The Guardian: Under a hot September sky and to the incongruous strains of Bad Moon Rising – not to mention those of the even less podium-friendly Another One Bites the Dust – Simon Yates completed the final few laps of his first Grand Tour victory in Madrid on Sunday night. At 7.48pm local time, after…
Banglanews24: Biman Bangladesh Airlines has relieved a cabin crew of her VVIP flight duties after she failed a dope test during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s trip to London en route to the US. The flag carrier also grounded the crewmember, Masuma Mufti, and Acting Deputy General Manager (Flight Services) Nuruzzaman Ronju for concealing information on…
M Humayun Kabir: The gravity of the UN report on human rights violations in Myanmar warrants the attention of both the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Security Council, said Mark Field, British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific. “We will discuss options for bringing the report before the Security Council with…
Nadeem Qadir writes for DOT : Bangladesh is all set on the fast track to development amid an outcry by the sidelined opposition called the Oikkya Jote over the December 2018 elections that saw the electorate choosing a leadership that has and will deliver for a better future. A valid question I place to my…
by Samiul Bashar Samin If you’ve been on Twitter recently, there’s no way you would miss the ongoing online feud between Donald Trump and the British actor Russell Brand. One would think that the presidential candidate for The Republican Party would be a busy man but he apparently has time to go on lowballing celebrities…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh’s economy is set to continue to expand at a fast pace in the near term, above 7 per cent per year, says a new UN report launched, reports The Daily Sun. Strong fixed investment, vigorous private consumption and accommodative monetary policy will lead the growth, according to the World Economic Situation and…
Desk Report: Bangladesh were restricted to just 143 in a wicket which had pace and bounce but favoured run-making batsmen in the first T20I at St Kitts Wednesday. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan stated that his team did not find momentum due to losing early wickets, reports Daily Star. The Tigers’ lack of T20 expertise once…
Prof. Abu Ahmed, Economist : Bangladesh’s economy has boundless potential. How much of this possibility we will be able to make reality actually depends on how we combat crises. Speaking of which, our economy faces many such crises, which negatively impact our export-oriented business and about which we are all very apprehensive. There have been no…
Tara Sattar Actor Reaz is actively involved in “Green Dhaka”, a group in Dhaka that has taken up a few projects in order to fight the climate change. The temperature is rising. Diseases are also increasing. In such situation, the initiative is going all out to fight in whatever way they can. “Green Dhaka” has…