Rachel Gilmer, Organiser with and the Co-Director of the Dream Defenders/Aljazeera Now, as support for Trump is waning, leftists need to stop ‘playing-it-safe’ and present a new vision for this country. This week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers doubled its estimate of how much the shutdown – the longest in US history –…
DOT Desk: Putting emphasis on keeping Bangladesh Embassies open for 24 hours, Planning Minister MA Mannan on Saturday (Jan 19) said the embassies officials should be labor-friendly ones. He was addressing a debate competition titled ‘UCB Public Parliament’ arranged by Debate for Democracy at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), reports Banglanews24. “I know that Bangladeshi…
Sky News: Police have p-p-p-picked up a pair of stolen penguins – with a tip-off preventing their disappearance from turning into a “cold case”. Nottinghamshire Police said the two Humboldt penguins were taken from a zoo in November but they were able to recover the South American birds after “putting our beaks in”. After finding…
NYtimes: Donald Trump hungered for applause — the more frequent and louder, the better. He found that campaign rallies were a source of it like none that he had ever savored. He thrilled to the appearance of his name not just in gold letters on tall buildings but also in newspaper headlines and on…
Poulomi Ghosh/Daily O, India From ‘Pappu’ to ‘Param Pujya’, Rahul has actually ridden the arc of the last ten years — and come out on top. Politicians in India are treated like fine wine. There’s lesser value if you are young and vibrant. The more you age, the finer you become. So, unlike the #10yearchallenge…
DOT Desk: An experimental farm of Emu birds set up in Batiaghata in Bangladesh’s south-western district of Khulna is now abuzz with visitors every day. Ashraful Alam Khan, chairman of Bhatiaghata upazila, set up the farm on one bigha of land at Kismat Fultola, aiming to create jobs for youths. Now people from different corners…
DOT Desk: The unauthorised bus stops on roadsides in the capital continue to snarl up traffic in addition to causing sufferings to commuters every day under the very nose of the authorities concerned, reports The Daily Sun. The indiscriminate parking of vehicles therefore deals a blow to the city dwellers on a daily basis while…
Monirul Alam of DOT Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman has recommended the government to introduce universal pension scheme for the low-income groups of people in order for reducing inequality. “The government can introduce universal pension scheme for low-income population to reduce ongoing inequality. Such scheme may begin with workers of the readymade…
DOT Desk: NIPRO JMI Pharma Limited, the first Japan-Bangladesh joint venture pharma company,organized a scientific seminar on ‘Novel glucose lowering medication –Empagliflozin, a ground breaking innovation for Type 2 Diabetes’ at Inter Continental Hotel in the capital yesterday, reports The Daily Observer. Professor Dr SM Ashrafuzzaman and Professor Emeritus Dr Hajera Mahtab attended the seminar…
BSS: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said stopping production of current net is needed to stop rampant hunting of jatka (Hilsa fry) and mother Hilsha. “Only detaining accused fishermen will not do any good, we have to first stop the production of current net to save the jatka and mother Hilsha. We have to…