Learn from polls-time mistakes: CEC to EC

    Hossen Sohel of DOT Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday asked the election officials to take lessons from the polls-time mistakes and be prepared for the upcoming upazila elections, reports The Daily Star. The CEC asked the concerned officials to identify the mistakes of using the electronic voting machines (EVM) in the 2018 Jatiya Sangsad…

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      Highest number of B’deshis legalised in UAE

      DOT Desk: Among foreign workers, highest number of Bangladeshis were legalized in the United Arab Emirates, foreign ministry officials, reports The New Age. Out of 1,00,000 expatriates who were legalized during a recent amnesty, 60,000 were Bangladeshis, foreign office director general Md Nazrul Islam told New Age on the sidelines of a Sensitization Workshop on…

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        Cox’s Bazar youths on demo for jobs

        DOT Desk: A group of local young people went on demonstration in front of Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner’s office seeking administrative initiatives for securing their jobs, reports The New Age. Participants shout ‘want jobs, want rights’ slogans during the demonstration, which was organised by local NGOs. Ukhiya Odikar Bastabayan Parishad convener Safique Azad presided over…

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          Jute goods glitter at Dhaka International Trade Fair

          UNB: Jute-made products are turning heads at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). Pavilions showcasing them are attracting people, from the young to the old, with their colourful designs and diversity. The array of products includes bags, purses, folders, tablemats, prayer mats, doormats, rugs, and room dividers, among others. The huge, albeit unanticipated, number of…

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