Ashik Kabir ashikk992@gmail.com The month of August had put a scare on the heart of those Bangladeshi people who always believe in the sovereignty of Bangladesh. 15th August 1975, is the day which remains as the darkest hour in the history of the Bangladesh. The leader of the nation, the prolific writer of the freedom…
Tara Sattar A friend wanted to donate her kidney to her best friend who had a failure of the organ. All the arrangements were made. The woman’s name is Sigrid Fry-Revere. The pal would disburse for someone to uphold her farm while she was disinclined. It wasn’t imbursement so much as a deal between friends,…
Confusion We have two hemispheres in our brains; it is two brains each doing half the work of being you. Your two brains coordinate though a wire of nerves, but this wire can be cut and was for a time used as an epilepsy treatment. People remained almost the same during this split-brain situation while…
Desk Report The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the Rangpur district returning officer to finish scrutinizing the nomination paper of BNP-nominated candidate, and Jamaat leader, Prof Golam Rabbani—within 24 hours of accepting it, reports Dhaka Tribune. The seven-member bench of the Supreme Court – led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain –…
DOT Desk After a hiatus of 11 years from the silver screen, Minister of Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor is prepping for a comeback, reports The Daily Star. He will be seen portraying the role of a politician in Gangchil, the cinematic adaptation of Awami League General Secretary, Obaidul Quader’s novel by the same name. His…
BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone of an underpass adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College on the Airport Road in the capital today “The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the underpass at 10 am tomorrow,” Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Press Wing sources said yesterday. The premier made…
Xinhua: Seven militants including a Taliban key commander Mullah Ghousuding, nickname Sia Khan, have been killed in a blast outside Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Amini said Wednesday. “The notorious Taliban commander Mullah Ghousuding nickname Sia Khan along with his men were busy in subversive activities to terrorize…
Abdul Qayum, Savar correspondent A human chain was formed in Ashulia yesterday calling for protecting the land of small-time business owners and shopkeepers. At least a hundred people joined the demonstration, which was held at a local street in the Beron area during the afternoon. One of the protestors, a shopkeeper named Islam Hossain, alleged…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Bangladesh High Commission official stationed in Canberra was alleged to be involved in issuing fake tourist visas to a group of Rohingyas living in Australia. The alleged involvement of the official surfaced after several members of Australia’s Rohingya community filed complaints with the country’s police, reports Australian news outlet, SBS,…
Sumayyah Sarwat writes for DOT : Communal violence is often used as a political weapon in Bangladesh. Especially, poll time violence against minor religious and ethnic groups is a common scenario during every general and local election. Religious minorities have a long history of being inhumanly targeted by the political parties and their political vengeance….