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…
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…