Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh seized one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Gahira Chhipatoli area of Anwara upazila early Tuesday. Afsar Uddin, a coast guard official, said on secret information, a team of the coast guard conducted a drive in the area in the morning. Sensing the presence of the force, the drug dealers…
AP, Kiev With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time is etched in their minds forever. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko led a ceremony in Chernobyl, where work is underway to…
Reuters: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang next month at the invitation of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Korea’s founding. It will be the Chinese leader’s first visit to the North Korean capital since he took power in 2012, and 13…
DOT Desk Leelaparab-1 is an exhibition by two young artists whose presence in the contemporary art scene begs the question, ‘What is it that makes today’s art so different from that of its previous generation?’ The idea of sangsrob or intermingling had rarely been taken as seriously as is the case with today’s cross media…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a surprise comment, US President Donald Trump yesterday said Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations before his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. The remark is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and significantly striking given Russia’s meddling in the 2016 polls. A special counsel probe…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized more than 150 tonnes of jatka (hilsa fry) from three fishing trawler on the Karnaphuli River on Friday. Tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the fishing trawlers nearby Karnaphuli Ferry Ghat and seized the jatka, said a press release. The seized fish…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Police and CNN have issued an all-clear message after the network’s New York offices and studios were evacuated Thursday night because of a phoned-in bomb threat, reports CNN. “The NYPD has now given us the all clear, and employees have been permitted to return to the building,”CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker…
DOT Desk: In 2018, Bangladesh received the highest number of bodies of its migrant workers from abroad in last 14 years, according to Wage Earners Welfare Board, reports The New Age. At least 3,793 Bangladeshi workers died abroad in the last year mostly due to stroke or heart attack. WEWB deputy director Zahid Anwar told…
The Guardian, UK: The FBI in May 2017 opened an inquiry into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia, the New York Times reports. Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials, the paper reported Friday that in the days after the president fired the former FBI director James Comey, law enforcement officials were so…
AP, Brussels The NATO-Russia Council is meeting for the first time in nearly two years, with the U.S.-led alliance planning to object to what it deems provocative and dangerous actions by Moscow’s military. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday’s meeting at alliance headquarters is being held to exchange views on Ukraine and other issues, but…