DOT Desk: A photo of a man taking yaba in Barishal DB office went viral yesterday, drawing criticism from different quarters., reports The Daily Star. Nasiruddin Mallik, assistant commissioner of Detective Branch of Barishal Metropolitan Police, said acting on a tip-off, the DB police detained Moudud Karim, of Barishal Sadar upazila, on Thursday night from…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Readymade garment workers have been staging demonstrations in Ashulia of Savar and the capital city for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday demanding cancellation of the ‘discriminatory wage board’ announced by the government, reports Prothom Alo. The workers of around 30 readymade garment factories of Ashulia blocked the Abdullapur-Bypass road several…
DOT Desk: A suspected robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Ujanchar Beelpar area in Bajitpur Upazila of Kishoreganj district, reports The Financial Express. Police named the deceased as Arshaf Uddin, 30, son of Bachchu Mia, from Bhairab Upazila’s Manikdi area. He is accused in several robbery cases, report UNB. A police…
Amarta Chowdhury writes for DOT On 2015 several rebels from Myanmar ambushed a Border Guard Bangladesh unit near the remote, jungle clad village of Boro Modok, Bandarban. Ongoing clash left several wounded from the both sides. While cross border activities of rebel groups originating from Myanmar is no new incident in Chittagong Hill Tracts region,…
DOT Desk: Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin, reports The Financial Express. Adapting to adverse situations, many of the char people are achieving self-reliance through various income-generating activities to improve livelihoods and lead better…
Raj Ahmed of DOT BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party is unwilling to hold talks with the opposition because it is unable to come up with an answer for the ‘fake votes’ cast in the general election. He made the remarks at a press conference yesterday in…
DOT Desk: Prices of rice and red lentil rose by Tk 8 and Tk 10 a kilogram in the city markets as the prices of the daily essentials kept rising after the December 30 general election, reports The New Age. Retailers blamed rice millers and wholesalers for the continued price hike. Consumers alleged that despite…
BBC: A British hacker whose cyberattacks took the nation of Liberia offline has been jailed for almost three years. Daniel Kaye launched a series of attacks on Liberian cell phone operator Lonestar in October 2015, which became so powerful they knocked out the west African country’s internet the following year. Kaye, 30, had been…
DOT Desk: More than 50 students of Silver Jubilee Government Primary School in Kumarpara area of Rajshahi city were given free tiffin boxes to encourage them to avail institutional learning, reports The New Age. Professional Social Workers Foundation donated the boxes with financial support from Eleven Star Social Services Group in Luxmipur of Rajshahi on…
DOT Desk: The week-long ‘Madhu Mela’, an annual festival marking the birth anniversary of the pioneer of Bengali sonnets poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta, will begin at his birth place in Sagardari of Keshabpur upazila on January 22, reports The Daily Sun. Marking the poet’s 195th birth anniversary, the festival will feature discussions, exhibition and cultural…