Kabir Humayun: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received two international awards in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage. The awards given by the UNICEF are: the Accolade Global Film Competition 2017 Huma-nitarian Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Accolade Winner Award of Excellence End Child Marriage, reports BSS. State Minister for Women and…
Arab News: Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the US-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north. History’s first Latin American pope, the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina,…
The Guardian, UK: Many families in India still mourn the birth of a girl. But when Leena was born, people celebrated. Sagar Gram, her village in central India, is unique that way. Girls outnumber boys. When a woman marries, it is the groom’s family that pays the dowry. Women are Sagar Gram’s breadwinners. When they…
AFP Former US president Barack Obama took on a new high-profile role as Father Christmas on Wednesday for a surprise visit to sick children in Washington. Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children’s National hospital with gifts and hugs. “I just want to say…
Abrar Hussain of DOT BNP leader Mirza Abbas reportedly came under attack during electioneering near Shegunbagicha area of Dhaka yesterday, reported The Daily Star. Talking to journalists, the BNP standing committee member claimed that at least 70 to 80 of his supporters were injured in the attack Saturday afternoon. Around 100 people, which he claimed…
Reuters: The euro rose above $1.16 yesterday as the dollar’s recent rally ran out of steam, and traders said solid data out of China had calmed investor nerves about recent Sino-U.S. trade tensions, hurting demand for the dollar. The dollar has weakened since hitting a three-week high on Monday, when the prospect of a full-blown trade…
Taiara Farhana Tareque The exhibition titled Slant: Tilted Perspectives took place on Saturday, 12th March 2016, at LEELA. The exhibition was themed around Women’s Day and its main focus was to shift perspectives of and about madrasahs. The exhibition was organized by Leaping Boundaries and co-hosted by Leela: where minds come to play. There were…
Sky News Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he wants to control the popularity of rap music so that it does not lead to “the degradation of the nation”. Alarmed by the growing fondness people in his country have for the genre, Mr Putin has told a meeting of cultural leaders in St Petersburg that…
DOT Desk The film ‘Debi’, based on the first installation of Humayun Ahmed’s Misir Ali series, has violated the law by showing off smoking habit of the protagonist, an anti-tobacco group alleges. Sushasoner Jonyo Procharabhijan or SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance) in a statement condemned the release of the film in Bangladesh on Oct 19…
UNB: The rail communications of five districts with other parts of the country resumed after 26 hours of suspension on Sunday afternoon. The rail communications were suspended on Saturday morning as heavy rain eroded the soil around a pillar of Chakchakia rail bridge in Sonatola upazila, suspending the rail communications on Lalmonirhat-Bogura route. Later, the…