Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : The place of Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, Free Bengal Radio, is seminal in the history of Bangladesh. As the Bengali nation found itself faced with the assault of the Pakistan army at the end of March 1971, it was Shwadhin Bangla Betar which placed itself in the forefront,…
Rahima Ali Mukta writes for DOT : “No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment”-Carol Dweck. Education has become just a piece of paper these days. It is so disappointing that now-a-days we only judge people based on their degrees not on what they actually know….
BBC : Theresa May is meeting European leaders and EU officials on Tuesday for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She is holding talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany’s Angela Merkel after postponing a Commons vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland…
Al Jazeera : The Arab League, comprising 22 member states, told Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback on relations with Arab countries, in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. The move planned by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January 1, would be a…
DOT Desk : The government has decided to celebrate today (December 12) as the “Digital Bangladesh Day” instead of the “National Information and Communication Technology Day”. The government celebrated the first-ever National Information and Communication Technology Day on December 12 last year to make its “Digital Bangladesh” concept a memorable one, reports BSS.
Anadolu Agency Apart from having the world’s largest mortality rate of under-fives, a UNICEF nutrition expert said Nigeria now has at least 35 million severely malnourished children. UNICEF nutrition experts say the crisis is most prevalent in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe — the three states in the country’s northeast worst hit by the Boko Haram…
Russia Today Macron’s concessions to the Yellow Vests has failed to appease protesters and opposition politicians, such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who called for “citizen’s revolution” to continue until a fair distribution of wealth is achieved. Immediately after French President Macron declared a “social and economic state of emergency” in response to large-scale protests by members…
BSS The government has brought some 306 upazilas under cent percent electricity coverage, 55 upazilas are awaiting for full coverage inauguration while the rest of 154 upazilas would be brought under electricity coverage by June 2019. “A good news is awaiting for the country as all upazilas will be brought under power coverage by June…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will begin her election campaign from Gopalganj today, staring by paying homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj. The information was revealed yesterday by AL Joint General Secretary Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak at…
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,…