Dr. Ridwanul Hoque writes for DOT : Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Myanmar should disband its commission of inquiry into abuses in Rakhine state because it is clearly unwilling to seriously investigate alleged grave crimes against ethnic Rohingya. At a news conference on December 12, 2018, Rosario Manalo, chair of the Independent Commission of…
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid speaks to DOT : BNP tries foiling an election through sabotage once it senses a defeat. According to the media reports, BNP and Jamaat have increased their contact with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. Telephonic conversation in this regard has been leaked out as well. They are plotting violence centring the…
Russia Today : Covering Yellow Vest protests is a hard job for reporters as they often find themselves amid heavy clashes and clouds of tear gas. Look how RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij is getting ready for the sixth weekend of rallies. “At RT we believe the best way to tell a story is to get to…
Inam Ahmed Chowdhury speaks to DOT : Everybody has reached a consensus over the politics. The country’s politics has now become poll-centric and the election has become constituency-centric. All the contestants and their supporters are now in the fields over the upcoming elections. Violence has ensued in some places of the country. The law enforcing…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : People from all walks of life paid their last tributes to prominent film director and actor Amjad Hossain at the central Shaheed Minar today by placing wreaths, reports UNB. His body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar in the morning and was kept there from 11:00 am to 12:00…
DOT Desk Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested three people in the capital on charge of spreading rumours through social media. The arrestees are Wahidunnabi, 47, Arafat Tarunno Tamadi, 37 and Abdullah Jabid, 45, reports The Daily Observer. They were held from Shyamoli on Thursday night. The move comes just few days…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A repressive political environment in Bangladesh ahead of the December 30, 2018 national elections is undermining the credibility of the process, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday, reports The Daily Star. “Bangladeshi authorities should impartially investigate allegations of election violence and ensure that those responsible are held to…
Peter Manning, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, University of Technology Sydney/ The Conversation, Australia A series of memoirs are appearing for Christmas – by Mike Carlton, Kerry O’Brien and the like – as the baby boomer generation of journalists gets some quality time to reflect, laugh, and reveal some new secrets. As the receiver of a…
DOT Desk The wintry bite as of the past is fast becoming mellower. Climate experts may ascribe this dropping intensity of cold to factors like global warming, reports The Financial Express. But the winter has not left Bangladesh. The country’s northern and north-eastern regions still go through bouts of severe winter, though briefly, almost annually….
UNB Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the intensity of election violence is slightly higher this time compared to previous years. “A vested group has been conspiring to thwart the election after being rejected by people,” he said, replying to a question after attending a programme marking Victory Day at Ideal College in Farmgate area….