DOT Desk The number of overseas incoming calls using legal channels recorded a drastic fall during the last three years with the rise in international call termination rates, reports The Financial Express. The growing use of over-the-top (OTT) applications and increased use of illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) have been widely blamed for the…
DOT Desk For their prestigious achievements in five deferent categories, Mahmud Iqbal of ULAB have won “The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award GOLD STANDARD 2018” in a special 6th Gold Award Ceremony on Monday, the 10th December, 2018 at The British High Commissioner’s Residence. On behalf of Prince Philip is the husband and consort of…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court (HC) yesterday questioned the legality of the Election Commission’s decision to appoint deputy commissioners and divisional commissioners as returning officers for the upcoming general election slated for December 30, reports The Daily Star. The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government and…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, expects the ruling Awami League will return to power in the Dec 30 parliamentary election, reports bdnews24.com. In the latest country briefing note, the EIU, the research and analysis division of the Economist Group, said the party has overseen solid economic growth and its reelection…
DOT Desk Bangladesh’s first geostationary communication satellite Bangabandhu-I is going to provide feed to DTH (Direct to Home) services next week for the television viewers, reports The Independent BD. To this end, Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) which is assigned to handle the Bangabandhu-I has decided to deploy dedicatedly two transponders of the satellite…
Ramzy Baroud /Middle East Monitor How does one explain Canada’s contradictory foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel? On December 4, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, praised Canada’s commitment not to follow the footsteps of the US Donald Trump Administration by transferring its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But there…
Wionews A Canadian court granted bail to Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou who was held by authorities for the past one week after US officials accused the top executive of misleading banks about transactions linked to Iran. Meng, 46, was granted relief on a $7.5 million guarantee by a Vancouver court in British Columbia after three days…
Leon Willems, Director of Free Press Unlimited/Project Syndicate Despite global media coverage and condemnation by governments and human-rights activists, Saudi officials’ murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not led to any meaningful sanctions. And such impunity is an important reason why the murder happened in the first place. The details of the brutal, premeditated murder…
Julian Wucherpfennig, Assistant professor of international affairs and security at the Hertie School of Governance & Anita Gohdes, Assistant professor of international relations at the University of Zurich/Project Syndicate This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two activists for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence in armed conflict. But if…
AFP Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has reached “epidemic” proportions in recent years, causing damage to pristine forest and waterways, a conservation group said Monday as it released an unprecedented new map of the activities. “Illegal mining in the Amazon, notably in indigenous tribal territories and protected nature zones, has increased exponentially these past…