmin, Natore correspondent Natore’s first ever woman lawyer Shamsun Nahar is seeking the candidacy for the reserved women seat of the 11th national parliamentary election. District Woman Awami League Vice President Shamsun Nahar has been active in different protests since 1980. After passing her LL.B in 1979, she began her occupation as a lawyer…
DOT Desk: More than 145,000 Rohingya children living in Bangladesh camps are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins. Currently 97 per cent of adolescents and youths aged 15 to 24 do not receive any kind of education in the camps, says UNICEF. This group is extremely vulnerable to child marriage,…
DOT Desk: Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought, with the pace of ice loss increasing four-fold since 2003, new research has found, reports the daily Sun. The research provides fresh evidence of the dangers posed to vulnerable coastal places as diverse as Bangladesh, Miami, Shanghai and various Pacific islands as climate change shrinks…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court has set February 7 to submit the charge sheet in the Gatco graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka’s Third Special Judges Court Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hussain set the date yesterday afternoon. The court also issued arrest warrants against two accused— AKM…
UNB: A two-day international seminar on ‘Global peace and Harmony’ will be held at Islamic University in Kushtia on January 28. The seminar will be continued till January 29, sources at IU Vice-chancellor’s office said on Thursday. IU and Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture will jointly organise the seminar at Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman Auditorium…
Getbengal Information Desk/Get Bengal Our daughter’s name is Anita Brigitte. She should actually bear the name of Amita, but the German authorities would have certainly objected to such an unusual name, so we chose the name Anita which is almost sounding like Amita. Brigitte was chosen by me because its short form in German is…
DOT Desk: Furniture manufacturers based in the region have urged the authorities concerned to reduce the import duty on raw materials and accessories to facilitate them entering the export markets, reports The Financial Express. They said the heavily import-dependent sector has made a significant breakthrough in diversification of designs and improving quality – two major…