Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has expressed his resentment after finding a majority of teachers missing during surprise inspections at several Chattogram schools yesterday. The ACC chief went to three educational institutions in the port city upon receiving reports that teachers were absent, according to ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake greatly highly lauded Bangladesh’s achievements and “amazing” development stories saying the UK will remain a partner in Bangladesh’s development journey. “I congratulated the Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina) on Bangladesh’s achievements and the amazing development stories,” she said. Before making the comments, she sat with…
Abrar Ahmed of DOT The High Court has directed government authorities to ensure status quo on the earth filling and encroachment in water bodies and khash land being done by at least 24 housing companies near Purbachal. The court also directed the authorities to submit a report after complying with the order in two months….
DOT Desk: The country’s first Bicycle sharing service, Jobike, has started its operation in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus in Sylhet, reports The Financial Express. The service was first launched in the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar in last year. Apart from Cox’s Bazar, the service has already been launched commercially in…
DOT Desk: Barisal city and Jhenaidah town have welcomed the winter season with much festivity at the end of Bangla month Poush amid cold waves, reports The Dhaka Tribune. A three-day-long Poush Mela, a fair welcoming the winter, was held at the Jagadish Saraswat Girls’ High School playground in Barisal city between Friday and Sunday….
Uri Friedman/ The Atlantic The Trump administration’s concerted diplomatic effort did not originate on Twitter. It didn’t begin with a tweet.Donald Trump’s decision this week to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader as the nation’s legitimate president is surprising on many levels. But one of them is that it didn’t arrive as a bolt from the president’s…
BDnews24: The trial in the murder case of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria has been dragging on for the 14 years. The families of the deceased, as well as those injured in the same incident, have expressed frustration over the delay in justice. Kibria was killed in a grenade attack following a rally after…
DOT Desk: Megacity Dhaka is getting rid of the load-shedding crisis as its residents are now having uninterrupted power supply for the government steps towards bringing the country under 100 percent electricity coverage by 2021, reports The Daily Sun. “There is no load-shedding in capital Dhaka now as dwellers are hardly facing any disruption of…
Getbengal Information Desk/ Get Bengal Here is a new controversy about Netaji Subhas Bose’s death, following a claim made by Indian born French historian, Jean-Baptiste Prashant. He claims Netaji did not die in any air crash because an old French secret service report dated December 11, 1947 found at the National Archives of France says…
Shahriar Bin Wares writes for DOT Tea – one of the most profitable plants in Bangladesh – its growth is not a new phenomenon. Bangladesh produced 85 million kilograms of tea in 2016, which might be considered as the highest in the country’s history. According to a study report conducted by ILO published in 2016…