DOT Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today blasted Hefajat-e-Islam Chief Allama Shafi over his recent comment on women, reports The Daily Star. Reflecting on his advice against women’s education, Fakhrul said such comments are unwanted, unwelcome and regrettable. “I am stunned and surprised at Hefajat-e-Islam Chief Allama Shafi’s comment,” said the BNP leader…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : A Dhaka court has deferred the verdict in the anti-terrorism case against six Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders including its Chief Coordinator Mohiuddin Ahmed for the sixth time. Though the verdict was to be announced on Sunday, Anti-Terror Tribunal Judge Mujibur Rahman announced that the court was not ready to deliver it…
Anadolu Agency: Dozens of Rohingya arrived in Bangladesh from India, days after New Delhi deported five members of Myanmar’s minority Muslim community amid concerns from rights groups, officials said. The UN Refugee Agency had regretted India’s decision to deport a second group of Rohingya. “This is the second such incident since October 2018, when India…
Abdul Quayum speaks to DOT : The prime minister of the new government has formed an effective council of ministers, reflecting her political commitment. Those who were much powerful in the previous cabinet were excluded in the latest one as new faces were brought in instead. The premier did it all out of her immense…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : What Is Free Public Transport? Obviously, Free Public Transport for everyone is not really entirely free. Someone, somewhere got to pay for it. What Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, generally means is a public transport funded in full by means…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The High Court yesterday accepted forty four appeals for hearing filed by the convicted accused of the August 21 grenade attack cases. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman also stayed the part of the trial court verdict that fined the convicts of the cases….
BSS: More than 300 poor and distressed cold stricken people were given blankets for lessening their sufferings caused by the present sweeping cold wave in the city. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) donated and distributed the blankets at its school premises in Hetemkha area. BDRCS City unit Vice-President Rejaul Karim, General Secretary Prof Chowdhury Sarwar…
DOT Desk: The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is an annual film festival that film makers aspire to attend. This year, in the 69th edition of the festival, Bangladesh will make a debut in the renowned Berlinale Co-Production Market with Bangladeshi director Bijon Imtiaz and producer Arifur Rahman’s film Paradise. Arifur Rahman,…
DOT Desk: The sale of warm clothes has reached its peak in the district as cold wave has been sweeping over the district including the whole country for the last several days. To meet the demand of warm clothes, the vendors have set up temporary shops on footpaths across the district town, reports The Daily…
Yossi Klein /Haaretz We’ve resigned ourselves to the idea that government is corrupt. Take a lesson from the settlement division. We’ll find ourselves facing the Bennetts, Shakeds and Regevs In the end, it appears that nothing will change, but until we reach that end, he’ll put us through the wringer. As with the election. The…