BDNews24: The newly-elected MP for the ‘historic’ Sylhet-1 constituency, AK Abdul Momen, visited the residence of his defeated rival for the seat, BNP candidate Khandaker Abdul Muktadir as a goodwill gesture and has vowed to give due importance to Muktadir’s plans for the constituency. Momen went to Muktadir’s residence in Kazi Bazar on Monday around…
DOT Desk: An activist of ruling Awami League (AL), who was injured in an attack allegedly by BNP men at a Rajshahi polling centre on election day, succumbed this morning, reports The Daily Star. With his death, the death toll from polls-violence reached 19. Ismail Hossain, 50, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he…
DOT Desk: The year 2018 saw passing away of prominent celebrities in the realm of art and culture. Below are short profiles of some of the celebrities compiled in order of their time of death. • Independence Award winning sculptor and freedom fighter Ferdousi Priyabhashini died on March 6 aged 71. Priyabhashini was the first…
DOT Desk: Secondary trading of the government’s fixed income securities declined drastically in the outgoing calendar year, according to the latest statistics of the central bank, reports The Financial Express. It showed that the value of the secondary trading of treasury bills and treasury bonds fell to Tk 120.40 billion in January-November period of 2018…
UNB: After a 10-day winter vacation, the academic activities of Comilla University (CoU) will resume on Tuesday. Earlier, the vacation started on December 22 which will end on December 31, said CoU Registrar Dr Md Abu Taher. Along with other batches, the classes of first year honors students will begin on Tuesday, he added.
DOT Desk: Share trading through DSE-mobile app continued to rise as the number of users of the application rose 62 per cent year-on-year in 2018, reports The Financial Express. The number of active users of the DSE mobile application increased to 39,343 as of December 27, the last trading day of the 2018. The number…
DOT Desk: Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Mymensingh division & rest part of Rangpur division and the regions of Tangail, Madaripur, Gopalgonj, Sitakunda, Srimangal, Rajshahi, Naogaon, Khulna, Jashore, Chuadanga and Barishal and it may continue some parts of these areas, said Met office, reports The Daily Sun. The lowest temperature was recorded…
DOT Desk: Classified loans in the agriculture sector increased slightly in the five months to November, notwithstanding close monitoring by the central bank, official said, reports The Financial Express. The amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) lent out to farmers rose by more than 2.0 per cent or Tk 1.08 billion to Tk 51.70 billion during…
DOT Desk: The industries ministry has requested National Board of Revenue to formulate an investment-friendly tax policy for the automobile industry having the potential for growth to encourage domestic production and assembling of motor cars in the country, reports The New Age. In a letter to NBR chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, the ministry on…
DOT Desk: The textbook festival will be celebrated across the country on Tuesday, marking the distribution of free textbooks among the students of schools and madrasa, reports The Financial Express. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will distribute books from Azimpur Government Girls’ School and College field around 9:30am, said senior information officer Arfazur Rahman of…