Prof Dr Golam Rahman, Ex-Chief Information Commissioner : It is said that the drug menace cannot be controlled by bringing drug peddlers to justice. But this is not correct; it can be controlled. Many drug peddlers come out of bail through the loopholes of the law, causing many to feel insecure and fear that such culprits…
Anadolu Agency: More than 800 Rohingya refugees living in squalid makeshift camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district have been infected with chickenpox since last December, but residents of the camps expect the figure to surpass 1,000. As of Jan. 13, 832 Rohingya refugees living in the camps had been confirmed with chickenpox, the World Health…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission yesterday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of Supreme Court against an High Court order that cleared the way for BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu to contest the 11th parliamentary election, reports UNB. The High Court on Monday stayed the Election…
BSS, Pirojpur Home-Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday categorically said Islam is a religion of peace and there is no place for militancy in Islam. “An ill force is hatching conspiracy to foil the country’s development and to help rising militancy by misinterpreting Islam among common people,” he came up with the observation while addressing annual…
Arab News: Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the US-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north. History’s first Latin American pope, the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina,…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : The first death anniversary of Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Annisul Huq will be observed today. Meanwhile, the Federation of the Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) held a memorial discussion at its auditorium at 3 pm yesterday, reported BSS. Annisul, who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital…
Samiul Bashar Samin When Orange Is the New Black fans began binge-watching season four on Friday, they didn’t have to wait very long for answers on the fate of one of their favorite characters.When viewers last saw Alex Vause, played by Laura Prepon, on the finale of season three, the Litchfield inmate was trapped in…
Todd May, Professor of philosophy at Clemson University and the author/Gulf News Our species possesses inherent value, but we are causing unimaginable animal suffering There are stirrings of discussion these days in philosophical circles about the prospect of human extinction. This should not be surprising, given the increasingly threatening predations of climate change. In reflecting…
CNN: China claims to have deployed missiles “capable of targeting medium and large ships” days after the latest US Navy “freedom of navigation” operation near contested islands in the South China Sea, state media announced. The deployment of the DF-26 ballistic missiles in China’s remote northwest plateau, originally announced Tuesday on China Central Television, follows…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called upon BNP to reconsider its decision of not participating in the upcoming Upazila Parishad elections. “I don’t know whether it’s their (BNP) final decision, but I would like to call upon the party to reconsider their decision,” Quader told reporters at a press…