DOT Desk Researchers looked at antibiotic-resistant bacteria populations in farmed broiler chickens, free-range backyard chickens and children in remote northwestern Ecuador, and found that a gene associated with antibiotic resistance, known to be present in broiler chickens, was also present in backyard chickens and children, reports The Financial Express. Researchers at the University of Michigan…
DOT Desk Bangladesh will take steps to seal loopholes in the tax system within the next year to boost revenue collection, National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on Saturday, reports The Financial Express. “The automation process will be completed within 2019. It will give us accurate information on VAT and tax,…
Hazal Duran, Researcher at SETA Foundation, Ph.D. candidate in political science at Bilkent University & Sibel Koru , Researcher at SETA Foundation/Daily Sabah, Turkey In 1994, the world faced one of the bloodiest genocides of the 20th century. After long-lasting ethnic segregation policies under the colonial heritage, two antagonistic societies, the Hutus and Tutsis, came…
DOT Desk Export earnings from plastic products have risen by 30 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY19), according to statistics of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA), reports The Financial Express. Multiple uses of plastic products have increased in the country…
DOT Desk Bangladesh has taken an initiative to adopt the latest technological innovations, and some companies have already setup Internet of Things (IoT) laboratories in the country, reports The Independent. Different countries have already adopted this technological innovation and 30 billion IoT devices are expected to be in the world by 2020, helping to improve…
Reuters Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the U.S. military presence in Syria had been “illogical and a source of tension”, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. President Donald Trump has begun what will be a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, declaring on Wednesday they have succeeded in their mission to defeat…
UNB Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three suspected drug traders along with 1038 Yaba pills from Pirojpur in Shibganj upazila on Friday night. The arrestees are Putu,42 of Baliadighi Adolpara, Koraban, 35 of Baliadighi Dakhshinpara of the upazila and Majid Shah, 32 of Suranpur in Bholahat upazila. On information, a…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday introduced her party’s candidates for the constituencies of Dhaka in the upcoming general election. She came up with the move while addressing an election campaign rally- at the Youth Club grounds in the Gulshan 2 area of Dhaka, reports the Dhaka Tribune. The candidates…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Quoting Hero Alam, “Hundreds of people surround me where ever I go. They desperately want to take a selfie with me on their phones. The situation goes out of control whenever I go outside. I did not know before that they love me this much. The situation will uncontrollable even…
Ambassador Muhammad Zamir speaks to DOT : Dr. Kamal Hossain has made certain comments about the future procedure pertaining to the forthcoming election in which he expressed his belief that there is no good governance in the country. “If the Election Commission (EC) fails to hold the December 30 elections in a fair manner, the…