Reuters: An English court has cleared the way to consider whether it will allow the families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to make a claim on Iranian assets in Britain. The relatives want the English High Court to enforce a 2012 decision by a U.S. court…
Arab News: Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday, The $250 million Equanimity is on its way to a border location where it will be transferred to Malaysia, said Daniel Silitonga, deputy director of economic…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Since December 22, 2018, US government has been partially shut down due to Democrats led Congress’s refusal to sanction Trump’s request of 5.7 million dollars funding for building the border wall in Mexico—USA border. As of Wednesday, the shutdown (18 days) was the second longest shutdown of…
AFP Only one in 20 kids in the United States meets guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside recommendations for all three, according to a study published Thursday. On average, children aged eight to 11 spent 3.6 hours per day glued to a TV, mobile phone, tablet or computer…
Kabir Humayun: Australia has welcomed UN report on Rohingyas and renewed its call for justice for those Rohingyas who have suffered saying that the perpetrators must be held to account. “Australia is deeply disturbed by the conclusions of the Fact-Finding Mission. Australia consistently has urged Myanmar to take action on human rights violations,” Australian High…
DOT Desk: Shohag Chowdhury was admitted to the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with injuries sustained from a road accident last month. There, he was prescribed a number of blood tests, ultrasound and an X-ray by a doctor, reports The Daily Star. Despite being in a critical condition, the 35-year-old had to…
Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan, Faculty Member of Criminology, University of Dhaka: The Criminal Justice system controls and prevents crime. It enforces penalty for not obeying the law. It includes courts, law enforcement and correction system. If a person commits crime, he or she has to go through these stages. Violation of the natural process of…
International Desk Aviation agencies around the world should draw up new rules requiring medical workers to warn authorities when a pilot’s mental health could threaten public safety, French investigators recommended Sunday after a yearlong probe into the German-wings plane crash. The French investigation found that German-wings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who had been treated for depression…
Victoria Bryan/Reuters We are experiencing turbulence. I use the joystick to keep the crosshairs centered. A voice in one ear of my headphones counts down: “550, 545, 540, 535, 532.” I click the joystick trigger to show I have seen the number sequence change. A red circle with the number 4 in it pops up…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A low pressure system has intensified in the Bay of Bengal and, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, reports Teh Daily Observer. The Met Office has advised the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports to hoist a Distant Cautionary Signal No. 1 in response to the weather system. Forecasters say…