BSS A bill has been placed in the US Congress, calling on the Bangladesh government to stop radical organizations including Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, who pose an ongoing threat to the country’s stability and secular democracy. Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana State introduced the bill titled ‘Expressing concern about the threat posed to democracy…
Russia Today The US military said it wants 70 unmanned self-driving supply trucks by 2020. And seeing as $21 trillion has gone unaccounted for at the Pentagon over the past 20 years, when they want something, they tend to get that something. Of course supply trucks in and of themselves don’t sound so bad. Even…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized six kilograms of gunpowder from bordering Wahedpur area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj yesterday morning. But no arrests was made in this connection. Lt Col Sajjad Sarwar, commanding officer of BGB-53 battalion of the paramilitary force, said a patrol team of the paramilitary force conducted…
M Humayun Kabir of DOT The cultural activists and icons of Bangladesh have urged people to make a habit of paying income tax for the development of the country instead of considering it a burden. They were speaking at the event organised by the National Board of Revenue marking Income Tax Day yesterday. “We are…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says election code was not violated during the nomination filing process across the country, reports The Daily Star and bdnews24.com. “Nomination filing was complete in an orderly fashion. No one violated the polls code,” he said at a programme in Agargaon yesterday. “They were…
Arpeeta Shams Mizan writes for DOT : With the national election just around the corner, the voting and political participation is on everybody’s mind. Amidst the entire political hullabaloo, let’s talk about women’s political participation in Bangladesh, Here; I will look at some issues taken for granted by the society. Women and politics are not…
Sumaiya Sarwat writes for DOT : TheRohingya refugee crisis took the most severe form by the end of the last year following the military crackdown operations in Rakhine State conducted by the Myanmar military forces that started from August, 2017. Thousands of Rohingyas flew from Myanmar to avoid the persecution and took refuge in Bangladesh….
Abu Sayeed Khan : There is a doubt whether the next general election, which will be participatory, will be free from violence. There have been reports of clashes among different political parties and also within their factions as yet. Considering the overall situation, it can be said that there is a possibility of violence taking…
DOT Desk : The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed the conviction and sentence of a former chairman of Jhikorgachha upazila in Jashore, clearing the way for her contesting the upcoming national election, reports The Daily Star. The bench of Justice Md Rais Uddin passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Sabira Sultana, a…
Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT : The central bank came into being 300 years back. Since its inception, it plays a significant role in the rise and fall of economy. The central banks act as the guardian of all other banks and financial institutions. The central bank also fixes up the interest rate,…