DOT Desk: Stocks failed to stay positive trend at midday on Wednesday as some investors started to book profit after eight days’ gain, reports The Financial Express. Following the previous eight sessions’ 245 points gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher amid rising trading activities. Within first 15…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The United Kingdom has urged the Bangladesh authorities for a full, credible and transparent resolution of all complaints related to the conduct of the December 30 general elections, reports The Daily Star. “While I welcome the participation of all opposition parties in these elections, I am aware of credible accounts of…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has urged the elected BNP lawmakers to accept people’s verdict and take oath. He was addressing media at the Secretariat yesterday when he said, “It will not be wise to reject the verdict made by the general people of Bangladesh. Though they [BNP]…
Noor Majid of DOT India will maintain close relationship with Bangladesh. It will expand its co-operation with the current government and its administration, despite widespread allegation of Election fraud and malpractices in the national elections. Professor Manoj Kumar Mishra, a reknown Indian foreoign policy expert of Hyderabad University said. In this regard he explained some…
BSS: Farmers are happy with production of vegetables and its market price during the current winter season everywhere in the region including its vast Barind tract. At present, local wholesale and retail markets both in rural and urban areas have become abundant with varieties of winter vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, beans, tomato and potato. Production…
DOT Desk: Illegal drug trade continues to be a cause for concern across the country despite intensified crackdowns by law enforcement agencies and prosecution of over seven lakh drug dealers over the last decade, reports The Daily Sun. However, drug traders dodge crackdowns in many cases allegedly with support from a section of law enforcers….
Todd May, Professor of philosophy at Clemson University and the author/Gulf News Our species possesses inherent value, but we are causing unimaginable animal suffering There are stirrings of discussion these days in philosophical circles about the prospect of human extinction. This should not be surprising, given the increasingly threatening predations of climate change. In reflecting…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Jatiya Party will announce tomorrow whether they will remain as the opposition or be part of the government. The party is a key component of Awami League-led 14-Party Grand Alliance that registered a landslide victory in Sunday’s 11th general election. JP Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga said this while addressing journalists…
UNB: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 600 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from Shibnathpur village in Benapole on Wednesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Yanur Rahman, 35, son of Idrish Ali of the village. Acting on a tip-off, a BGB team led by…
UNB: A man was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Patkajor here early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain Rubel, 42, an employee of a cloth store at Alam Market in the area and hailed from Kalkini upazila in Madaripur district. On information, police went to the spot and recovered the body….