500 blankets distributed among cold-hit people in Rangpur

    BSS: Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today distributed 500 blankets among cold-hit poor and distressed people at a ceremony on RCCI Public School and College ground here. The RCCI with the assistance of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) distributed the blankets among the cold-stricken people to mitigate their sufferings under their…

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      Raising credit to pvt sector BB’s prime challenge

      Monirul Alam of DOT The prime challenge of Bangladesh Bank’s monetary policy is to increase credit flow to the private sector during the remaining periods of current financial year (FY), from January to June 2019, insiders observed yesterday. This challenge emerged out of the sluggish credit growth to private sector — 5.65 percent of six…

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        Prisoners and prison cell conditions in Bangladesh

        Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT All present there are 80 prison cells in Bangladesh. Among them, there are 4 central jails, 30 district prisons, 27 sub-jails and 16 thana jails. About fifty thousand prisoners are accommodated in these jails but in reality the number is over one lac. All prisoners are not guilty…

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          DNCC mayoral by-polls Feb 28

          Arafat Hasan of DOT :  The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls, reported The Daily Star. After a meeting at the Nirbachan Bhaban yesterday evening, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced that the election schedule will commence from February 28. Elections to the councilor posts in the…

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            Musician Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passes away

            Hossen Sohel of DOT :  Noted musician and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away at the age of 63 at his Aftabnagar residence in Dhaka this morning. He was taken to Universal Medical College and Hospital around 6:15am, where the doctors, after necessary tests, declared him dead, Dr Ashis Chakraborti, managing director of the…

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              Netaji’s place in our history

              Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT :  Seventy three years after he died or went missing, in the corporeal sense of the meaning, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose continues to exert tremendous influence on Bengali lives. It is therefore only natural that we go back to him and try to understand the man and the politics…

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