Sayeed Muhammad of DOT At least 10 people were injured as police baton charged and used water cannons to disperse the readymade garment workers, who blocked the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Ashulia yesterday morning. They gathered there to protest disparity in their new wage structure, reports The Daily Star. A few more people also suffered minor…
Desk Report: Economists, civil society members and intellectuals have demanded that Bangladesh Bank’s Governor Fazle Kabir must immediately apologize for not including father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s photographs in the book on the central bank’s history, reports The Asian Age. Moreover, it has been found that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s contribution for…
Nabin Talukder: It is very challenging for a country like Bangladesh to shelter Rohingya in places like Cox’s Bazar, said Professor Dr. Delwar Hossain in a recent interview. However it is very risky for the Rohinga’s to live in the hilly or mountain areas in Cox’s Bazar as it is monsoon time, due to the…
Al Arabiya: A mysterious rebel group made up of Venezuelan civilians and military on Saturday claimed responsibility for an “assassination” attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, according to a statement posted on social media. “It is contrary to military honor to keep in government those who not only have forgotten the Constitution, but who have also…
Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, Political Scientist, former Dhaka University Vice Chancellor : The overture of the ruling party AL’s general secretary for dialogue over telephone is positive and a dialogue should be initiated without further delay. It would be a noble step if the government takes it positively. There is no alternative to dialogue to set the…
Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Honorable Prime Minister Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office. Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh My name is Raghu Rai. I have been honored by you in 2012 as friends of Bangladesh Liberation War who photographed the Bangladesh war for freedom by Mukti Bahini supported by your neighbors…
Hossen Sohel: Efforts to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a three-country pact were due to resume yesterday when Canada and the US sit down at the negotiating table in a politically charged atmosphere, reports AFP. But the talks will be dogged by President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to leave Canada on the…
Raj Abrar of DOT Eleven people have died after eating rice that had likely been contaminated with a toxic substance at a Hindu temple ceremony in India, a health official said. Another 29 people were critically ill and undergoing emergency treatment across various hospitals in Mysore, a city in the southern state of Karnataka. “Eleven…
M Humayun Kabir: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the government has started an initiative to bring back two assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The government has filed two separate cases in the US and Canada courts to repatriate M Rashed Chowdhury and Noor Chowdhury, the Awami League general secretary said. “The…