Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time : With yet another death from road accident in Dhaka on Thursday, our streets are gradually turning into the most lethal ones in the world. People are now sacrificing their organs or their lives almost regularly due to the reckless and whimsical driving on our roads. By now, road…
Sofian Khan On Tues-day, Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term as Kenya’s president that put an end to the prolonged electoral saga in recent months. Kenyatta has taken vows to overcome Kenya’s divisions. “To my competitors, and in the spirit of inclusivity, I will endeavour to incorporate some of their ideas. The…
DOT Desk: Noted singer Hridoy Khan’s new playback song titled ‘Rupkotha’ has received a huge response from music lovers, reports The Daily Observer. He is also a music composer and actor. He released his first album Hridoy Mix in 2008. The latest video of the song, penned by SA Haque Olike has been viewed over…
Zakir Hossain, Chairman of Gono Front: Mujib does mean Bangladesh, Mujib does mean independence. If he were not born, the birth of Bangladesh could not have been possible. The best Bangali of a thousand years, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s name is embodied with the name of Bangladesh and its independence. His name has mixed with…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Days of the rainy season are becoming more & more unbearable day by day. Unpredictable weather making it harder keep a proper routine. On top of that, roads are becoming inaccessible just with a little rain. Because of ditches & small basins in the middle of the roads of…
UNB An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death by rivals over land related dispute in Babna para village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nur Hossain, 75, a resident of the village. Jahirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Nagarpur Police Station, said there had been a longstanding dispute between Nur and his…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : A Taiwanese presidential spokesman has said that the country “will not bow” to Chinese pressure, as the self-ruled island held live-fire military drills aimed at showing its ability to defend itself from Beijing’s threats. The developments came after China, which considers Taiwan as a renegade province, has been pressing companies…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto: The news of Kofi Annan’s death reached to me as a great shock through our Toronto’s 24 hours TV news channel and accordingly I made two posts in my Twitter and Facebook accounts: ‘The first ever African Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…
DOT Desk: Ahsan Habib earned acclaim as a poet in the 1940s, reports The Daily Observer. He was an urban poet through and through — both in terms of language and sensibility. His poems reflect the social reality of his times, relationships, and focus on the concerns of the middle class. The poet was born…
Sarah Vowell/The New York Times If the president is impeached, what if, just as an experiment, the electorate gives acting like judges a whirl? But I mean the old-fashioned kind, without keggers with Squee. Twenty years ago this week, the House of Representatives forwarded articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate. Whether…