Russia Today The US will provide $10 million extra in military aid to help Ukraine beef up its naval capabilities, the State Department has announced, days after a Senate resolution called for such aid in response to the Kerch Strait incident. Russia was ordered to “immediately return to Ukraine the seized vessels and detained Ukrainian…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a latest, the head of a the UN mission monitoring a cease-fire in Yemen’s Hodeidah arrived in Aden airport , confirmed a UN source. Retired Dutch Major General Patrick Cammaert, after meeting government officials in Aden, will travel to Sana’a and then to the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah,…
DOT Desk Around 3,300 members of Bangladesh Army have been engaged for providing various types of technical support, including training, for using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polling stations of six constituencies in the 11th parliamentary elections. The Election Commission through a lottery picked six constituencies—Dhaka-6 and 13, Chattogram-9, Rangpur-3, Khulna-2 and Satkhira-2 — to…
Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/ Aljazeera Muslims across the world persecuted, abused and murdered by Muslim and non-Muslim regimes. What is happening to Muslims around the globe? In China they are put into concentration camps, in Myanmar they are slaughtered en masse, in India they have…
DOT Desk The last film scenes captured by late cinematographer Anowar Hossain has been screened. The scenes are part of a short film titled “Bhalobasha”, reports The Daily Observer. It has been directed by Shuvra Goswami. Story is from Shahidul Jahir and screenplay by Shawon Koiri while music has been composed by Pintu Ghosh. The…
Soumyadipta Banerjee/Daily O, India Had this discriminatory treatment taken place with a Pakistani singer, the intelligentsia would have flooded the opinion space with their caustic comments. Art is timeless, borderless and priceless. When we are appreciating or internalising a brilliant piece of art, a true work of genius, we cannot put a price tag to…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT An election rally of the ruling Awami League was attacked with a petrol bomb in the Muktagaccha municipality of Mymensingh, injuring one person. Anwar Hossain, was wounded and a motorcycle was also set on fire, reports BDnews. He has been admitted to the Upazila Health Complex. The supporters of Awami League…
Express Web Desk/The Indian Express A political row erupted over the Ministry of Home Affairs’ latest notification with opposition parties terming the order as unconstitutional, undemocratic and an assault on fundamental rights. Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday fired a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recent notification by the Ministry of Home…
DOT Desk The World Bank (WB) is likely to adopt a new reference rate from next year in calculating the interest of its high-cost loans, officials have said, reports The Financial Express. Presently, the interest rate of WB’s high-cost loans is calculated on the basis of LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) index, which is now…
Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed his hope that the deployment of the army will bring a change to the present election situation, reports bdnews24.com. Rizvi made the remark at a press briefing yesterday, two days prior to the deployment of the armed forces for the 11th…