Madawi Al-Rasheed /Newsweek Contrary to the speculation that the Saudi regime would face mass protests during the 2011 Arab uprisings, the regime survived by increasing repression against a wide range of critics, including women activists, Islamists and fellow royals. Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) now stands alone at the top of the hierarchy, but…
Interviewed by Sanim Ahmed Written by Afrida Ahmed Rohingyas have brought many diseases and microbes from Myanmar and have spread it in the country. There are many people with deadly diseases including AIDS and this is very terrifying. We know that they are being kept in a camp. They cannot go anywhere outside the camp….
Reuters The U.S.-China trade war has triggered a seafood supply chain shake-up, with U.S. importers scrambling to stockpile frozen Chinese squid and tilapia ahead of looming price increases while Canada exports more lobsters to China. A series of retaliatory tariffs between Beijing and Washington has led to a shift in global trade, creating winners and…
Maj (retd) Akhtaruzzaman speaks to DOT : Jatiya Oikya Front was formed keeping a number of strategies in mind. The plans included freeing BNP’s incarcerated chief, Khaleda Zia, giving back the people their voting rights, and restoring democracy. Did anyone else voiced these? Everybody knows why we floated the alliance. This is not that we…
UNB: A schoolboy reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Jashmantapur village in Mohammadpur upazila. The deceased was identified as Nur Mohammad, 10, son of Shafiul Islam and a student of class IV of a local school. Police said Nur demanded Tk 200 to his mother in the afternoon. As his mother refused to provide…
DOT Desk Farmland acreage keeps shrinking unabatedly in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Asia due to illegal encroachment on the one hand and acquisition or lease of land for development of economic units and other manufacturing and development initiatives on the other, reports The Financial Express. To address the issues, there are needs for pro-people…
Ashik Kabir U.S has been interested in China for a long time. The first ship sailed from New York under the U.S. flag in 1784 was the merchant ship “Empress of China”. American interest in China was mostly economic. The British refused to deal with America and the Chinese showed their interest to work with…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The Yemeni government revealed that a warehouse allegedly used to store Houthi weapons was found on Monday, which the militias left behind after being defeated in one of their positions in their major stronghold Saada north of Yemen. Military sources said the warehouse, located in Wadi Al Bou Jabara, was recently…
AFP: Malaysia’s prime minister said Monday he will seek to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects that were signed by his predecessor as his government works to dig itself out of debt, and he blasted Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims as “grossly unjust.” Prime Minister made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press days…
Daoud Kuttab/Qantara Following the death of the Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, there are fears that the masterminds of the murder could go unpunished. A development that sends a fatal signal to journalism worldwide For two months, the brutal murder of the U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabiaʹs consulate in Istanbul, and…