BSS: The construction of the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge is progressing fast as its five more spans will be installed soon. “Six spans have already been set up while five more will be installed soon. One will be set up in the current month and another next month,” Project Director of Padma Multipurpose Bridge M Shafiqul…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have detained five persons from different parts of capital Dhaka and outskirts on charge of committing fraud using the names of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her family members and some national leaders, reports The Daily Observer. “A team of RAB-2 nabbed the five…
DOT Desk: Frequent use of plastic containers across the country is causing various diseases including cancer. In hotels, restaurants and bakeries, food is being served in plastic pots and containers. For home delivery purposes, too, it is widely used, reports The Independent BD. According to the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers’ & Exporters’ Association, there are…
Reza AB Choudhury writes for DOT : In a historic heaviest parliamentary defeat of the democratic era, the House of Commons has delivered a devastating verdict on Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal deal. It voted against it by 432 to 202. The sheer scale of the defeat by a majority of 230 was greater than any…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT : Disaster management is concerned with preparing for impact and reducing the risk of disasters. It involves both emergency operations in a disaster as well as the rebuilding society in the aftermath (Tan, 2009). However, analyzing the concept of disaster, it is discovered that managing disaster is concerned…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Emphasizing the necessity for unity among Muslim countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Muslim countries should solve their problems, if any, through dialogue. The prime minister made the statement when the newly-appointed Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Nafar met with her at her office yesterday, reports UNB. “The Muslim Ummah should…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Of course you can. If, you are as directed by Article Two, Section 1 of the United States Constitution , a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older. These requirements…
BBC: A woman has climbed a mountain in India, where only men were allowed until now for religious reasons. Dhanya Sanal’s ascent to the summit of Agasthyakoodam in southern Kerala state came after a court ruling in November. Local tribespeople oppose women climbing it because of its statue of a Hindu sage associated with celibacy….
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : The European Union is an economic and political partnership which involves 28 European countries. It began after World War Two to foster economic co-operation, with the idea that countries which trade together were more likely to avoid going to war with each other. In the year 2016, an issue…
Reuters: The White House is considering Indra K Nooyi, the former chief executive officer of PepsiCo, for the position of World Bank president, according to several people familiar with the process, The New York Times reports. Nooyi, who stepped down from her role at PepsiCo last August after leading the company for 12 years, has…