May Day: The spirit of equalization

    Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed With the hope to liberate the workers class from deprivation, the 1st May is celebrated in the whole world. This celebration is not confined not only to the lobour class. It has become a universal event now. The spirit of the day has reduced discrimination & creating path of equalization and…

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      Iti, Tomari Dhaka to open Jaipur int’l film fest

      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…

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        Furniture export up 40.56pc during first half of FY19

        DOT Desk: The export of furniture is getting a boost as it accounted for $33.72 million during the first six months (July-December) of the current fiscal year (FY19), which is 40.56 per cent higher than that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, reports The Financial Express. The export of furniture during the July-December…

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          JU Bird Fair abuzz with enthusiasts

          DOT Desk: Birdwatchers and avian enthusiasts thronged the annual daylong Bird Fair at Jahangirnagar University on Friday amid fanfare and festivity, reports The Daily Observer. JU Zoology Department in collaboration with Wild Life Rescue Center, Bangladesh Bird Club and Aronnok Foundation organised the fair with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in…

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            Anime Review: Monster

            Samiul Bashar Samin Naoki Urasawa is a genius. As much as I want to stray from the crazy-elitist-otaku mindset as possible, I can’t do so given that Monster isn’t a TV show as it is an investment in time, effort and after-series contemplation: I’ve spent literally weeks trying to interpret the series sufficiently (as evidenced…

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              German, EU leaders heading to Turkey to promote migrant deal

              AP, Brussels German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top European Union officials plan to travel close to Turkey’s border with Syria in hopes of promoting a troubled month-old agreement to manage a refugee crisis that has left hundreds of thousands stranded on the migrant trail to Europe. Saturday’s trip to the Turkish border city of Gaziantep,…

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                Russia’s endgame in Syria: Iran for Ukraine?

                Marwan Kabalan/Al Jazeera Russia wants to use the gains it made in Syria as a bargaining chip with the US on Ukraine and the economic sanctions. We may never know what was really discussed in the one-on-one meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit. Yet, it is becoming…

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                  Dhaka attack: a review

                  Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique There have already been a number of reviews by many on the recent film, Dhaka Attack. After quite long, a film has become able to draw the crowd to cinema halls in this country that can be attributed to lot of its positive sides, which are being discussed. One of the…

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                    International Migrants Day overmorrow

                    DOT Desk International Migrants Day is observed on 18 December in accordance with Resolution 55/93 of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted on 4 December 2000. On 18 December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their…

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