India Today The Hindu Jagran Manch, an affiliate of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), said it will be holding its Virat Hindu Conference in Kolkata, West Bengal to evict “illegal Muslim Bangladeshis” from the state. The Manch, however, said that the Hindu refugees from Bangladesh and Pakistan should be given citizenship rights. “We want NRC [National…
DOT Desk: Tin Duarer Kole, the autobiographical memoir by Subhash Ghosh, Chairman of Associated Builders’ Corporation (ABC) Limited, was recently launched at the ABC Garden, Anwar Jong Road, Ashulia. Prominent actor and founder of Asiatic 3 sixty, Aly Zaker, was the special guest and speaker at the programme, reports The daily Star. The author’s brother,…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on being reelected as the prime minister of Bangladesh. “On the auspicious occasion of your re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third term in a row, I have the honor to extend…
BSS The farmers have exceeded the fixed farming target of onion by 3.11 per cent so far predicting bumper production in Rangpur agriculture region this season, official sources said. After completing sowing of onion seed, the enthusiastic farmers have still been continuing transplantation of its seedling at places to further exceed the fixed farming target…
Digital Trends: Relocating is complicated enough when you’re simply moving to a new city. Scientists at NASA have taken property searches up an infinite number of levels, however, as they search for another Earth. NASA’s planet-hunting team turned up a potential relocation candidate on the first pass with a new satellite. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
Tara Sattar He voiced admiral Ackbar in “return of the Jedi” and in Star Wars: Force awakens. The legend has died at the age of 93. The voice giver has done a lot of work in radio and other works. The voice actor and radio drama producer died on Sunday morning at his home in…
The Straits Times There were 265 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections reported among Singapore residents from January to October this year, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on Saturday (Dec 1). This is down from the 361 cases that were reported in the same period last year. Of…
While the American Revolution is considered pretty non-hostile, the French Revolution is often seen as a bloody, anarchic mess. It was indeed pretty terrible. Also, like a lot of revolutions, in the end it exchanged an authoritarian regime for an authoritarian regime. But even if the revolution was a mess, its ideas changed human history…
Sarwar J. Minar, Senior Officer, International Programs and Relations, IUB : Grand strategy is one of the most talked about concepts of foreign policy lexicon in the 21st century and yet it remains a confusing and widely misunderstood concept. Though mostly because of the concern about USA’s future direction of foreign policy and the rising…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has assured his countrymen and fans that his political career will not hinder his duties with the Bangladesh national team. “I don’t think it will hinder my cricket at all. At this moment I am not involved with the proceedings there (election and campaigning)…