BBC The head of the CIA will now brief Congress on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, US media say. They say Gina Haspel is to talk to Senate leaders yesterday.She was absent from last week’s briefing by the secretaries of state and defence, angering some in Congress. Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in…
DOT Desk The government has offered jute sector businesses a moratorium facility for partial or total amount of their outstanding loans taken from different banks, reports The New Age. Under the facility, working capital loans along with the interests will be transferred to a block account for two years and the loans will be paid…
DOT Desk Though the government has abolished the quota system in class-I public jobs, it is preparing a policy to give priority to persons with disabilities, ethnic groups and underprivileged people in government jobs, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, reports The daily Sun. “There was a series of movement against the quota system….
UNB The body of a school boy, who was reportedly abducted on Sunday, was recovered from a neighbour’s house in Ramchandrapur village of Bheramara upazila on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Ashik Uddin, 14. son of Kutub Uddin of the village and a class VII student of Dharampur High School. The victim’s father Kutub…
DOT Desk More than 3,000-4,000 enthusiastic animal lovers and visitors are coming almost every day to enjoy a wide range of display at Chattogram zoo with the new arrival of 342 birds of six species. The number gets double on holidays, reports The Daily Sun. During a recent visit, the UNB Correspondent found. the enthusiast…
DOT Desk Western Marine Shipyard Limited has received ship export orders worth Tk 6.06 billion from abroad, its chief said. The Chattogram-based leading ship-maker is building 10 ocean-going vessels and boats for exporting to three different countries, reports The Financial Express. “Norway, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India have given orders to our company for…
UNB Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five suspected robbers from Railway Colony besides Tejgaon Station Road in the city on Monday night. The arrestees were Md Jahangir, 40, Md Rumon, 26, Md Wadud, 30, Md Khorshed and Md Lalchand, 22.RAB also recovered several sharp weapons from their possessions. Being informed…
DOT Desk Early winter mustard cultivation is going on in full swing in the district, reports The Financial Express. Sources said a good number of farmers in all the 12 upazilas of the district grow the oil seed this time every season to make some extra profit. Some cultivators said mustard production is profitable than…
UNB Bangladeshi businessmen have begun to export coal to Northeast India through Akhaura land port around six-year of suspension. Due to the heavy demand of coal in Tripura and adjacent areas, Bangladeshi coal traders have been importing coal from Russia and Indonesia on ships through Ashuganj River Port and then exporting those over land route….
Abrar Hussain of DOT The brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has been arrested for allegedly framing another man over a fake terror plot, according to a report by the BBC. Police in Australia have charged Arsalan Khawaja, 39, with forgery and an attempt to pervert justice. In August, police charged a Sri Lankan…