Noman Mosharef BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said Awami League fears people thronging to BNP’S November 12 rally. “This is why they are conspiring to foil the rally, despite it is a democratic right of the political parties to hold such programme,” he also said. He was speaking at a Dua Mahfil…
Zeba Siddiqui, Ruma Paul; Additional reporting by Serajul Quadir in Dhaka and Gopal Sharma in Kathmandu; Editing by Martin Howell and Alex Richardson/ Reuters A top official at an observer group that monitored Bangladesh’s election, as well as one of its foreign volunteers, have said they regret participating in the process, casting doubt on the…
Cambodian authorities have seized more than 3.2 tons of trafficked elephant tusks at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, a senior customs official said on Saturday. The ivory tusks were found on Thursday hidden in an abandoned container that had sat unopened at the port since July, said Sun Chhay, director of the Customs and Excise…
Channelnewsasia: Scientists have discovered a defect in the engines of Russia’s new flagship heavy lift space rocket that could destroy it in flight, an apparent setback to a project President Vladimir Putin has said is vital for national security. The Angara A5, which was test-launched in 2014, is being developed to replace the Proton M…
Reuters: Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, cited estimates that 2 million Uighurs and Muslim minorities were forced into “political camps for indoctrination” in the western Xinjiang autonomous region. “We are deeply concerned at the many numerous and credible reports that we have received that in the…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy died a lonely man fifty five years ago in Beirut. It was sudden death which put an end to what had been a colourful life, with its many shades of meaning, led by a Muslim politician in the Indian subcontinent. Perhaps it was a cardiac…
Raj Abrar: At least two more were killed early yesterday as the countrywide anti-drug operation continues to leave a path of bodies, the current toll being 124 bodies in the last 17 days, reports The Daily Star, quoting the daily Prothom Alo. In yesterday’s count, the two were said to have been killed in “infighting…
Eshan Maitra Even the greatest achievements and progress need a push. Though when the result is met, the significance of that beginning fades way. May be the history blurs itself to let the future bask in all the glory and move on. The postmodern technological advancement that we are blessed with today. Also needed that…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel vowed to take stern actions in order to prevent the recurring incidents of question paper leakage, reports banglanews24.com. He said “Zero tolerance policy will be adopted to root out corruption from education sector. The measures to nationalize more schools and colleges in…