UNB: Dr Kamal Hossain’s Gano Forum is now planning to mount pressure on BNP to sever its ties with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to keep the Jatiya Oikyafront intact and launch a movement together with like-minded parties demanding a fresh national election. Talking to UNB, some Gano Forum leaders have said they want to strengthen the Jatiya…
AFP: Las Vegas police have asked soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to submit a DNA sample as part of their investigation into rape allegations made against him. The Juventus forward has vehemently denied the accusations – with his lawyer, Peter Christiansen, telling AFP the request was standard procedure. “Mr Ronaldo has always maintained, as he does…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : After Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made his homecoming in an independent Bangladesh back on December in 1972, the country started seeing development to a large extent. Now, Bangladesh is standing tall under the leadership of his daughter Sheikh Hasina, said economist Dr Atiar Rahman. She is now working to make…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Detectives yesterday arrested a man in connection with a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila on December 31, reports The Daily Star. The arrestee was identified as Henju Majhi, 29, our Noakhali correspondent reports quoting Zakir Hossain, inspector of DetectiveBranch in Noakhali. Tipped off, a…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Hasina Begum has been reappointed as the acting principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College as she was sacked amid turmoil over the alleged suicide of a student following rebuke. Governing body of the school appointed her on Thursday. As per the directive of Education Ministry, teachers appointments were postponed. For…
DOT Desk: The country’s manpower export may experience further fall in the coming years due to poor demand for less-skilled workers in major markets, experts and sector insiders have predicted, calling for urgent measures to develop skilled manpower, reports The Financial Express. They suggested formulating a long-term policy with restructuring the education and training systems…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security alongside Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, said the 2018 Global Terrorism Index. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are amongst the ten countries most impacted…
Wio News: Nepal on Friday strongly pitched for convening of the SAARC summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali also cited last year’s historic talks between US President Donald Trump and North…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on being reelected as the prime minister of Bangladesh. “On the auspicious occasion of your re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third term in a row, I have the honor to extend…
DOT Desk: A joint meeting of Awami League Advisory Council and Central Working Committee will be held today. The meeting will be held at 3pm on Saturday at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue, a press release of Awami League said. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting. AL…