NDTV: An island in United States’ California is offering a whopping salary of $130,000, split between two people, to look after a historic lighthouse-turned-inn, the media reported. The East Brother Light Station is located in the San Pablo Bay, part of the larger San Francisco Bay, CNN reported on Tuesday. The lighthouse, that dates back…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh will seek Australian cooperation in exploring natural gas, coal and other sectors during a trade conference in Sydney in April, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The Bangladesh embassy in Canberra has informed commerce ministry of an ‘Australia-Bangladesh Trade Conference 2019’ from April 16 to 18 in the Australian financial capital of…
Sky News: One of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s trusted hitmen kept a soundproof “murder room” with a drain to speed up messy executions, jurors have been told. Edgar Galvan, a witness in Guzman’s trial, said Jose Antonio “Jaguar” Marrufo’s slaughterhouse was “where he killed people”, the New York Post reported. Galvan said:…
DOT Desk: Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said loans written-off since its inception will be reviewed to know the reasons why those cannot be recovered, reports The New Age. A strong committee to be appointed to verify pros and cons of the loan written-off process and lapses, if any, by the government officials for recovering…
Andrew Salmon/ Asia Times South Korean president upbeat on imminent North Korea-US summit, combative toward Japan and bullish on innovation and high technology investments South Korean president Moon Jae-in predicted that following Kim Jong Un’s visit to China this week, a second US-North Korea summit is imminent, and he expects more concrete outcomes from that…
Nancy Lee, Researcher and project officer, University of Sydney/ The Conversation, Australia The restaurants that tend to win awards in Australia are predominantly run by white owners serving European food. Why don’t people of colour get the same attention in the kitchen? Another year, another list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. And another round…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A joint meeting of Awami League Central Executive Committee and Advisory Council will be held on Saturday, reports banglanews24.com. The meeting will be held at 3pm at Awami League central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital city, said a press release received yesterday. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh…
BSS: Health experts underscored the need for making the National Vitamin A plus Campaign (second round-2018) scheduled to be observed on January 19 a total success. Vitamin-A is crucial to preventing childhood blindness and reducing child mortality. During the keynote presentation Dr Abu Kawsar Soman, gave an overview of the meeting and aspects of vitamin-A…
DOT Desk: The government will initiate a new bidding round soon for offshore and onshore oil and gas blocks in the Bay of Bengal, officials said, reports The Daily Star. “We wanted to invite the bid at the end of 2018, but the process was delayed due to the national election. We are hopeful of…
John Gapper/ Financial Times Setback marks end of golden age when speed of innovation provided obsolescence As Joni Mitchell sang in “Big Yellow Taxi”: “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” Apple knows it now, from the abrupt fall in its share price last week as it…