The Guardian, UK: The FBI in May 2017 opened an inquiry into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia, the New York Times reports. Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials, the paper reported Friday that in the days after the president fired the former FBI director James Comey, law enforcement officials were so…
Fayazuddin Ahmad writes for DOT : Despite having commendable advancements in terms of improved efficiency, transparency, and competition in public contracting and exponential growth of e-GP, there are many areas of critical improvement that have yet to be resolved. Full benefits of such enforcement will be reaped only if these further improvements can be unlocked….
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Hifazat-e-Islam Amir Shah Ahmad Shafi has expressed that girls should not be sent to school and college. In response, Sultana Kamal said that what is said by Amir Ahmed Shafi of Hefazat-e-Islami is totally anti-constitutional and the government’s commitment to empowering women. Now the government should deal with this…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT At least 11,000 refugee families, including a large number of children, are facing a weekend of freezing temperatures with no shelter, after heavy downpours across Syria’s Idlib province damaged tents and belongings. Aid workers warn of a real risk people will simply freeze to death as temperatures have already dropped to…
Iqbal Habib speaks to DOT : Obaidul Quader is a powerful minister. Since he promised he will free roads and highways from illegal establishments in a week, I am hopeful. Most of the vendors who occupy roads and highways are living on a day-to-day basis, struggling to make ends meet. Even though hawkers have no…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury of DOT : President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs campaign which made a crackdown on drug users and dealers the focal point of his administration has so far killed 5,050 people, mostly at the hands of the police. This is the official record of the Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency released on…
Dawn: A powerful explosion badly damaged a bakery in central Paris on Saturday, injuring several people and smashing nearby windows after a suspected gas leak, police and AFP journalists said. A fire broke out after the blast at around 9am (0800 GMT) in the city’s 9th district, a residential and shopping area. Images posted on…
Arab News: The ruling coalition of Congo’s outgoing President Joseph Kabila has won a large majority of national assembly seats, the electoral commission announced early Saturday, while the presidential election runner-up was poised to file a court challenge alleging fraud. The national assembly majority sharply reduces the chances of dramatic reforms under the declared presidential…
NDTV: As several political parties are exploring alliances both at state and national level to stop the BJP-led NDA’s return to power in the national election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi trashed the idea of an anti-BJP alliance as a “failed experiment”. PM Modi said the opposition parties are huddling together as they want to form…
Sajeeb Wazed : The BNP and Okyo Front, having been thoroughly rejected by our voters, have taken to begging their foreign masters for help. They are on an international lobbying and PR blitz to try to prove that our elections were rigged. The fact is that it is mathematically impossible. The Awami League’s margin over…