The Guardian, UK: A professional bull rider has died as a result of injuries sustained in a competition in Denver. Professional Bull Riders (PBR) confirmed in a statement that Mason Lowe died on Tuesday after he was thrown from a bull and trampled during Monday’s event at the Denver Coliseum at the National Western Complex….
Hossen Sohel of DOT Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the process of seizing the properties of the families of war criminals has been finalized, reports The Dhaka Tribune. “The work to seize their [war criminals’ families’] properties started last year,” he said at a press conference held at Akhaura, in…
Shantanu Mukharji/Daily O, India More powerful than ever before, PM Sheikh Hasina is working overtime to achieve her election objectives. But her dalliances with Islamist parties remain a matter of concern. A fortnight after Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina bounced back to victory after achieving an overwhelming margin (December 30), she has fixed her priorities…
UNB: A total of 37 students of different departments under the Faculty of Sciences of Dhaka University (DU) have been given ‘Dean’s Award’ for their outstanding academic results in BS (Hons) examination of 2015, 2016 and 2017. Besides, five teachers of the faculty have received the Dean’s Award for their extraordinary contributions to original research…
DOT Desk: The majority of the banks are in confusion over the effective date of reduced source tax on export proceeds as it remains unclear in the revenue board’s order, reports The Financial Express BD. On January 01, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) slashed the source tax for all exporters including readymade garments and…
Jeff Maysh /The Atlantic Dr. sherman hershfield woke up one morning and was surprised to find himself behind the wheel of his car. Somewhere between his Beverly Hills apartment and his practice in the San Fernando Valley, the silver-haired physician had blacked out. Somehow, he’d avoided a crash, but this wasn’t the first time. “I…
NDTV: Meghan Markle stepped out on Wednesday in an affordable maternity dress by fast fashion retailer H&M, surprising netizens. The Duchess of Sussex wore a beige knit dress that retails at $35 (approximately Rs. 2,400) during her visit to Mayhew, an animal welfare charity in UK, reports Today. Not surprisingly, the dress is now sold…
Arafat Hasan of DOT In the aftermath of the defeat Theresa May’s Brexit plan, UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn advised the prime minister to “ditch the red lines” on Brexit. “Theresa May has to ditch the red lines and get serious about proposals for the future,” Corbyn said, adding that he was “open to discussions”…
DOT Desk: A total of 82,500 students who passed the Primary Examination Completion (PEC) exams will get scholarships for the next three years. Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) sources said the successful candidates of PEC and equivalent exams will get the scholarships from the first week of March this year during their ongoing studies in…
Asia Times: China’s efforts to expand domestic goods into neighboring countries have taken a blockchain-based twist with the announcement that Alibaba’s Alipay is going to launch cross-border remittances between Malaysia and Pakistan. The new service allows Pakistanis living in Malaysia to send money home using the Karachi-based Telenor Microfinance Bank’s Easypaisa digital payment solution as…