Hossen Sohel of DOT : Noted musician and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away at the age of 63 at his Aftabnagar residence in Dhaka this morning. He was taken to Universal Medical College and Hospital around 6:15am, where the doctors, after necessary tests, declared him dead, Dr Ashis Chakraborti, managing director of the…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered an oath to the new law makers who won in the 11th parliamentary election on January 3, following the publication of a gazette. Following this, a High Court bench of justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and justice Razik Al Jalil on Monday set January 31…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : Seventy three years after he died or went missing, in the corporeal sense of the meaning, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose continues to exert tremendous influence on Bengali lives. It is therefore only natural that we go back to him and try to understand the man and the politics…
AFP: At least 65 people were killed in a Taliban-claimed attack on an Afghan intelligence base, sources said Tuesday, in the latest high-casualty attack on beleaguered Afghan forces. The new toll from Monday’s Taliban-claimed attack in central Wardak province is far higher than earlier figures of 12 dead, and comes after a day of confusion,…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Singapore is going to abolish exams for primary years 1 and 2 students, starting in 2019, Marks and grades are set to be replaced by Discussions, homework and quizzes are set to as the preferred method of collecting information on the performance of young primary school pupils….
Hossen Sohel of DOT Rapid Action Battalion raided at least 15 houses in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj and detained a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jamaa’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) yesterday, reports The Daly Star. The elite force members arrested Monirul Islam, 35, to interrogate him, reports our Chapainawabganj correspondent quoting Lt Col Mahbubul…
Prof Dr AK Azad speaks to DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the new cabinet to work with sincerity and honesty to fulfill the expectations of people. It is not unusual for the Prime Minister to warn her cabinet about any misdeed including corruption. Many members of the cabinet are new and the PM…
DOT Desk: Quora, an online question and answer platform, has launched its service in Bangla after a successful beta phase, reports The Daily Star. Anyone can join Quora Bengali at bn.quora.com or through the mobile app, a press release of Quora says. With this latest addition, Quora is now available in 17 languages. People use…
AFP: lans to free a radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings are under review, Indonesia has said, after the surprise decision drew sharp criticism. Abu Bakar Bashir, once synonymous with militant Islam in Indonesia, was tied to a terror network behind the 2002 attacks that killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists….
DOT Desk: Electricity supply to the Secretariat is facing disruption as the distribution company is unable to meet around 52 percent of power supply requirement of 17.72 megawatts to the government’s major administrative hub, reports The Daily Sun. Due to poor electricity supply capacity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her visit at the ministry of…