Tafi Mhaka /Al jazeera The factors that led to Mnangagwa’s victory signal a grim future for Zimbabwe’s democracy. On August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a demonstration in and around Harare’s central business district, claiming…
BSS, Chittagong Sub-commander of Sector-1 during the War of Liberation in 1971 and now Minister for Public Works & Housing Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, said he made the Shuvapur Bridge inoperative ahead of the war at the inspiration of Bangabandhu. “Few days before the beginning of the Liberation War, I met Bangabandhu and disclosed my plan…
Labib Murshed writes for DOT : Just few days ago US President Donald Trump ordered full and immediate withdrawal of all US troops stationed in Syria, declaring their complete victory over the physical caliphate of the Islamic State. The order came as a total surprise, but beyond that the biggest question is now, what is…
Desk Report: The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned revenue worth around Tk 5.9645 billion during the last 2017-18 fiscal year up by Tk 1.1834 billion over the previous 2016-17 fiscal, reports the financial express. Of the total earning, Tk 3.5569 billion was obtained by carrying passengers while Tk 1.5972 billion from goods transportation….
UNB Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man along with 488 pieces of Yaba tablets from Natunhatpara Shishatala village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. In a press release, Rab-5 said on a tip off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the area and arrested Humayun, 25, son of…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has been stripped of his honorary titles by a leading American research institution, following his controversial conclusions linking race and intelligence, reports RT.com.James Watson, 99, who served half a century service to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, lost all of his honorary titles of Chancellor Emeritus,…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding elections to Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral post and polls in the 36 new wards under the two Dhaka city corporations, reports The Daily Star. The court lifted its earlier order that stayed the process for holding the DNCC and DSCC elections….
UNB A huge traffic gridlock has been created on both sides of Bangabandhu Bridge as the computerised toll collection system of the bridge broke down this morning. Due to the malfunction of the system, the toll collection was kept suspended from 10:00am to 12:00pm, keeping hundreds of vehicles stranded on the bridge. Later, the bridge…
BSS: Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif urged all to work unitedly for reducing poverty and materializing the dream of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “All have to work unitedly to materialize the dream of Sheikh Hasina of establishing poverty free nation,” he said this at an allowance distribution programme for under privileged people at Atgharia upazila…
Abrar Hussain Arguments for 4 more fugitives, accused at Dhaka 1st Speedy Trial Tribunal, were placed Wednesday as the defense at the August 21, 2004 grenade attack case concluded today, reports Bss.Counsels for Mawlana Liton alias Jubayer, Mufti Shafikur Rahman, Md Iqbal and Mawlana Tajuddin concluded arguments for their respective clients and pleaded for acquitting them…