Aditya AK/Bar & Bench As is widely known, a number of lawyers gave up their lucrative practices to play key roles in India’s Freedom Struggle. Some of these lawyers were instrumental in framing the laws that would govern our country for the next seven decades and counting. One of the most important bodies responsible for…
Hindustan Times: Foresters have begun relocating around 300 crocodiles to allow a seaplane service for visitors to the world’s tallest statue, the newly erected 182-metre (597-feet) Statue of Unity. The reptiles, the largest around three metres, are being lured into metal cages and moved elsewhere in the western state of Gujarat on the back of…
DOT Desk: The bosses of Coca-Cola and Pepsi promised Thursday that “huge progress” would be made by 2030 to reduce plastic waste, which contaminates humans, wildlife, and oceans, reports The Daily Star. Soft drink archrivals James Quincey and Ramon Laguarta participated in a panel on the plastic economy, a recurring theme at the World Economic…
Farhad Manjoo, became an opinion columnist for The New York Times in 2018/ BDnews24 Friends, reporters, fam: It’s time we journalists all considered disengaging from the daily rhythms of Twitter, the world’s most damaging social network. You don’t have to quit totally — that’s impossible in today’s news business. Instead, post less, lurk more. “Never…
BSS: Megacity Dhaka is getting rid of the load-shedding crisis as its residents are now having uninterrupted power supply for the government steps towards bringing the country under 100 percent electricity coverage by 2021, officials said. “There is no load-shedding in capital Dhaka now as dwellers are hardly facing any disruption of power supply,” Bikash…
Dr. Kamrul Hasan speaks to DOT : I myself have written several articles to create national unity, because there is no alternative to national unity in building a beautiful nation. Through my writings, I requested the Prime Minister to take steps establish national unity. Since this is a new government and a new parliament, national…
DOT Desk: A government-formed committee will sit next week to finalise the Accord’s transition plan so that it can hand over its responsibilities to the authorities concerned, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The committee, headed by an additional secretary of the labour ministry, comprises representatives from the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments…
BSS: Members of Karnaphuli Thana Police arrested a drug trader with 5,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Moizartek area in the south side of Shah Amanat Bridge under the thana here. The arrested was identified as Abul Hossain, 37, son of Anu Mia, hailed from Savar of Feni District.
DOT Desk: Jaya’s co-lead will be Indian actor Ritwick Chakraborty, who will play the role of Kajal Sarker. Popular actor Jaya Ahsan will be both acting and singing for a new film she has signed up for, after a 10-month hiatus. The film, titled “Bini Shutoy”, will be directed by Indian director Atanu Ghosh, who…
DOT Desk: Illegal drugs are still available in almost all places of the country as a huge quantity of the contraband items are being seized in countrywide anti-drug drives and suspected drug peddlers are being killed and arrested almost every day, reports The New Age. Academics as well as rights activists suggest that the government…