Abrar Hussain: Amid the ongoing political spat between Turkey and US, in the worst diplomatic row between the two countries in recent years, newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, gave his backing to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Khan has been a strong critic of US foreign policy throughout his political career, and…
BSS An unidentified woman was killed on the spot after a passenger bus crushed her at Hajirhat point on the Panchagarh-Dhaka highway on the outskirts of the city on Monday, police sources said. The accident occurred when a Panchagarh bound passenger bus from Dhaka hit the woman, aged about 60, while she was crossing the…
Rajequzzaman Ratan, Central Committee Member, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal : Many people say elections under partisan government take place in many countries, but do they realize the reality here? We have to remember that there are traditions and conventions in countries where such elections take place – what the election-time government can and cannot do during polls….
Reported by: Syed Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra There are total of 251 first-ranked positions are vacant at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, Election Training Institute & at several field level jobs. These are oddly due to filed lawsuits by EC’s own employees, for a very long time. EC employees & administrations are blaming each…
Lt. Gen. (retd.) Mahbubur Rahman speaks to DOT : If the main opposition party Bangladesh National Party (BNP) negotiates with the ruling party for the sake of bailing their chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from charges, it will be an insult to Ziaur Rahman. Instead of bargaining with the government, BNP should follow strategies of ethics…
UNB: A 19-member delegation of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) on Wednesday called for the sustainable return of Rohingyas as the delegation completed a three-day visit to Bangladesh. The delegation member visited Rohingya camps on Wednesday to observe firsthand the situation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar sheltered in Cox’s…
DOT Desk The film ‘Debi’, based on the first installation of Humayun Ahmed’s Misir Ali series, has violated the law by showing off smoking habit of the protagonist, an anti-tobacco group alleges. Sushasoner Jonyo Procharabhijan or SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance) in a statement condemned the release of the film in Bangladesh on Oct 19…
Nusrat Jahan And Samiul Bashar Samin Our resident reporter was able to get a hold of two likely candidates to rule over the world. He claims that we do not pay him enough for his seemingly brave overtures, but he works hard anyways, in hopes of a promotion or at least a raise (heh). Without…
Kabir Humayun: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader alleged that BNP and Jamaat are taking advantage of students’ logical movement for safe roads. Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark at a joint meeting organized at Awami League’s central office in city’s Bangabandhu Avenue yesterday, reports Banglanews24.com. Quader said, “BNP and…