Syed Abul Maksud speaks to DOT : The nomination-seekers who show less wealth than they have is a moral weakness. Most of the electoral candidates’ income sources are not transparent. It is a self-deception to show less wealth in the affidavits. The candidates would not be scared of mentioning their wealth if their income sources…
Collected from Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s official facebook page The BNP is making one complaint after regarding the Election Commission in an effort to make the upcoming elections controversial. First they were complaining about arrests. Their activists conducted thousands of arson attacks throughout the country during 2013 to 2015. They burned to death hundreds of innocent…
Syed Abul Maksud speaks to DOT: The nomination-seekers who show less wealth than they have is a moral weakness. Most of the electoral candidates’ income sources are not transparent. It is a self-deception to show less wealth in the affidavits. The candidates would not be scared of mentioning their wealth if their income sources were…
S.M. Faisal Kamal writes for DOT: Bangladeshi opposition parties working under the banner of JatiyaOikya Front have proposed an ambitious set of reforms and proposals if voted into power. These proposals are ambitious, even far-fetched, for two primary reasons. The first is that it is not entirely clear whether the proposals have been unanimously backed…
DOT Desk A card has been launched recently for the Bangladeshis to get better facilities in India at renowned hospitals and clinics, accommodation at hotels and guesthouses, reports The Independent . They informed that the Bangladeshis will be able to enjoy different facilities including 10 to 20 per cent discount in medication at some 70…
DOT Desk Even after setting up the National Payment Switch of Bangladesh (NPSB), the country is losing a large sum of money to international payment networks including Visa, Mastercard and American Express, reports The Independent. An expert related to the financial sector said: “A ‘defined’ national payment scheme for debit and credit cards and relevant…
DOT Desk Two choreographers from two different backgrounds tried to be in the ‘skin of the other’ through a dance performance organised by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in collaboration with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), reports The Daily Star. German-based Togolese choreographer Kossi Sebastien Aholou-Wokawui and German choreographer and dancer Tomas Bünger staged a part of Goethe-Institut’s ongoing…
DOT Desk Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon yesterday said cricket matches between India and Pakistan should be held more often because their games are still viewed widely and such games could help expand cricket in the sub-continent, reports The Independent. Papon, who assumed the charge of Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) rotating presidency,…
DOT Desk Garment exporters are increasingly becoming interested in setting up factories in rural areas, giving a new life to the rural economy and creating employment prospects for youths, reports The Daily Sun. Thanks to improved infrastructure facilities across the country, investors are finding it much more feasible to choose rural sites for new factories….
UNB Bangladesh has invited the government of the United Arab Emirates and its entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh, particularly in the fields of infrastructure, power, energy, tourism and hospitality. “We consider investment from the UAE to our country as a priority,” said Law Minister Anisul Huq. He came up with the call recalling Prime Minister…