UNB:When Mondip Gharai decided to launch his book in Ekushey Boi Mela, he faced the dilemma of choosing between a normal programme and a lavish ceremony. But Mondip, a senior assistant secretary, had other idea. He decided to go ahead with a ceremony, albeit an unconventional one. The programme held at a Dhaka restaurant on…
DOT Desk: At least 34 personnel of the United Nations and associated organizations—26 peacekeepers and eight civilians—were killed in malicious attacks in the line of duty in 2018, said a UN spokesperson on Thursday. The casualty rate for 2018 was the lowest it has been in the last five years and was less than…
BSS: Swiss President Ueli Maurer and British Prime Minister Theresa May have extended their heartfelt congratulations to Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of office as the prime minister for the fourth time. “In the name of the Swiss government, l would like to convey my congratulations to you on your recent appointment…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP’s decision not to join the Gono Bhaban tea party at the invitation of the prime minister has exposed the party’s old negative political attitude. Speaking at a press conference at the party chief’s Dhanmondi office, he said the leaders of Jatiya Oikya…
Hossen Sohel of DOT It is naive to think the Taliban have changed their stance on women’s rights, says Kabul restaurateur Laila Haidari, who like many educated Afghan women fears any peace deal between the extremists and the US could erode hard-won freedoms, reports AFP. Draconian rules that once forced half the population behind closed…
Gilf News: Lebanon announced a government line-up Thursday, ending an eight-month wait that had heightened fears of a major economic collapse. The new cabinet, unveiled during a press conference at the presidential palace, includes 30 ministers from Lebanon’s rival political clans. The new line-up is to see four women take up office, including at the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Police are questioning the wife of a doctor of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) over his alleged suicide in Chittagong city. The woman was picked up around 12 noon yesterday as part of investigation into the incident, Mirza Sayem Mahmud, additional deputy commissioner (public relations) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), reports…
ABC4: A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course and said that he and the intelligence community “are all on the same page.” Trump met with his director of national intelligence and other top security officials in the Oval Office…
BBC: Hakeem Al-Araibi’s finger traces over every sentence of the letter, eager not to miss even one word from his beloved wife. The professional soccer player is unable to hold the precious message, instead he must read it from behind a glass pane as a friend holds it up from the visitors room of Bangkok…
The Guardian, UK: An intriguing, previously unknown 13th-century version of a tale featuring Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered in the archives of Bristol central library. The seven handwritten fragments of parchment were unearthed bound inside an unrelated volume of the work of a 15th- century French scholar. Written in Old French, they tell…