DOT Desk: During the last fiscal year of 2017-18, farmers produced a whopping 402,790 metric tons of vegetables. Rajshahi has been recognized as the largest vegetable producer in the country, reports The Dhaka Tribune. This has been possible mainly due to the increase in land-use for vegetable harvesting as well as the increase in vegetable…
DOT Desk: The government has formed 29 committees mainly to monitor implementation of the latest wage structure and labour situation in the country’s different labour-intensive industrial hubs, officials said, reports The Financial Express. They said the committees or teams, each having two members, have also been instructed to make necessary arrangements for mass publicity of…
David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes/ New York Times A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not, for now, taking steps necessary to make a bomb, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign…
DOT Desk: The work to turn the Rose Garden into a museum has not yet started over five months after the government bought the 19th century palace in Old Dhaka. It has witnessed many historic events, including the first major inaugural meeting of the Awami League, reports The Daily Observer. The Department of Archaeology Director…
DOT Desk: Bumper production of bean and its fair price have delighted the farmers of Sadarpur upazila in the district this year. Six unions of the upazila- Krisnapur, Sadarpur, Charbisnupur, Charnachipur, Bhasanchar and Akoterchar- saw bumper production of the winter vegetable, reports The Independent. The growers have been successful in cultivating two new varieties of…
BSS: A massive development of mother and child healthcare services took place in the country over the years. Bangladesh has demonstrated its successes in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-5 by ensuring good health of mothers during and after giving birth to children. Experts concerned said sound health is a basic right of people and a…
Patrick Meney, Agence France-Presse, Tehran/ Hindustan Times Forty years ago Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite spiritual cleric who led Iran’s unfolding Islamic revolution, was welcomed back to Tehran by a jubilant throng after more than 14 years in exile. Forty years ago Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite spiritual cleric who led Iran’s unfolding Islamic revolution,…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has welcomed the criticism of the government from the opposition in the parliament as it is very important in a democratic process, reports The Financial Express. “In the trend of democracy, criticism is very important. So I can assure those who are in opposition in parliament can make criticism…
Tech Explorist: Scientists at the Penn State have developed a new type of Antireflection coating that could potentially improve existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, such as Plexiglas, virtually invisible. The technology is compatible with current manufacturing techniques, thus it has scalable and wide applications. Scientists made this discovery while…
Richard Hurowitz, Investor, writer / The New York Times Anyone who has seen “Casablanca” knows the connection between Portugal and World War II refugees. But few know the story of the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who in 1940 saved tens of thousands of lives only to be punished for this heroism by his…