DOT Desk NRB Commercial Bank Limited (NRBC Bank) opened its 65th branch at Rooppur of Ishwardi in Pabna on Monday. Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Kazi M Aminul Islam inaugurated the branch as the chief guest, said a press release. NRBC Bank Audit Committee Chairman Rafikul Islam Mia Arzoo presided over the…
Channel News Asia One of South Korean largest human rights groups will strip Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its 2004 prize because of her “indifference” to the atrocities against the Rohingya minority, organisers said Tuesday (Dec 18). Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to receive the Gwangju human rights award at…
AFP When Mana Izumi got her first tattoo at 18, she wasn’t trying to rebel or shatter any taboos — just copy Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro’s beach-bronze “surfer chick” look. In Japan, where tattoos have for centuries been demonised for their association with criminals, former porn star Izumi turns heads with her copper tan,…
Abrar Hussain of DOT BNP in its election manifesto has promised to scrap all ‘black’ laws including the Digital Security Act, Official Secrets Act and Special Power Acts in order to facilitate freedom of speech and expression. The party also pledged it will not silence dissenting opinions and to lift restrictions on social media to…
DOT Desk The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues amid lucrative price level, reports The Financial Express. Following the previous seven days correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed…
Rahad Abir, Writer/Dhaka Tribune For some classes, it is a symbol of fashion, faith, and modesty In the 1980s, when I was growing up in Dhaka, hijab-wearing women were a rare breed. Even the number of women wearing the burkha was minimal. But these days, if you get out on the city streets for a…
DOT Desk Despite having immense potential, footwear manufacturing business in Bhairab cannot flourish at the desired level, largely due to lack of both low-cost fund and technical assistance, according to insiders, reports The Financial Express. If provided necessary support for technology transfer and installation of a common facility centre in the area, the local footwear…
DOT Desk Japan will continue to fully support Bangladesh’s development on all fronts so that it can attain the status of a middle-income country by 2021, reports The Daily Sun. Senior Deputy Minister of Japanese Foreign Ministry Kazuyuki Yamazaki said this at the 2nd Bangladesh-Japan Foreign Office Consultation held in Tokyo on Monday. Japan will…
AP Women may be shouting louder than ever for equal treatment and pay, but a report out Tuesday indicates it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe. The World Economic Forum (WEF) report said there had been some improvements in wage equality this year compared to 2017, when the…
Eurek Alert Plant scientists at the University of East Anglia have succeeded in unravelling the complete genome sequence of the common primrose — the plant whose reproductive biology captivated the Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin. The research team has identified, for the first time, the landscape of genes which operate within the primrose’s two different flowering…