Amrit Bhandari/Kathmandupost Good governance is one of the key requisites for the economic success of a country It is undeniably unfair to cite the speed of development during the 30-year-long monarchial regime (1960-90) as an excuse to hide the abnormalities that we are witnessing during the so-called democratic system after its restoration in 1990. Assessing…
UNB A young man sustained injuries being struck by a stray bullet in the city’s Elephant Road area on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Moinuddin, 18, son of Harun Bhandari, a resident of medical staff quarter in the area. He sustained injuries in his left elbow, he said. However, it couldn’t be ascertained…
DOT Desk Two men were arrested with petrol bombs from Khulshi of Chattogram city, reports The New Age. They were named as Md Jabed, 40, and Md Ruhul Amin, 41, by police’s Detective Branch. Md Mizanur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DB (North), said they arrested the duo with 18 petrol bombs from near Tigerpass Agencies…
DOT Desk More than thirteen shops were burnt in a fire that broke out at Satroshi Bazar in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur, reports The New Age. Faridpur Fire Service and Civil Defence officer Saifuzzaman said the fire broke out from a shop at around 3:00am and spread soon. On information, three firefighting units went to…
Reuters Turkey will have nothing left to do in the Syrian town of Manbij once “terrorist organizations” leave the area, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, hours after the Syrian army said it had entered the town. Turkey has threatened an assault on Manbij to drive out the Kurdish YPG militia, which it regards as…
Science Alert After months of fruitless searching, one of the most endangered birds on the planet has finally been spotted once more. It’s not particularly flashy, nor large. Stresemann’s Bristlefront is a medium-sized, long-tailed bird with distinctive bristles on its forehead – but scientists think there are only a handful of these creatures left in…
Paul krugman/BDnews24 A mind is a terrible thing to lose, especially if the mind in question is president of the United States. But I feel like taking a break from that subject. So let’s talk about something completely different, and probably irrelevant. I’ve had several interviews lately in which I was asked whether capitalism had…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh’s external trade deficit widened due to higher cost of imports for various development projects including Padma bridge and nuclear power plant at Rooppur, analysts say. According to Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics, the trade deficit stood at USD 5.32 billion or around BDT 55,000 during July-October period. As result, the current…
Sayeed Muhammad for DOT In yet another attack on a religious minority ahead of Sunday’s voting, a Hindu family home has come under alleged arson attack at Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila. With this, three homes belonging to members of the religious minority community were torched in Thakurgaon Sadar before the 11th national election, reports BDnews. Ananda…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladesh has maintained its strong presence in international forums with much of its diplomacy successfully remaining focused on the Rohingya issue, in the outgoing year, 2018; compelling the international community to stay engaged with Bangladesh and mount pressure on Myanmar, reports UNB. Bangladesh has successfully kept the Rohingya issue “alive” via…