DOT Desk: The dwellers of the northern district, particularly children and the elderly people, have been suffering for extreme cold weather during the last several days, reports the Daily Observer. The working people cannot go out for the chilling cold. The homeless people fell in trouble as they are yet to get winter clothes from…
Daniel T. Willingham, Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia & author/Gulf News Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today…
DOT Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained a drug trader with hemp from Bashkata village in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat, reports The Daily Observer. The detained man is identified as Azizul Islam, 55. RAB sources said on secret information, a team of elite force, led by RAB-5 Joypurhat camp commander Md Abu Khayer. ,…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is making a new start forming her third government on the trot by bringing a number of new faces to her cabinet. After the landslide in the 11th national parliamentary polls held on December 30, the premier has formed a cabinet of 46 members, with 31…
Channelnewsaisa: Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday (Jan 6) slammed “ugly racial protests” in Australia’s second-largest city, after some far-right demonstrators were seen making Nazi salutes. An anti-immigration rally at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne drew hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters on Saturday, but a large Victoria Police presence was broadly successful in keeping the…
Islam21c: CBS, the US TV network, will broadcast its interview with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi this Sunday after rejecting a request from the Egyptian envoy not to air the broadcast. During the 60 Minutes programme the Egyptian president was questioned on his relationship with Israel, the mass detainment of political prisoners and the violent…
Al Arabiya: Houthi militiamen on Saturday launched an attack on the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) warehouses in the Kilo 7 area in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. Local residents confirmed that a huge fire broke out in the warehouses as a result of Houthi artillery shelling from positions stationed east of the city. The…
Al Jazeera: The Taliban will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month and want to shift the venue to Qatar. The upcoming negotiations, the fourth in a series aimed at ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan, are scheduled between the leaders of the Taliban and US Special Envoy…
Channel News Asia: The death toll from a storm that devastated the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 126, authorities said on Sunday (Jan 6), adding landslides caused by torrential rain were the top cause. The storm hit central and eastern Philippine islands on Dec 29 and caused massive flooding and landslides. More than 100…
Abdullah Hel Kafi speaks to DOT : A peaceful, competitive election has taken place. Why would a party, even after gaining a majority, not express satisfaction! Since all parties participated in this election, there is no need for such confusion. As the people have voted Awami League to power, Sheikh Hasina will be leading the…