Nahian Arefin: Thai fishermen & laborers, threatened by rising sea levels, kicked off a protest in Bangkok on yesterday in front of the United Nations (UN) regional head quarter. Because of worsening climate change, protestors wanted proper steps in control the deteriorating situation. They protested with banners to grab the attention of the delegates who…
Arab News: A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party says no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with a rare protest over the planned demolition of a massive mosque in the northwest. The Global Times newspaper said Saturday that local officials in the town of Weizhou in…
Masoud Saad/Seven Billion Today “Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria. Now 90 percent of Syrian soil is under the control of the government and the rest will soon be freed by the Syrian army. One of the important regional and foreign policy goals of the Islamic Republic is the stability…
Kabir Humayun: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has urged residents not to be panicked over the recent dengue outbreak. “Despite an increase in number of people suffering from dengue fever compared to the last two to three years, the situation is not alarming,” Khokon said, reports The Daily Star. The Mayor said…
Sumayyah Sarwat writes for DOT It’s been 47 years since the nation started celebrating sixteen December as their victory day. No doubt, the victory day has a great value to all Bangladeshis, but if we ask them how they see the victory day or how they define the word victory we will definitely get distinctions…
Two people were killed when a private car overturned at Sonapahar in Mirsarai upazila on Saturday morning. Farid Uddin, in-charge of Joralganj police camp, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound private car from Chittagong skidded off the road as its driver lost control over the steering in the morning, leaving two people dead on…
Nihrah Ahmed Surprisingly, new experiments and studies have shown that trees undergo changes that are not only chemical but also physical when they allegedly sleep. Of course they do not snore (yet) but they do make creaking noises. Tips of birch trees have been seen to droop low as much as 10 centimeters by the…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as urged the business community to work vigorously to explore the export and other business opportunities in the global market considering the country’s graduation as a developing country from LDC. “As a developing nation we will get immense opportunities in the export market and other areas of…
Desk Report: Around 70-80 per cent buildings in the capital have been constructed violating the Building Construction Code, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman has said, reports Daily Sun. “Rajuk has been preparing a list of buildings that had been constructed violating the building construction code adopted in 2008. Details about the violation…
Prominent citizens arranged conference meeting at the National Press Club, demanding to publish reports about the Uranium Contamination in Sunamganj Haor area, on yesterday. At this ‘Legitimate Justice for the Citizens’ event, speakers also talked about the necessity of horough report on this contamination situation and criticized BNP’s ineffectiveness about the issue. Only testing water…