Face transplant receiver meets Donor’s Widow
Tanzim Taqrim 10 years ago Andy Sandness lost most of his face in a suicide attempt. He recently received a face transplant. Foregoing to his surgery, he avoided people for years. In 2016, Andy finally found a donor. Rudy Ross had killed himself but donated his kidney, lungs and face. Rudy was a perfect facsimile…
The Jnu Incident: Simply Put
By Nusrat Jahan There is a massive ongoing protest going on in Jawaharlal Nehru University, against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar, the President of JNU student’s union. He has been charged with sedition. On the 9th February 2016, ex-members of a student organization ‘Democratic Students Union’ had launched a protest against what they believed to…
Accord’s exit plan this week
DOT Desk: A government-formed committee will sit next week to finalise the Accord’s transition plan so that it can hand over its responsibilities to the authorities concerned, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The committee, headed by an additional secretary of the labour ministry, comprises representatives from the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments…
Kashmir rebels abduct 11 as Supreme Court puts back rights hearing
Raj Abrar: Kashmir rebels have abducted 11 relatives of police in the troubled region as mounting tensions forced India’s Supreme Court to put back a landmark hearing on the state’s autonomous rights yesterday. A general strike and partial curfew brought the Muslim-majority region to a standstill for a second day despite the Supreme Court postponing…
Social media in mobilizing extremism and disseminating false information
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Social media brings people together. The user groups of social media often forge imagined communities where otherwise isolated users can become connected and share information. In isolation, these groups become ideological echo chambers that amplify extreme ideas with no dissenting opinions. Furthermore,…
It’s natural to congratulate B’desh for playing role in stability and security of Asian region
M Humayun Kabir speaks to DOT : It is very natural for Bangladesh to receive congratulations from India, China and European Union for displaying stability in Rohingya issue, economy and security in the Asian region. A political stability has been prevailing for the last one decade in Bangladesh. The country’s economy is faring well due…
Theatre confers Munier, Zakaria awards
DoT Desk Indian theatre activist-singer Debojit Bandyopadhyay received Munier Chowdhury Memorial Award and actor-director-playright Pantha Shahriar received Mohammad Zakaria Memorial Award, respectively, at an awards programme held at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, reports The New Age. The programme was organised by Theatre, a leading theatre troupe, marking late playwright Munier Chowdhury’s 93rd…
Land bought for BD consulate general office in Jeddah
Desk Report: The Bang-ladesh government has bought a total of 1,200 square meters, approximately eight bighas, of land at West Bogdadia in Saudi Arabia’s port city Jeddah to build the own building for its Consulate General office, reports Observer BD. FM Borhan Uddin, Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate General, signed the deed on behalf of…
Satyajit never late, absent in 31-year teaching career
M Humayun Kabir: Satyajit Biswas, a science teacher of Dhopadi Secondary School in Jessore’s Monirampur upazila, has never arrived late and has never taken sick leave in the course of his 31-year career at the school. Every school day morning like clockwork, Satyajit Biswas is to be seen on his bicycle, commuting the seven kilometres…