AFP : Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was named winner of the 2018 Ballon d’Or on Monday, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel Messi’s decade-long hold on the prestigious award. Modric, 33, helped Real Madrid win a third successive Champions League title in May and also captained Croatia to their first World Cup final, being…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has assured his countrymen and fans that his political career will not hinder his duties with the Bangladesh national team. “I don’t think it will hinder my cricket at all. At this moment I am not involved with the proceedings there (election and campaigning)…
Daily Our Time is presenting below case study of two boys who have been introduced to negative habits including sexual ones by an adult person. Their rights to grow up without becoming involved in socially unacceptable practices have been violated in this case. Case study: Ekram & Faruque (Both are from rural area) Age when…
Prof Dr Tajul Islam speaks to DOT : Aritree Adhikari, a Viqarunnisa student, was found dead — her body hanging from a ceiling fan – in her room. Principal of the school allegedly insulted her and the parents of the ninth-grader because she had cheated in an exam. Sometimes adolescent girls and boys like Aritree…
DOT Desk : Washington’s political elite paid tribute to former US President George HW Bush as his body lay in state in the Capitol on Monday, evoking a bygone era of bipartisan civility in American politics, reports The Daily Star. Before a grieving Bush family and with hands on hearts, members of Bush’s Cabinet, lawmakers,…
Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : On 1. December 2018, World AIDS Day has been commemorated with the slogan: Know Your Status. This year also marked the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. The pioneering global health campaign was first initiated by WHO in 1988. WHO aims to achieve the following through this year’s World AIDS…
AFP : French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to announce on Tuesday a suspension of fuel tax increases planned for January 1 in a move to end violent “yellow vest” protests against the measure, government sources said Tuesday. The suspension will be accompanied by other measures aimed at calming two weeks of nationwide demonstrations by…
The Guardian, UK : President Rodrigo Duterte, whose war on drugs has taken the lives of thousands in the Philippines, caused outrage after he claimed he smoked marijuana to stay awake, though he later claimed the comment was just a joke. Speaking at a ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Duterte addressed claims that…
Arab News The UN Yemen envoy sought on Tuesday to press forward planned peace talks in Sweden a day after the Arab coalition agreed for 50 wounded Houthi militia to be transferred to Muscat for medical treatment as part of the agreement. Envoy Martin Griffiths was in the Sanaa for meetings to evacuate the 50…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Iran has threatened of blocking off the waterway through which oil is shipped as its President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the US will not be able to stop the country from exporting oil and any move to prevent Iranian crude shipments passing through the Gulf. The US has imposed sanctions…