Accord’s exit plan this week

    DOT Desk: A government-formed committee will sit next week to finalise the Accord’s transition plan so that it can hand over its responsibilities to the authorities concerned, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The committee, headed by an additional secretary of the labour ministry, comprises representatives from the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments…

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      One held with 5,000 Yaba tablets in Ctg

      BSS: Members of Karnaphuli Thana Police arrested a drug trader with 5,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Moizartek area in the south side of Shah Amanat Bridge under the thana here. The arrested was identified as Abul Hossain, 37, son of Anu Mia, hailed from Savar of Feni District.

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        Jaya to both act and sing for ‘Bini Shutoy’

        DOT Desk: Jaya’s co-lead will be Indian actor Ritwick Chakraborty, who will play the role of Kajal Sarker. Popular actor Jaya Ahsan will be both acting and singing for a new film she has signed up for, after a 10-month hiatus. The film, titled “Bini Shutoy”, will be directed by Indian director Atanu Ghosh, who…

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          Drugs still aplenty despite drive across Bangladesh

          DOT Desk: Illegal drugs are still available in almost all places of the country as a huge quantity of the contraband items are being seized in countrywide anti-drug drives and suspected drug peddlers are being killed and arrested almost every day, reports The New Age. Academics as well as rights activists suggest that the government…

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            New govt prioritises fresh oil, gas exploration

            DOT Desk: The new government is making desperate attempts to explore fresh oil and natural gas in the country’s onshore blocks to maximise the country’s energy outputs, officials said, reports The Daily Star. “We are reviewing the non-prospective wells and dropping those from the plan. Only prospective wells are being considered for drilling,” a top…

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              New ocean governance law soon

              DOT Desk: After coming to power for the fourth time, the Awami Leaque-led Grand Alliance government is going to enact the Bangladesh Marine Zone Act, 2019 to declare and determine maritime zones and suppress piracy, armed robbery, and theft, and make provisions for punishment, reports The Independent. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared a…

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                Villagers guard at night to ward off thieves and robbers

                DOT Desk: People of Chatmohar upazila have been spending sleepless nights patrolling different villages in the upazila with law enforcers for the last one week due to a rise in theft and robberies from the beginning of this month, reports The daily Star. Around 250 villagers of 11 unions in the upazila are guarding 50…

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                  1 killed in Mirpur gas cylinder blast

                  DOT Desk: A balloon vendor was killed and around seven to ten students were injured as a gas cylinder exploded at a school premises in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, reports The Daily Star. The incident took place around 7:45am when the vendor was pumping helium balloons for decorating the Dhaka Shikkha Board Laboratory School and College…

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