News18: Taking on government’s move to grant citizenship to non-Muslim minorities who have come to India allegedly fleeing religious persecution from neighbouring countries, Prof Amartya Sen wondered why could the Centre not find room for Rohingya. “If you are talking about citizenship, it’s amazing that you could find room for non-Muslims in the neighbouring countries…
Arab News: Twenty-one people died in a car bomb attack at a Bogota police cadet training academy, with 68 injured, Colombian police said late Thursday. “Unfortunately, the preliminary toll is 21 people dead, including the person responsible for the incident, and 68 wounded,” the police said in a statement, adding 58 of those injured had…
Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman speaks to DOT : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should sever ties with Jamaat-e-Islami. BNP is a big political party, which enjoys huge popularity. BNP has ruled the country for many years. Jmaat-e-Islami is party convicted for war crimes. Many leaders of the party were executed, many others are serving different…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladeshi migrant workers have vandalised the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait amid raging protests over unpaid wages, reports bdnews24.com. On Thursday morning, the workers lined up outside the embassy demanding the release of back pay and iqamas (work permits) by a Kuwaiti firm named ‘Lesco’. The agitated workers then vandalised the…
Anadolu Agency: More than 800 Rohingya refugees living in squalid makeshift camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district have been infected with chickenpox since last December, but residents of the camps expect the figure to surpass 1,000. As of Jan. 13, 832 Rohingya refugees living in the camps had been confirmed with chickenpox, the World Health…
Arafat Hasan of DOT India will reportedly use space technology to monitor its border security and management, including launching a satellite which will be under the country’s Home Ministry, reports The Daily Star. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a report of the task force set up by his ministry to identify the areas…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Awami League will organize a grand rally marking its landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election at 2.30pm today at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital, reports The Daily Sun. AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the rally as the chief guest. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged the…
UNB: The vitamin A plus campaign slated for Saturday (Jan 19) has been postponed for ‘unavoidable’ reasons, said the Institute of Public Health Nutrition in a press release. The government put the campaign on hold as it had reports of the capsules get glued with one another in the packets. Asked, an official wishing anonymity…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The search for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna river, and the sunken trawler resumed yesterday for the 3rd day, reports UNB. Members of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Fire Service, River Police and Bangladesh Coast Guard are trying to locate the…
AP: Another Saudi woman has turned to social media for protection from her father, just days after Canada granted refuge to Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi who fled her family. Identified only as Nojoud al-Mandeel on Twitter, her case differs from that of al-Qunun. She has not fled the kingdom, has not revealed her face…