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…
UNB Police arrested a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along with 2,000 Yaba tablets from a bus at a bus station at Hneela union in Teknaf upazila on Sunday night. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Enamul Haque, 35, sepoy of BGB-2 Teknaf battalion.
DOT Desk Muzicraft Presents Native Artistry, an exhibition showcasing handmade craft products, woodwork, pottery, nokshi katha, jute work, artworks, as well as jewellery and beauty products, was held recently at Platinum Grand Hotel in Dhaka. The organisers were keen on highlighting unique products made by our local artisans that many may not be aware of,…
DOT Desk The automotive component market in Bangladesh has more than doubled in a space of a decade driven by rising car users, said industry people, reports The Daily Star. Importers bring in engine, alternator, radiator, air conditioner, suspension, brake pads, spoiler, rim, tyre, trim package, body components, among other spare parts needed to serve…
BSS Like previous years, varieties of early winter vegetables have appeared abundantly in both retail and wholesale markets here making both the sellers and buyers happy.Farmers in the region including the vast Barind tract are successfully producing early varieties of winter vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, radish, carrot, beet, turnip, tomato, leafy spinach, red spinach and…
DOT Desk Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), is organising a Jazz music concert by German band Tubes & Wires tomorrow evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital, reports the Independent. Niels Klein’s quartet Tubes & Wires, currently on a jazz tour in South Asia, present…