DOT Desk The country’s aviation infrastructure is set to get a major impetus with the upgradation of most of the airports, a senior official said, reports The Financial Express. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) chief said Cox’s Bazar airport would be more modernised than Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram. CAAB chairman Air…
DOT Desk The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year of near-record temperatures, said the head of UN’s weather agency, reports The Daily Sun. “We are not on track to meet climate change targets and rein in temperature increases,” UN News quoted Prof PetteriTaalas, Secretary-General of the World…
DOT Desk It was a special day for Chittagong port on Wednesday as no vessel was waiting for xbulk vessels nor general import (GI) vessels were waiting for berth, reports The Financial Express. Only one gearless container vessel reached the outer anchorage and was waiting (zero day) for berth. The port authority said 12 container…
DOT Desk Three members of a family suffered burn injures in a fire allegedly caused by a gas cylinder blast in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, yesterday. The injured people: Akram Hossein, 32, his wife Lovely Akter, 27, and their son Md Ashik, 10, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)…
NTV Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Kazi M Aminul Islam has said Bangladesh has made enormous economic and social development strides in the last 30 years and is poised to continue to grow at a world-leading rate over the next 30 years. ‘We expect Citi to continue to support the country…
DOT Desk Citibank, NA, paid homage to eminent lyricist, composer and music director Alauddin Ali, honouring him with Gaan-e Gaan-e Gunijon Shongbordhona for his lifetime contribution to Bangla music, reports The Daily Star. The event, held yesterday at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka, was organised by Citibank, NA, Bangladesh as an annual programme…
DOT Desk Criminals opened fire on the vehicle of incumbent ruling party lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi at Teknaf upazila in the district on Friday night, reports The Daily Sun. However, the lawmaker and others, who were in the vehicle, escaped unhurt. Sources said that Bodi and some Awami League (AL) leaders had been returning to…
DOT Desk Stocks returned to the red this week, as cautious investors sold off shares of major sectors to book profit, reports The Financial Express. The last trading session of the week was held on Thursday. Market operators said most of the investors adopted a ‘wait-and-see’ approach as the national election is nearing. “The downward…
DOT Desk The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed petitions to the court seeking orders to confiscate assets of drug dealers under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, sources said, reports The Daily Sun. A senior CID official told the daily sun that they have sufficient evidence to prove that several drug dealers have amassed huge…
DOT Desk The government has allocated Tk 500 million to provide wages and festival allowances for workers of state-owned sugar mills, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The finance ministry recently approved the disbursement of the fund as subsidy to salvage the cash-strapped Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC). The ministry has allocated the…