DOT Desk Many driving schools, set up in the capital without approval from the government, are producing a large number of unskilled drivers. Sources said the driving schools do not follow the rules and regulations on driving, reports the Daily Sun.They said after completing short training, many people drive vehicles on the streets, posing risk…
AP, Washington President Barack Obama is underscoring that destroying the Islamic State group is his top priority. He says it remains a difficult fight, but is expressing confidence in victory. He says the group continues to lose ground in its strongholds in Iraq and Syria, and is being squeezed financially. Says Obama: “We are going…
Azeezah Kanji/Aljazeera Recent examples of expatriation practices in the UK and Australia demonstrate a glaring anti-Muslim bias. In the name of “safeguarding” civilisation, the forces waging the “war on terror” have revived a form of punishment once described by the United States Supreme Court as “more primitive than torture”: the stripping of citizenship. Forced denationalisation…
Arafat Hasan: Detectives are set to submit a charge-sheet accusing six people in the case filed over the death of two college students in a road accident in the capital’s Airport Road which had triggered nationwide protests. “We have already completed investigation into the case regarding the death of two college students in a road…
Channelnewsasia: James Ingram, a Grammy winner known for his soulful R&B hits, has died, his friends and colleagues said on Tuesday (Jan 30). He was 66 years old. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” performer Debbie Allen tweeted. “He will always be cherished, loved and remembered…
The Hill: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is considering an offer to appear before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, his lawyer said on Thursday. “The U.S. Senate Select Committee request confirms their interest in hearing from Mr Assange,” his lawyer Jennifer Robinson said in a statement….
Images While Musk chose to tweet out a GIF of Ranveer dancing to ‘Malhaari’, the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film also starred Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. The film follows the romance between Maratha general, Baji Rao I , and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand. The 2015 film won nine Filmfare awards and seven…
Al Jazeera: Israel has fired missiles at Damascus International Airport, Syrian state media has reported. An unnamed military source told Sana news agency on Saturday evening that the Syrian army had confronted an Israeli missile attack. Sana quoted the source as saying that Syrian air defences had managed to shoot down a number of the…
Khagrachari correspondent A total of 11 candidates, including 3 from Awami League, have filed their nominations in Khagrachari. On Wednesday, the candidates submitted their forms at the office of Returning Officer and District Administrator Shahidul Islam. The eleven candidates are: lawmaker Kujendralal Tripura, former lawmaker Jatindralal Tripura, district AL vice president Samir Datta Chakma, BNP…
DOT Desk: Police rescued an old woman, Mridul Saha, 80, from a house in No. 15 Ward of Feni Municipality, reports The Daily Observer. She is wife of late Haripad Saha and mother of three sons and two daughters. She was living in the house alone. On Tuesday, finding no response from inside the house,…