Md. Taqi Yasir Philippines bear the largest transgender population where they have sufficient rights to thrive. They do have the proper amount of respect for them as human being and never ever get criticized for their gender-nonconformist. In the Philippines, call centers have become sanctuary for gender-nonconforming people. The transgender do have the sufficient amount…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Some 13,000 students from Cumilla Education Board applied for the re-scrutiny of their Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination results of 2018, reports The Daily Star. Sources said 2,904 students applied for re-scrutiny of English, 2,560 of Bangladesh and Global studies and 2,335 of Mathematics while the other applications were submitted for…
by Sheersho Zaman There comes a time in life when you realize that everyone one around you, every single person in existence, is leading a life as complicated and diverse as your own. That they have their own little stories to tell their friends, their own defining moments that made them who they are, their…
AP, Beirut With Syria’s shaky cease-fire holding, peaceful protesters have yet again taken to the streets in opposition-held areas of the country. But this time, in addition to President Bashar Assad’s government, they have another despised authority they seek to topple — al-Qaida’s affiliate in the country, the oppressive Nusra Front. The developments have raised…
Dr. Asif Nazrul speaks to DOT: The senior judge of a two-member High Court bench on December 12 ruled in favour of BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s participation in the national election, but the junior judge disagreed with him. Following the split order, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain assigned another HC bench to hear and dispose…
DOT Desk: A three-year-old minor boy drowned at Mochainagar village in Alomdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Tuesday, reports The Financial Express BD. The deceased was identified as Rohan Ahmed, son of Masud Rana, hailed from Baro Gangni village of the upazila. He went to Mochainagar a week ago where his maternal grandparents live, reports…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Garment workers staged demonstration on a road in Hatirjheel area of Dhaka after two of their fellows died in a road accident in Malibagh area yesterday afternoon. The agitating workers also vandalised 40 vehicles and torched two others protesting the accident, reports The Daily Star. Two garment workers — Meem, 13,…
BBC: When civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, tourism was hit badly, forcing Somar Hazim to close his boutique hotel in Damascus. While millions of Syrians fled their country, Somar decided to stay despite having lost his business.Three years ago he started a new company and opened one of the first bars in the…
NDTV: Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, the accused in the Kerala nun rape case, has said he has handed over the charge of Jalandhar diocese to his second-in-command amid an ongoing probe in the case by Kerala police. The Kerala nun rape case has been brought to the notice of Vatican and a representative from the…