Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : Political parties after winning the general election do not implement their electoral pledges. They just follow the way convenient to gain political power. The people, too, do not care about the manifesto. The importance of a manifesto is very limited. Is it reaching the commoners? How many of the…
Sayeed Muhammad In a latest protest, India has strongly hit back at Pakistan for the “preposterous allegation” its Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made at the UN. Qureshi alleged that terrorists behind the 2014 attack on a Peshawar school were “supported” by India, reports The Tribune. According to him, the “despicable insinuation” dishonours the memory…
DOT Desk: An activist of ruling Awami League (AL), who was injured in an attack allegedly by BNP men at a Rajshahi polling centre on election day, succumbed this morning, reports The Daily Star. With his death, the death toll from polls-violence reached 19. Ismail Hossain, 50, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he…
DOT Desk Rights activists at a discussion in Dhaka on Monday called on the government to include child domestic work in the list of hazardous activities for children which the government formulated in 2013, reports The New Age. Following a tripartite coordinating committee recommendation, the government on March 13, 2013 issued a notice identifying 38…
Samiul Bashar Samin Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has revealed that she wants to play the first female James Bond, and says she would choose Leonardo DiCaprio to be the first ‘Bond boy’.Earlier this week X Files star Gillian Anderson hit headlines when she said she could replace Daniel Craig as the first female…
DOT Desk: Just years ago many areas in Sylhet were backward in agriculture. Vast tracts of lands remained barren mainly due to lack of common farmers’ interest, reports The Financial Express. But things have started changing as some young people became involved with modern agriculture in recent years. The government agencies also extended their hands…
Hossen Sohel of DOT State Minister for Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the government is committed to the overall development of the shipping sector, reports UNB. “We are also committed to providing all the facilities for the welfare of the sailors,” said the state minister. The newly appointed minister came up pledges at…
Reuters: Police in Malaysia have arrested two customs officers and three other suspects after a gang of thieves stole about 50 kilograms of narcotics, ketamine and heroin, from a customs storage facility in a heist on Sunday. The thieves targeted a container that had been recently impounded and stored in the customs department’s anti-narcotics unit’s…
DOT Desk: The High Court yesterday again summoned Jamuna Bank’s Managing Director Shafiqul Alam to appear before it on February 12 for not complying with its 2017 directive regarding non-payment of Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) money of Tk 51 lakh, reports The Daily Star. The court also ordered the officer-in-charge of Motijheel Police Station to…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will become the first ever premier from his nation to visit by Chad in the coming days as the two countries move to renew diplomatic ties, his office stated yesterday. Netanyahu’s trip to the Muslim-majority central African nation is expected to take place Sunday, after Chadian President…