Hossen Sohel of DOT Three people have died in Cox’s Bazar during alleged shootouts with police and the Rapid Action Battalion early yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. The “gun battles” took place at Khurer Mukh in Teknaf’s Sabrang Union and Matarbari of Moheshkhali, according to law-enforcing officials. Of those killed during the late night raids, two were…
DOT Desk: Despite a ban, locally designed Nasimon, Korimon, Bhatbhati and CNG-run auto-rickshaws are plying on different busy highways across the country, including on Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways, causing road crashes and casualties, reports The Daily Sun. On Wednesday, seven people, including six members of a family, were killed when a truck rammed a…
DOT Desk: Jute worth Tk one crore was gutted in a fire at Sirajganj National Jute Mill in Raipur area of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, reports The Daily Star. A four-member probe committee, headed by Production Manager Rafikul Islam of the mill, has been formed to find out the reason behind the fire, said Md Aminul…
DOT Desk: Elaborate plans and projects that can reduce pollution in Bangladesh. This is the second part of a four-part series on greening the RMG sector, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Although buyer pressure remains one of the key motivators for RMG industry greening – the government’s role in promoting cleaner production remains significant – especially…
BSS: Cross-section of village people including professional leaders, students, youths and adults both male and female expressed their commitment of freeing their respective localities from terrorism and militancy. They also raised voice and took oath of grooming all the juveniles and adolescents as worthy citizens so that none can get any scope of becoming terrorists…
DOT Desk: The plot of this pala is set against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement of British India during 1942, reports The Dhaka Tribine. Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi is set to stage the second installment of their first jatrapala, titled “Biallisher Biplob”, at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. With an aspiration to…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The new government in Bangladesh is going to legalise electric vehicles, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority or BRTA has drafted guidelines on the electric vehicles stipulating registration, fitness certificate and tax token mandatory for these. The electric vehicles have been running on the roads despite having no permission in a…
DOT Desk: Newborns and the elderly are increasingly suffering from respiratory diseases, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Lokman Hossain, a student waiting for a bus at Tangail’s Elenga bus stop, while dusting sand particles from his clothes, expressed his anger and concern about the severe air pollution in the area. The situation is the same for…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Settling the factional feud in Tabligh Jamaat, the government has yesterday said that Biswa Ijtema, the second biggest congregation of Muslims, will be held next month. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal announced the development after a meeting with two groups of the Tabligh Jamaat at the secretariat in Dhaka, reports…
Arab News: Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the US-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north. History’s first Latin American pope, the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina,…