Tk 8.90b investment plan to revamp Chhatak Cement Co

    DOT Desk: Chhatak Cement Company Limited incurred an accumulated loss of over Tk 3.63 billion in last five fiscal years from 2013-14 to 2017-18 mainly due to gradual erosion in production capacity with old, outdated machinery, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The factory was established in 1937 with an initial annual production capacity of…

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      Tk 6cr road work starts at Hakimpur

      DOT Desk: The construction work of 13.48-kilometre long road at Taka 6.5 crore has been started in Hakimpur Upazila of the district, reports The Daily Observer. Executive Engineer of Local Government Engineering Department in Dinajpur Md Khalilur Rahman said under the construction work, the road will be made pucca from Khattamadhabpur to Mongla border area…

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        Bangladesh four spots up on Democracy Index

        Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Bangladesh has rose four notches up on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, says the Economist Intelligence Unit. That falls in line with the EIU’s finding that Asia recorded the highest improvement in its score out of any region, reports BDnews Bangladesh ranks 88th with an overall score…

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          BNP, Oikyafront can do nothing now: Quader

          Hossen Sohel of DOT No one believes that BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront can do anything after they were defeated both in their movement and the election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader saidyesterday. Quader made the remarks in reply to queries by journalists at the ferry terminal in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj, reports The Daily…

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            Postal Dept loses out to courier services in Cumilla

            DOT Desk: Privately-run courier service providers have become popular in the district in recent times as elsewhere in the country following the apparent failure of government-run Postal Department in providing the people with satisfactory services, reports The Daily Observer. The growing popularity of these courier service providers have resulted in losses incurred by the department…

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              ACC conducts drive at Dhaka Central Jail

              BSS: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday conducted a follow-up drive at Dhaka Central Jail aimed to check corruption and bring discipline there. “If necessary, the Commission will carry out probes into assets of the corrupt elements of the jail,” said ACC director general (admin) Mohammad Munir Chowdhury. The Commission in today’s drive found a comparatively…

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                BAPA conference on Delta Plan 2100 starts Friday

                UNB: A two-day special conference on Delta Plan 2100 is scheduled to start from Friday to inform the people about the long-term strategy and identify its strength and weaknesses. Experts from home and abroad, with representatives of areas covered under the plan will take part in ‘Delta Plan 2100 and sustainable development of Bangladesh’. It…

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                  Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

                  DOT Desk: Different kinds of winter vegetables are being cultivated on 55,554 hectares of land in Sylhet division, reports The Financial Express. The crops include vegetables of all kinds including gourd, sweet gourd, radish, bean, tomato, cucumber, red spinach, pumpkin, cauliflower, cabbage, egg plant and taro etc. Contacted, an official at the divisional office of…

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