Arafat Hasan of DOT : Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated yesterday that she does not want to ‘return to power’ in a way which may destabilize the country. “I don’t have any desire to go to power by any means possible …if we can get elected by people’s vote then it’s…
Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT : The young lady stood at the beginning point of the newly assigned bus stoppages introduced in Dhaka, lanes where buses can stop and offload and load passengers. The older man stood at the other extreme both holding their hands up to request the bus to stop. It did and…
Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : Political parties after winning the general election do not implement their electoral pledges. They just follow the way convenient to gain political power. The people, too, do not care about the manifesto. The importance of a manifesto is very limited. Is it reaching the commoners? How many of the…
Dr. Abdur Razzaque speaks to DOT Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) alleged rampant violation of electoral code in the country ahead of the election. It conveyed grave concerns over Election Commission’s inaction over the violation, attacks, intimidation and harassment on opposition activists in a statement. TIB said EC might lose its trust if it moves to…
Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the Lebanese group Hezbollah had shut down plants to develop precision-guided missiles after Israel exposed them, and currently had at most just “a few dozen” of the weapons. There was no immediate comment from the armed, Iran-backed political organization which fought a war with Israel…
Dr. Shammi Ahmed speaks to DOT : According to a report by World Economic Forum, Bangladesh ranked top among the countries of South Asia in closing the gender gap. The report says- “Bangladesh consolidates its position as the region’s top performer and breaks into the global Index top 5 on the Political Empowerment subindex this…
Raj Ahmed of DOT : A Kushtia court yesterday sent Reza Ahmed Bachchu, a BNP candidate from Kushtia-1 (Daulatpur) constituency, to jail in connection with two cases filed in January under the explosives act. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup Kumar Goswami passed the order when Reza appeared before the court and sought bail, reported…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The official death toll from Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs in the Philippines has exceeded 5,000 people, authorities have said. Philippine drug enforcement agency, PDEA’s mouthpiece Derrick Carreon referring to official figures said 5,050 lives were lost, mostly at the hands of the police, said that, according to official figures,…
Sabah Mannan of DOT : A popular online TV host named Wanchaleom Jamneanphol is facing charges under Thailand’s strict cyber crimes and lèse-majesté laws – which makes it unlawful to say anything against the monarchy – for her comments online about a dress designed by Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana as ‘ugly’. Thai entrant of the 67th…
Prof. Anu Muhammad speaks to DOT : The Awami League manifesto contains much erroneous information. One of these is that it has done many things in the last decade to advance democracy and human rights. The level of desecration of human rights, democratic ideals and freedom of speech that occurred during this government’s tenure was…