Rumi Akter writes for DOT : Since 2016 to till, Brexit issue has been on the verge of discussion in the international system. On 23 June 2016, the first referendum was held to decide whether Britain would be in or out of the European Union (EU). However, 51.9% voted in favour of leaving the EU…
BBC: US President Donald Trump has postponed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s upcoming trip to Brussels and Afghanistan, asking her to stay to negotiate an end to the partial US government shutdown. The president was able to halt the trip by denying the use of military aircraft to Mrs Pelosi and a delegation. On Wednesday Mrs…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Presidents and Head of the states are powerful. But exactly how much salaries they are paid per year in various countries of the world? And how does they fare in terms of the salaries they earn against the salaries/ earning of average citizens of their respective countries?…
Reuters: The mother of one of the British Islamic State militants suspected of murdering western hostages, lost a legal challenge on Friday that it was wrong for Britain to assist a U.S. investigation which could lead to them facing the death penalty. Britons El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey – two of a notorious group…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : The 11th parliamentary elections were held on December 30 last year while Awami League got landslide victory with 257 seats. The five-year tenure of the 10th parliament was supposed to end on January 28.The High Court on Thursday rejected the writ petition that challenged the legality of the oath…
NDTV: Pakistan’s new chief justice was sworn in Friday, pledging reform of a Supreme Court whose controversial decisions include ousting a prime minister and freeing a Christian accused of blasphemy. Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, 64, became the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan after a televised ceremony at President’s House in Islamabad saw the judge take…
Russia Today: With the #10YearChallenge craze sweeping social media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jumped aboard, showing off his progress erecting a concrete and barbed wire wall on the border with Egypt. A lot can change in ten years. The selfies flooding social media in recent days show people growing older, more mature and wiser….
Hindustan Times: The Kerala government on Friday told Supreme Court that 51 women have entered the Sabarimala temple since the top court’s order in September turning down the age-old practice of denying entry to women of menstruating age. This is the first time the Kerala government has given a consolidated number of the women who…
Reuters: A series of vote-catching measures planned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Much of the cost of the extra spending or revenue losses would have to be borne…
Banglanews24: Newly appointed Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said teachers will be recruited countrywide with transparency. Moni, the first ever female education minister, was addressing the 50-year anniversary and re-union program of Haimchar Boys Gov’t High School in Haimchar upazila of Chandpur on Friday (January 18). “Teacher crisis is one of the problems exists in…