Hossain Sohel of DOT Five people including two school children were killed in separate road accidents at Keraniganj, Uttara and Khilkhet in Dhaka yesterday. The school-goers– siblings– died and their father was injured when a truck hit a motorbike at Rajendrapur Mollar Pul in South Keraniganj, reports UNB. The deceased are Afifa Akter Afrin, 13,…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The High Court yesterday accepted forty four appeals for hearing filed by the convicted accused of the August 21 grenade attack cases. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman also stayed the part of the trial court verdict that fined the convicts of the cases….
Virk & Cheema writes for DOT The French film director Alain Berliner in his film Ma Vie in Rose (My Life in Pink) narrates an emotional journey of a transgender child- Ludovic: a female brain in a male body. The climax of the movie comes when this child has a crush on the son of…
DOT Desk The Daily Star special arrangement ‘Election Talks 2018’ is going on with the topic of upcoming national elections, contemporary politics and incident-accidents regarding the election and its interpretation and analysis. Ali Imam Majumder attended the ceremony and talked about his concerns for a fair election. The program was moderated by the daily star’s…
Raj Abrar of DOT Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the shutdown of 54 web portals scrapping four news websites. “All International Internet Gateways (IIGs) has been instructed to block the 54 websites on the allegation of spreading rumors,” BTRC spokesperson Zakir Hossain told Bangla Tribune yesterday. According to Hossain, a BTRC assistant director,…
Eshan Maitra The Sixth Sense myth has always been a topic of wonder. Now, Geophysicist Joe Kirschvink from the California Institute of Technology, US finally claiming that he found some legit evidence of humanity’s sixth sense. The ability to detect Earth’s magnetic field, in some subconscious way. This mysterious ability already has been confirmed in…
M Humayun Kabir: Three girls who failed in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, committed suicide in three districts -Manikganj, Khulna and Panchagarh on Thursday and Friday, reports UNB. Mitu Akter, daughter of Mosaddek Hossain of Kusta Village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj, committed suicide by taking poison yesterday morning as she did not…
Dr. Zafruallah Chowdhury, Freedom Fighter & Founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra : Even if, Lt. General J.F.R. Jacob termed Major General Ataul Gani Osmani as Colonel in his book it is not a big issue. There is no need of any controversy centring it. Gen. Osmani retired as a Colonel long before the Liberation War. He later…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Saudi government is gradually limiting job-sectors for immigrants in their country. Now, their government has announced that, only Saudi citizens will be allowed to work in the retail-stores, on 25 July. This have tensed 4 lacs of Bangladeshi expatriates working for retail-stores in Saudi Arabia. As part of Saudi Arab’s 100%…
Professor Dr. Mijanur Rahman, Vice-Chancellor, Jagannath University: I think that the initial probe report on the committee formed over quota reformation process has to be sent to the prime minister. In the last one decade, only 9% out of 30% quota meant for the freedom fighter category has been fulfilled, while the rest quota was…