Wion News : Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi will celebrate Christmas under guard, despite being cleared of the blasphemy charges that kept her in jail since 2010. Bibi — a former labourer who was on death row for eight years — remains a prime target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan, with extremists calling for her blood and…
Al Jazeera : Hamas, the Palestinian party that governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to implement a court order and dissolve parliament. The movement warned late on Saturday that the move to dismantle the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and hold elections within six months would bring chaos and destroy…
Channel News Asia : Hundreds of Hindu devotees on Sunday (Dec 23) blocked a path leading to one of the religion’s holiest temples in southern India to stop a group of women making a new attempt to reach the landmark. Women activists have been trying to enter the Sabrimala temple complex in Kerala state since…
A.S.M Riad Arif writes for DOT : After the 47 years of our Independence, the Voice of the Grassroots people remains silence at the mainstream media of the country. The highly centralized media has always been passive to focus the daily sufferings of the rural people. But the development of a country is largely depending…
Wion News : In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took “deep comfort” that his long reign had been one of peace as he remembered the “countless lives” lost in World War II. Akihito, in a pre-recorded speech to mark his 85th birthday Sunday, also paid…
DOT Desk : The government has taken HCFC Phase-out Management Plan (Stage-II) aiming to phase out the ozone depleting substances (ODSs) and help protect the planet’s ozone layer that safeguards the lives on the earth from harmful cosmic radiation. “The Department of Environment (DoE) has already prepared the HCFC Phase-out Management Plan 2018 (Stage-II) with…
Arab News : The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt’s ancient treasures while drawing tourists to help fund its future development. But the project has been subject to repeated delays, with a “soft opening” planned for next year scrapped in favor of a…
AP : The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen’s port city of Hodeida arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa on Sunday, an AFP photographer said. Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert is heading a joint committee including members of the government and the Huthi rebels, in charge of…
Waliur Rahman speaks to DOT : The reason this year’s election is very important is because we have to keep our current government in power. Just look at the nation’s economic state 10 years ago and look at it now. In the last decade, our GDP, import-export, remittance and foreign investment increased significantly. Economically we…
AP His skull still open, a South African musician with a brain tumour played several notes on his guitar during a successful operation to remove most of the growth. Musa Manzini’s guitar-playing helped guide the medical team in their delicate task while preserving neural pathways, said Dr. Rohen Harrichandparsad, one of the neurosurgeons. Manzini was…