Banglanews24: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) wrote letter to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with an urge to take action against 23 officials of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The letter signed by Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, ACC Secretary (additional assignment), has been sent to the ministry on Wednesday (Jan 23). According to a copy…
DOT Desk: An ancient statue of Hindu deity Shiv was recovered from a pond in Badiakhali village under Sadar upazila, reports The Daily Star. Quoting locals, police said one Al-Amin, son of Abdus Samad of Badiakhali, went to a nearby pond for taking bath and saw a stone statue. He took it to his house…
Desk Report: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday warned of taking legal actions if any official of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is found responsible for tarnishing its image, reports The Daily Star. “I want a corruption-free BRTA,” Obaidul Quader said while exchanging views at a meeting with the BRTA officials at its…
DOT Desk: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has undertaken another project to expand the runway of Cox’s Bazar Airport with an aim to operate international flights and fully-loaded wide-body aircraft, reports The Financial Express. A CAAB official said the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in November last year approved a revised…
ChannelNewsAsia: The Indones-ian government has cancelled the early release of radical Muslim cleric and terror convict Abu Bakar Bashir as he has not met certain conditions for parole, the state palace announced on Tuesday (Jan 22). Among the conditions for early release mentioned by presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko were cooperating with law enforcers in…
UNB: Accusing Awami League of destroying the country’s election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration. “Awami League has become the mass enemy of people by staging a mockery in the name of an election. They’ve got…
DOT Desk: A unit of water will now cost domestic consumers Tk9.92. Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) has increased its water tariff by 5%, in effect since January this year, reports The Dhaka Tribune. The decision was taken during CWasa’s 50th board meeting held on January 10. Due to the tariff hike, domestic…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladesh expects Netherlands to come forward to support it to implement the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, says Bangladesh Ambassador in The Hague, reports UNB. Bangladesh also sought Dutch support for implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to be a partner of development through implementation of Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, which…
DOT Desk: Honey extracted from mustard flowers is also a natural antibiotic, which keeps it in great demand among pharmaceutical companies and other buyers Establishing of bee boxes across mustard fields has benefitted farmers in the district immensely, adding a source of revenue for them, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Many students have taken up honey…
DOT Desk: State-owned train maker of Indonesia PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka) sent on Sunday 15 train cars to Bangladesh, a portion of 250 train cars to be exported to the country this year after the company exported 200 train cars to the country in 2006 and 2016., reports The Independent. Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto…