DOT Desk: Export of plastic products has risen significantly in the 2018–19 financial year (July-November) thanks to the availability of raw materials at a cheaper rate, production of quality products, a robust government policy framework, enhanced manufacturing efficiency, and export of products to new and untapped countries, say industry insiders, reports The Independent. According to…
Waliur Rahman speaks to DOT In the year 2050, Bangladesh’s income per capita will be almost twenty thousand dollars. We will become the 30th economy in the world. The country’s economy will balloon to 3.3 trillion dollars – a thirteen-fold increase! Awami League will maintain the trend of development. Everything is written in its manifesto….
DOT Desk: An alleged drug dealer was killed in a gunfight with the members of police in Monagram village in Cumilla Sadar upazila, reports The Daily Observer. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 25, son of Jahangir Alam, a resident of Jormeher village of the upazila. Saiful was accused in five smuggling cases, said…
UNB: A lion-hearted young man returned home alive after fighting with a Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans. The 30-year-old named Masum, son of Abdul Jalil of Uttor Rajapur village in the upazila, was admitted to Sharankhola upazila health complex with the tiger’s paw marks all over his body. Masum’s brother Zahidul Haoladar said he…
Ramzy Baroud/Middle East Monitor “A historic mistake” is how Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu responded to calls for early elections last November. A few weeks later, he spoke, in exaggerated confidence of the “unanimous” agreement of his right-wing coalition that early elections must be held next April. So why the change of heart? Netanyahu may…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The High Court has ordered the government to immediately admit Barrister Mainul Hosein, arrested in a a number of cases, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment. The HC bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir Lytton passed the order yesterday after Mainul’s wife Saju…
CCM: Google’s forthcoming Fuchsia universal operating system for tablets, PCs, smartphones, and tablets will be able to run Android apps when it is finally released, according to an Engadget report. Fuchsia OS has been under development for well over two years, but unlike Google’s Android (or its Chrome OS) it is not based on the…
UNB: Bangladeshi brand Walton wants to sell two million units of fridges in the local market this year. The company claims to have sold 1.5 million units in 2018. Walton holds nearly 75 percent share in the local fridge market, its officials said. Uday Hakim, deputy executive director of Walton Group, said he was optimistic…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is set to become the prime minister of the nation for a fourth consecutive term following her third-time-in-a-row unanimous reelection as leader of the AL Parliamentary Party yesterday. “The daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, who is the celebrated…
DOT Desk: Most of the franchises of Bangladesh Premier League started their preparations for the sixth edition of the tournament in full swing on Wednesday and were waiting for their foreign players and coaching staff to join soon to give it a momentum, reports The New Age. Apart from reigning champions Rangpur Riders and Khulna…