Syed Ishtiaq Reza In the war for votes, it is not unsurprising to see candidates gain and lose ground; after all, the battle for the election has begun, there are campaigning going on everywhere, we can all see it. In Bangladeshi elections, it is usually a fight between two symbols – the Boat and the…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Bank of France has lowered the country’s economic growth forecast for the current and next fiscal year, from 1.6% to 1.5%, warning that the longer the unrest lasts the greater the losses will be for the national economy. Shortly after slashing its assessment of economic growth, in the final quarter,…
Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT It’s understandable to see the gleam of hope in the eyes of the sometimes uniformed sometime not streams that head for the oppressive conditions abroad on menial labour jobs. With no alternatives they’ll bet their hearth and homes for the privilege. But when it comes to the well disposed ones…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT The results of 14 focus groups undertaken by Democracy International which the organisation, along with its funders UKAid and USAID, have sought to keep confidential. One of the most fascinating questions asked in the said focus groups, concerning freedom of speech, was the following: “If an AL leader was in…
CNN For years, the incredible discovery of the Titanic’s wreckage at the bottom of the ocean in 1985 was thought to have been a purely scientific effort. But that was a ruse. Speaking to CNN on Thursday about now-declassified events, Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, said that the expedition was part of a secret…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Stress and strain are the sources of mental blocks. Emotion is a by-product of the mind. It is most essential to be stress free. There are ways to remove or avoid mental hazards. By mental hazards and pressure, mental blocks are created. The cause of emotional block is pressure. Almost any…
Dr. Asif Nazrul speaks to DOT: Jatiya Oikya Front has almost finalized its draft manifesto and it shall publish its manifesto for the 11th parliamentary election on December 17. The pledges will include – ensuring a standard education system, scrapping public exams like the Primary Education Certificate and Junior School Certificate for fifth and eighth…
DOT Desk The government has conferred its car facility down to majors and equal ranked officers of the armed forces division 18 days before the December 30 national elections, reports The New Age. The public administration ministry in an official order on December 11 included majors and lieutenant colonels alongside the privileged group getting the…
DOT Desk Some 93 per cent remediation of the Alliance-affiliated factories has been completed, including 90 per cent of the items that are most critical to life safety, reports The Financial Express. Besides, a total of 428 factories have completed inclusion of all material items in their initial Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), and nearly 1.6…
Australians in the north-east of the country are bracing for a severe tropical cyclone, with authorities warning of flash flooding and destructive winds. Cyclone Owen has been strengthening off the north coast of Queensland state, in warm waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is expected to reach category four – defined as a severe…