Saba Ali/NDTV For a minute, it felt good, somewhat thrilling, to walk down Main Street exposed. I zipped past the family-friendly brunch district, footloose and fancy free. I’m a Muslim woman who’s worn a head covering for more than two decades, and I had decided to take my headscarf off for one sunny morning. Something…
Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, Physicist, Educationist: The quota reformists are being targeted and becoming of victims of torture. They are also being apprehended from wherever they are found. Even the female students are not spared. Why the arrestees are denied bail? This is not right at all. This makes it abundantly clear that the rule…
Uber Facts Homelessness is a serious problem in this country. It’s the kind of thing that could easily happen to anyone. Having spent some time volunteering with this population, I can tell you that their stories have impressed a simple truth onto me: anyone, and I mean anyone is only a few really bad days…
UNB Members of Coast Guard seized 5,000 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches long) from a launch in the Dhaleshwari River on Friday. Coast Guard official Lieutenant Colonel Syed M Kased said a team of coastguards conducted a search in Dhaka-bound launch ‘MV Mahin Rifat’ in the morning and seized 5,000 kilograms…
Sofian Khan The third test between India and Srilanka was interrupted by hazardous smog on Sunday. Players on fields and visitors were forced to wear face masks as the air quality dipped in the world’s most polluted capital city. Most of the fielders of the Srilanka team returned from their lunch on the game wearing…
AFP: Lost in translation? Not in Mecca, thanks to a dedicated squad of interpreters gearing up to help two million Muslims speaking dozens of languages at the annual hajj pilgrimage. The six-day hajj, which starts on Sunday, is one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once if…
Dr Mahfuzur Rahman speaks to DOT “For me there is no Chhatra Dal or Chhatra League. To me all student organisations are equal. I will try my level best to provide a crystal poll,” said Dr. S M Mahfuzur Rahman, Chief Returning Officer of DUCSU polls, regarding the claim of Chhatra Dal that the Chhatra…
DOT Desk: To check quality of fertilisers and pesticides, samples of different chemical fertilisers and pesticides under a special programme are being collected from local markets, reports The Daily Observer. According to sources at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the farmers use different fertilisers and pesticides in their croplands to increase crop production. The department…
As it is rainy season, we face a lot of problems with our shoes. We face it most when we wear fabric shoes. Some shoes have already been spoiled because of this. If you faced this type of problem, here is an easy solution for you. You need to rub a candle over the…
Nobonita Chowdhury Being an urban Bangladeshi woman in 2016 is considered to be a privilege. We didn’t have to grow up in the era our mothers and grandmothers did. We have access to basic civil rights and have a wider range of career choices than our previous generation could have ever imagined. More importantly: we…