Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to 11 students of different private universities accused of vandalism and attacking policemen during demonstrations for safe roads. Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Shohel Rana passed the order after hearing the bail petitions. ts are – Shakhawat Hossain Nijhum, Shihab Shahriar, Saber Ahmed Ullas, Ajijul Karim Antar, Rashedul Islam,…
DOT Desk Jatiya Oikyafront will not hold any electioneering rally, but carry out campaigns for party nominated candidates after offering prayers at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) in Sylhet on Wednesday (December 12), reports Banglanews24. As per the pre-schedule, a rally, led by Dr Kamal Hossen, was set to…
Muhammad Taqi A new documentary about Oldboy premiered last Friday during the Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea, and the occasion brought together two of the country’s most iconic creatives, director Park Chan-wook and producer Syd Lim. The two spoke to fans as they looked back on the 2003 Cannes Grand Prix-winning cult film,…
Tanvir Alam Khan , Assistant Managing Editor, The Daily Amader Orthoneeti & Apprentice Lawyer Dhaka Bar Association : At least Bangladesh is not in the same situation as Mexico or its adjacent countries in the matter of narcotics abuse. South American belt and drug trafficking has an unidentifiable international relations. Mexican War on Drug was…
The Science Alert: Scientists in Siberia have made an extraordinary find: the fossilised remains of an extinct baby Palaeolithic horse, in almost perfect condition. Dug out from the permafrost in Siberia’s Batagaika crater – AKA the “Doorway to the Underworld” – the tiny colt is so beautifully preserved, it looks like it could be sleeping….
DOT Desk A class X student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree after being failed to secure first position in the final examination at Ista village in Jashore’s Jhikargachha upazila, reports The Financial Express. The victim was identified as Rimon Reza Emon, 15, a student of Matikumra High School and son of…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : ATM Shamsul Huda will be remembered for the high standards he set at the nation’s Election Commission in the five years he presided over it. When you reflect on the confidence with which he and his team went about setting the commission back on track after all the…
Md. Kamrul Hasan Arif, Lecturer of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong. The role of the opposition is vital to the healthy growth of democracy and in the larger public interest. The role of opposition in parliament is a necessary and indispensable component of democracy. Democracy is an inclusive process in which all citizens, men…
The Hill: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday said his state is moving forward to launch its own satellite to monitor climate change sources in response to President Trump threatening funding for NASA’s program. “We’re under attack by a lot of people, including Donald Trump,” Brown said, according to multiple reports. “But the climate…