Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Myanmar’s government says it has ordered the military to “crush” rebels in the Rakhine state, after raids by insurgents killed 13 police officers earlier this month. The UN says fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army forced about 5,000 people from their homes in the state in the past month,…
DOT Desk: All value added taxes and supplementary duties imposed against every SIM card replacement through the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service have been withdrawn, reports The Daily Observer. The Internal Resources Division of the Finance Ministry published a gazette notification on Monday exempting the MNP services from all taxes on several conditions. The MNP…
Arab News: The UN’s World Food Programme said on Tuesday that it delivered food and food vouchers to more than 9.5 million hungry people in Yemen in December, just shy of its 10 million monthly target due to insecurity in the country threatened by famine. “We were hoping to arrive at 10 million. We…
DOT Desk: Police recovered the slaughtered body of a woman from her house in Dighirpar area in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka, reports The Daily Observer. Deceased Parul Aktar, 38, was the wife of Akkas Fakir. Nawabganj Police Station OC Mostafa Kamal said Parul’s son Parvez found the blood-stained body of his mother in her room…
Hossen Sohel of DOT State Minister for Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the government is committed to the overall development of the shipping sector, reports UNB. “We are also committed to providing all the facilities for the welfare of the sailors,” said the state minister. The newly appointed minister came up pledges at…
Ammar Kalia, Guardian journalist and holder of a Scott Trust bursary/ The Guardian, UK The author’s achievements are considerable – but it’s her talent that matters, not her age When 27-year-old novelist Sally Rooney became the youngest-ever winner of the Costa Book Prize last week, it was to deafening cheers of critical acclaim that have…
DOT Desk: The government has approved multiple power projects near hilsa sanctuaries in Patuakhali coastal area, posing a threat to the breeding and nurturing of the national fish, reports The Daily Star. Experts fear that hilsa production may sharply decline due to the environmental consequences of three under-construction coal-fired plants, each having the capacity to…
The Telegraph: This is a children’s film, a children’s film and a children’s film,” says Sandip Ray emphatically. And then appends after a pause, “…which adults too can watch.” The director is talking about the film, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, that was directed by his father, Satyajit Ray. It turns 50 this year. That Goopy…
DOT Desk: Dinajpur’s Hili, for the last few days,has been enduring extreme weather – more specifically,enduring relentless cold waves and dense fog formations in the area.This has resulted in a sharp decrease in the already cold temperature, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Due to these adverse weather conditions, Boro seedbeds are suffering from winter-related disease. from…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh officials appeared to have backtracked this week from filing a case to claim damage of reserve heist against US Federal Reserve Bank of New York (US Fed) considering insufficient evidences. The case has to be lodged with ‘Inform Commercial Court’ under local laws in the USA. As per the law,…