DOT Desk At least three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a Mahindra three-wheeler and bus at Pakutia under Ghatail on Tangail-Mymensingh Highway at about 11:30am yesterday. The deceased were identified as Shyamal, 32, son of Younus Ali of Beara village of the upazila, three-wheeler driver Shamsu, 45 and…
DOT Desk Three young men were killed as a speeding bus hit their carrying motorcycle on Kishoreganj-Bhairab highway at Rashidabad in Sadar upazila on Sunday noon, reports the Daily Sun BD. The deceased was identified as Saikat, 18, son of Hellal Uddin of Paradanga village, Milion, 20, son of Abu Bakkar of Pathankandi village, and…
DOT Desk In Tangail, independent candidate Abdul Latif Siddiqui’s car was attacked during a campaign in the morning. More than 182 people across the country were injured; offices attacked and cars vandalized in pre-election violence on Sunday as stick, machete and hammer-wielding mobs attacked political candidates and their supporters ahead of the 11th general election….
National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh (NHRCB) in partnership with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will make periodic report on overall situation of the country’s human trafficking (including child trafficking). Disclosing this at a meeting today (Dec 17), Civil Society members said they in partnership with NHRCB will prepare the report and submit it to the government…
DOT Desk Merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world stood at $5.32 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY19). Update data on the balance of payments (BoP) released by Bangladesh Bank on Monday also showed that trade gap reduced marginally from $5.78 billion recorded at the same period…
UNB Power Development Board (PDB) clinched the Victory Day Volleyball title beating Bangladesh Navy by straight 3-0 sets in the final at the Shaheed Nur Hossain National Volleyball Stadium here on Monday. Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon was the chief guest in the day’s final. Earlier, Bangladesh Army finished 3rd beating Bangladesh Air Force…
DOT Desk At least four activists of Secchasebok Dal were injured in a reported clash with members of Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League in Madarganj area of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila cantering tearing up of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s posters. One of the injured, Rahimanpur union Sechhasebok Dal leader Abu Sayem…
H.K Shahriar, IU Correspondent The Islamic University Journalists Association (IUJA) has condemned the attack on three journalists of Dhaka University. IUJA president Abdullah Al-Faruk and its general secretary M Emran Shuvro was issued a press release in this regard on Monday morning. The wing demanded immediate punishment of the attackers who beat the journalists indiscriminately….
DOT Desk Police recovered the bodies of a couple and their two minor children from their residence at Debpur village of Chandpur Sadar upazila yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Mainuddin, 35, his wife Fatema Begum, 24, their five-year-old daughter Mithila and one-year-old son Siam, of the village, reports New Age BD. Locals spotted…
DOT Desk Café Mango and Gallery at Dhanmondi is hosting a month long group art exhibition titled, King Kortobbyo. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on November 24. The exhibition displays collective artworks by Azizee Fawmi Khan, Rakib Anwar, Khairul Alam, Al Nasir, Jawad Hossain, Pijush Talukder and Mehedi Hasan. The opening ceremony…