Yahoo: Four Thai civil defence volunteers were gunned down Thursday at a school in the kingdom’s south with students just metres away, as bloodshed greets the 15th year of an insurgency in the Malay-Muslim border zone. The culturally distinct region that borders Malaysia has seen rebels fight against the rule of Buddhist-majority Thailand, which annexed…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh has now emerged one of the potential markets for global textile and garment machinery manufacturers thanks to rising demands for locally made apparel items across the world., reports The Financial Express. The local spinners, weavers and readymade garment (RMG) makers have been investing billions of dollars in setting up new factories and…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court yesterday asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 16 others to appear before it on January 16 in connection with the Gatco corruption case as it got High Court orders regarding vacation of the stay order on behalf of several accused in the case, reports The Daily Star. Judge…
DOT Desk: The Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is renowned for film shoots, ad shoots and so much more, reports the Daily Star. Professionals are busy within the compound running around with props, fixing costumes and looking for the right location for action sequences. However, what if we told you that the people working inside…
DOT Desk: BNP leader Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, the Jatiya Oikya Front candidate for the Brahmanbaria-2, has won the parliamentary constituency after re-voting in three centres, reports BDnews24. Sattar drew 83,997 votes in 132 centres with the party’s ‘paddy sheaf’ symbol, according to results released after the re-election on Wednesday. His nearest rival Md Moin Uddin,…
Arafat Hasan of DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj’s Tungipara on the occasion of inaugurating her government for the third consecutive term. The prime minister also npaid placed a wreath at his shrine yesterday afternoon, reported The Daily Star. After laying the…
IndiaTimes: Varanasi is clearing the way for a grand temple corridor by razing hundreds of houses, wiping away its oldest neighbourhood and upsetting locals. In pic: Workers gather next to the remains of a temple before carrying on with demolition work in the Lahori Tola area of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The aim is to…
Russia Today: As the US is experiencing “certain difficulties” with the withdrawal from Syria, it should be coordinated with Iran and Russia to prevent “terrorists” from taking up the vacated space, the Turkish foreign minister said. “The United States [has] been facing certain difficulties with the process of the troops’ withdrawal from Syria. We want…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government will take further initiatives to amend the relevant law of holding trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for committing war crimes, reports The Daily Star. The law will be amended as per instruction from the prime minister, the minister said while talking…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT : The year 2019 has begun and Bangladesh has already experienced a happy beginning with Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide victory in the December 30 election. Sheik Hasina has done everything relentlessly for her beloved countrymen. She has had a good tenure. In the midst myriads limitations, she…