Imran Khalid, Freelance columnist based in Karachi, Pakistan/Daily Sabah, Turkey Each election period in Bangladesh has produced something new and further added more twists to the already febrile and charged political atmosphere in the country and now the same is expected in the forthcoming national elections as well The evolution of politics in Bangladesh has…
BSS Japan-based global economic journal Nikkei Asian Review today came up with an extensive study on Bangladesh saying the South Asian nation continued to witness “rise and rise” with booming economy while ruling Awami League’s victory in the upcoming elections would keep up the development spree. The journal today carried its cover story titled “The…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Jatiya Oikya Front sat with diplomats of 23 countries working in Bangladesh, to inform them about the country’s current political situation ahead of the December 30 parliamentary election. The diplomats included the ambassadors of the US and Germany and high commissioner of Australia as the meeting was held in a Dhaka…
Sanjay Jha/Daily O, India Despite being among the world’s fastest growing economies, India is making headlines for cow vigilantism and mob lynchings. It was a sweltering, sultry summer evening in Mumbai. I sat on the boundary walls of the famous Queen’s Necklace, Mumbai’s Marine Drive separating the concrete jungle from the crashing waves of the…
DOT Desk Jatiya Party supporters are upset over a rumour about HM Ershad stepping out as a candidate for the Dhaka-17 seat in the upcoming election, reports BDnews24. The Jatiya Party chief is a candidate for Rangpur-3 and also Dhaka-17, the latter comprising Gulshan, Banani and Dhaka cantonment. The ruling Awami League is letting coalition…
UNB Awami League joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said BNP’s election manifesto is extremely ‘disappointing and confusing’ for the nation. He made the remarks at a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office. “When people consider the Awami League’s election manifesto as an encouraging and optimistic one, they treat…
DOT Desk Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) sixth edition is drawing nearer as only 15 days remained for the cash-rich Twenty20 domestic tournament of Bangladesh, reports The Independent. But BPL governing council is yet to sit for talking or even holding any discussion to decide whether they will arrange any concert on opening ceremony to mark…
NTV While most parts of East Godavari West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Nellore, Krishna, Guntur, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in India are receiving incessant rains triggered by the Cyclone Phethai, residents of Amalapuram were in for a surprise. Residents in the area were surprised by seeing fish wiggling in puddles in front of their houses. Videos posted by…
Reuters South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe over an alleged assault in an upmarket district of Johannesburg last year, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. After the alleged assault with an electric cable came to light in August 2017, the South African government granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic…
H.K Shahriar, IU orrespondent The authority of Islamic University (IU) on Tuesday appointed its new Students Advisor and proctor for the university in Kushtia, IU registrar office sources said. Prof Dr Paresh Chandra Barman of Information and Communication Engineering department and Prof Dr M Ibrahim Abdullah Saiser of Computer Science and Engineering department have been…