Ambassador Muhammad Zamir writes for DOT : Winter is looked forward to in our country. It is a season that arrives towards the beginning of December and lasts till the third week of February. It also assumes special importance because of the various festivals and significant occasions that dot its landscape. This winter, like every…
The Guardian, UK : Declining fertility rates around the world should be cause for celebration, not alarm, a leading expert has said, warning that the focus on boosting populations was outdated and potentially bad for women.Recent figures revealed that, globally, women now have on average 2.4 children in their lifetime a measure known as total…
Anadolu Agency : The Indian Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Jan. 4, 2019 the case of decades-old Babri Mosque dispute between Muslims and Hindus.The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) said some Hindu nationalist parties “want to polarize the country on communal lines” by using the issue. “SDPI welcomes the Supreme Court move…
NDTV A day after US President Donald Trump asked a 7-year-old if she still believed in Santa Claus, social media is comparing his response to one from President John Kennedy back in 1961, when he assured a little girl that Santa is alive and well. Mr Trump managed to raise eyebrows around the world when,…
Faham Abdus Salam, Canberra-based regulatory scientist/Scroll.in Ahead of December 30 polls in Dhaka, there is consensus that a ‘managed election’ is the most likely outcome – with India’s support. In September, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the former Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, noted the possibility of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League being reduced to an embarrassing minority in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court has blocked three more BNP candidates from competing in the 11th national parliamentary election because their resignations from their upazila chairman posts were not accepted, bdnews24.com reports. Paddy sheaf candidates Md Abdul Aziz from Natore-4, Farooq Kabir Ahmed from Gaibandha-4 and Manzur Elahi from Narsingdi-3 have been barred…
UNB Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Tuesday visited a group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who are receiving free medical treatment at the Army Hospital in New Delhi. He talked to the freedom fighters, aged between 60 and 70, and enquired about their ailments and the treatment they are receiving. A total…
Daoud Kuttab/Qantara Following the death of the Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, there are fears that the masterminds of the murder could go unpunished. A development that sends a fatal signal to journalism worldwide For two months, the brutal murder of the U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabiaʹs consulate in Istanbul, and…
WIO News The NIA on Wednesday busted a suspected ISIS-inspired terror modulefollowing searches in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi, arresting at least 10 people allegedly planning to attack crowded places and political personalities, officials said. The National Investigation Agency conducted searches across 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi in connection with its probe…
Film News Actor Terrence Howard is set to remarry the mother of his two youngest children – three years after they secretly divorced. The Empire star took to Instagram on Christmas Day (25Dec18) to reveal he had proposed to Mira Pak, with whom he shares sons Qirin, three, and Hero, two. Terrence, who turns 50…