Syed Nasir Ershad In the US, the 1965 Immigration Act was another milestone.There was no numerical quota on a western-hemisphere country until 1965. In 1965, when national origin quotas had been repealed, Congress replaced it with a system of so-called equal quotas. Every country gets the same number, so it was supposed to get rid…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, who is given the charge after being election for the first time as a lawmaker, said Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi made his own remarks on girls’ education. While exchanging views with journalists yesterday morning, Nowfel said, “It is his (Shafi) personal…
Mohammad Ali Sattar When you come out in the streets in the morning to start off your day, you are hit by the same frustrating and horrifying conditions. The day begins with prayers and cool shower and a speedy breakfast. The clothes we adorn in the morning for work place is mostly well pressed and…
Nazry Bahrawi, Literary and cultural critic at Singapore University of Technology and Design/ Aljazeera While Chu’s film is celebrated as a diversity win in the West, in the East it’s seen as more of the same Western gaze. The blockbuster rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, has earned much praise from critics and millions at the box…
Lt. Gen. (retd.) Mahbubur Rahman speaks to DOT : If the main opposition party Bangladesh National Party (BNP) negotiates with the ruling party for the sake of bailing their chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from charges, it will be an insult to Ziaur Rahman. Instead of bargaining with the government, BNP should follow strategies of ethics…
DOT Desk The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has carried out security audit of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city from November 25 to December 04 after a gap of nine years reports Financial Express. The audit was completed on December 03 and the concluding meeting was held at the airport on…
Abrar Hussain Environment and Forests Minister Anisul Islam Mahmood yesterday outlined that the government has planned for increasing forest coverage to 20 percent with 64,000 hectare land new forestation in the country.“The government has targeted to plant new trees on 64,000 hectare land aimed at increasing the forests coverage to 20 percent in the country…
DOT Desk: Police detained a 28-year-old woman at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday evening as she turned up at the hospital to receive a newborn baby form its mother who had earlier promised to sell the baby to the woman, reports The New Age. The two-day-old newborn’s mother said she gave birth to her…
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…
Eurek Alert For most, the time spent staring at screens–on computers, phones, iPads–constitutes many hours and can often disrupt sleep. Now, Salk Institute researchers have pinpointed how certain cells in the eye process ambient light and reset our internal clocks, the daily cycles of physiological processes known as the circadian rhythm. When these cells are…