DOT Desk Despite having enormous export potential, the country’s flower industry is yet to acquire momentum as it is hamstrung by a dearth of infrastructure and a lack of comprehensive policy support, said industry insiders, reports The Independent BD. To penetrate the global flower market and sustain its presence in it, the government needs to…
France24 Givenchy’s artistic director Clare Waight Keller Monday received the British designer of the year womenswear award from Meghan Markle, whose dress she designed for her wedding to Prince Harry. “It is such a pleasure to be here celebrating British fashion,” Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said at the star-studded annual Fashion Awards at the…
DOT Desk ‘Bridge to Bangladesh’ is set to organize a conference of Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers, which is the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh, in Dhaka in upcoming February, reports The Financial Express BD. The announcement came from a press conference, convened by Engineer Azadul Haque, chairman of Bridge to…
Mahmood Saberi, Storyteller and blogger based in Bengaluru, India/Gulf News You cannot slam down your mobile phone because they are very expensive. We had to shift flats recently and during the move I realised we have tons of useless stuff that we never use, such as landline telephones. The phones are of the latest, sleek…
NDTV Yalitza Aparicio had just gone along with her sister to the casting call for Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. She had no intention of trying out herself. But destiny put her in front of the camera and that was how the Mexican woman of indigenous origins, who had just graduated as a teacher but wasn’t…
BSS Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has launched the Emergency 999 Service for ensuring a quick response to any emergency phone call from members of the public in general. RMP Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter formally launched the service at his office. Deputy Commissioner Tanveer Haider Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Commissioner Ifte Khayer Alam and Assistant Commissioner Habibur…
DOT Desk Bangladesh Venture Capital Ltd has received ‘Alternative Investment Fund Manager’ Licence from Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission under Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules, 2015. “As a licence holder, Bangladesh Venture Capital Ltd (BVCL) will be able to manage the venture capital fund, private equity and impact fund,” said a statement…
Dot Desk The fall in yarn prices by at least 12 percent in the last two months has made Bangladesh’s 430 local millers uneasy, industry insiders said. Between June and July, the widely consumed 30 carded yarn sold between $3.40 and $3.50 a kilogram. But from November onwards the prices of the same yarn dropped…
DOT Desk Amidst the bustling bodies, enveloped by the orchestral clamour of the megaphone booming with announcements, people chattering, and horns honking, a group of people made their way to the stark yellow gate of JAAGO’s Rayer Bazar School. The children, big-eyed and peeking through their classrooms, watched in excitement as the country management team…
Kartikeya Sharma, Political Editor at WION/WION Congress Party has made a come-back. This time the credit for this victory goes to none other than Rahul Gandhi who took over as Congress President a year back. After a series of defeats and upsets, Rahul Gandhi has earned the victory for himself. Such was the image problem…