Hossen Sohel of DOT : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said there is neither any conflict nor tension in the AL-led grand alliance, reports UNB. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, came up with the remark while speaking at a preparatory meeting on Saturday’s grand rally of AL to celebrate its…
Al Jazeera: The son of an American journalist working for Iranian state television said his mother has been imprisoned in the United States for reasons unknown. Marzieh Hashemi, 59, an anchorwoman for Iran’s English-language Press TV, was arrested on arrival at St Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and transferred by the FBI to a…
Barrister Tanjib-ul Alam speaks to DOT : TIB in its survey found that 82 percent fake votes were cast. To me, their survey is not in keeping with the reality. You cannot come to a conclusion after visiting three or four polling centres. You went to a polling centre and found some anomalies. Then you…
Nadeem Qadir writes for DOT : Bangladesh is all set on the fast track to development amid an outcry by the sidelined opposition called the Oikkya Jote over the December 2018 elections that saw the electorate choosing a leadership that has and will deliver for a better future. A valid question I place to my…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : The recent weeklong protests in the apparel hub that took place in Gazipur, Ashulia, Savar and Mirpur as the garment workers alleged that the minimum monthly basic wage in a grade had been increased to 8,000 taka from 5,300 taka but in other grades pay hikes were not reflected…
The Guardian, UK: Thailand’s immigration chief has pledged a reversal of the country’s notoriously harsh treatment of refugees following the global furore around a young Saudi woman’s attempt to seek asylum. Speaking on Wednesday, the newly appointed head of immigration, Surachate Hakparn, said refugees would no longer be returned home “involuntarily”. This would be a…
Ambassador Muhammad Zamir speaks to DOT : Transparency Internat-ional Bangladesh’s (TIB) in a report spoke about various electoral irregularities took place in 47 out of 50 constituencies in the 11th parliamentary polls. The Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda rejected TIB’s report on the11th parliamentary election. CEC Huda said there is no similarity of the…
Reuters: Zimbabwean doctors said on Thursday they had treated nearly 70 people for gunshot wounds while police rounded up hundreds after violent protests this week triggered by a steep rise in fuel prices. The protests, only five months after six people were killed in post-election demonstrations last August, pose a challenge for President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Reaffirming her government’s tough stance against corruption, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Public Administration Ministry to issue a strong warning against graft by field-level administrations, reports UNB. “Your specific directives must reach the administrations at the grassroots level that tough action will be taken if anyone resorts to…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : A Taiwanese presidential spokesman has said that the country “will not bow” to Chinese pressure, as the self-ruled island held live-fire military drills aimed at showing its ability to defend itself from Beijing’s threats. The developments came after China, which considers Taiwan as a renegade province, has been pressing companies…