DOT Desk: Omnibus film ‘Iti, Tomari Dhaka’ (Sincerely Yours, Dhaka) is going to open the 11th Jaipur International Film Festival in India on January 18, reports The New Age. Iti, Tomari Dhaka, which had its world premiere at 23rd Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October, 2018, is a collection of 11 short…
DOT Desk: Bone-biting cold wave that sweeps countrywide, especially over its northern, southern and north-southern region, has paralysed life all over, reports The Daily Sun. It also affected day-to-day activities, including ferry service, flight operations and traffic movement. Meanwhile, maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been asked to hoist signal no…
John Harris, Guardian columnist/The Guardian, UK A decentralised internet sounds offputtingly complicated. But our lives, online and off, now depend upon it OOur family got a Google Home Hub for Christmas. As comparative lifestyle Neanderthals, we have so far only used it as a glorified digital picture frame and music player, though this is clearly…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The BNP has alleged the government of trying to prevent party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from meeting her relatives while she is in prison. The jail authority has not permitted any of the relatives of Khaleda Zia to meet her in jail in the past three weeks, according to a statement made…
DOT Desk: Saudi Arabia is deporting scores of stateless Rohingyas, who were held indefinitely by the kingdom, to Bangladesh, reports London-based online news portal Middle East Eye. The Rohingyas, some of them having spent nearly five to six years in Saudi detention, were sent for preparation on Sunday for deportation at the Shumaisi detention centre…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Japan yesterday contributed US $5 million to support Bangladeshi smallholder farmers and Rohingya community sheltered in the country, reports The Daily Star. The country has signed an agreement with United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said a press release issued from WFP in Dhaka. WFP Bangladesh Director Richard Ragan and Japanese…
Gyanu BK, Participant of Dalit Reader’s Writing for Social Justice Workshop/My Republica The movement called #MeToo has given a platform to women around the world to publicly share their sexual harassment stories, and it has helped to address this serious global social problem in some countries. It has made its way to Nepal as well….
Abrar Hussain of DOT Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has confessed that implementing their party’s election manifesto will be the main challenge for the 47-strong cabinet, reports UNB. Talking to reporters at Bangabhaban just after the oath-taking ceremony of the newly fromed cabinet, he said, “Now our main challenge is to implement the manifesto…
Science Alert: You step off the plane, having travelled across the world to the opposite hemisphere. The seasons are all backwards, and when you look up at the full Moon, you realise it’s not even the right way up! Not only is this incredibly weird (mostly because, how did we not realise this before?), but…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will arrive at Tungipara here on Wednesday to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as she has become the head of government for the record fourth time. After reaching Tungipara by a helicopter, the Prime Minister will pay tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath…