BSS: Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif urged all to work unitedly for reducing poverty and materializing the dream of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “All have to work unitedly to materialize the dream of Sheikh Hasina of establishing poverty free nation,” he said this at an allowance distribution programme for under privileged people at Atgharia upazila…
Afsan Chowdhury writes for DOT : A sense of caution in reporting is the media air. Few know what is safe and what is not to report. Careful media is the hallmark now. Any perusal of media before and after the elections shows a significant shift. People took advantage of the electoral space to say…
Kevin Blankinship, Professor of Arabic at Brigham Young University/The Atlantic Even when it goes wrong, body art in another tongue can be a good thing. An Object Lesson. My yoga instructor’s eyes lit up as he bared his forearm. “Look!” In the dim candlelight of the yoga studio, I squinted at the place he’d indicated….
Desk report: Bangladesh’s Asia Cup started in the best possible fashion on Saturday, riding on Mushfiqur Rahim’s brilliance and Tamim Iqbal’s heroism to register a rousing 137-run win over Sri Lanka. As that euphoria — it was not just the margin of victory but the character shown in order to recover from a precarious situation…
Reported by: Asaduzzaman Samrat Written by: Eshan Maitra Standing Committee of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, urged at the 10th Parliamentary Meeting to teach the children the national anthem properly & correctly. Also, requested the authorities to take necessary steps. Committee President Rebeka Momin led the meeting at the parliament, on Sunday. Their…
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque, Supernumerary Professor, University of Dhaka: The government behaved with the students protesting for safe roads pretty much the same way it had with the quota reformists. There is no democracy in Bangladesh, or else, there would never have been attacks, lawsuits, arrests and harassments against the students. The distressed parents want…
UNB, Dhaka The price of 100 MW of electricity that Bangladesh formally starts importing from Tripura’s gas-fired Palatana power plant on Wednesday will relatively be higher than the existing tariff of power being imported from India. “The gas price in India is relatively high. That’s’ why the cost of the power of Tripura plant has…
Arab News: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday presented four options aimed at boosting the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories, from sending UN rights monitors and unarmed observers to deploying a military or police force under UN mandate. The proposals were contained in a report requested by the General Assembly in response to a…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Main opposition party BNP has alleged that military deployment is “not making a difference” in ensuring fair election atmosphere in the country. “Over 100 of our men including 19 of our candidates were injured in attacks in 24 hours,” alleged Rizvi Ahmed, senior joint secretary of BNP. “The situation on the…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has announced that new members of parliament will take their oaths of office on Jan 3, reports bdnews24.com. The information minister made the announcement during a Secretariat Reporters Forum discussion at the Secretariat Media Centre yesterday. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) President Inu said: “The members of…