DOT Desk: Agrani Bank has sought sovereign guarantee worth Tk 20 billion to maintain its required risk-based capital adequacy, officials have said. In a recent letter to the Ministry of Finance, the state-run bank said it has adequate liquid money, thus it does not need cash from the government, reports The Financial Express. As taking…
BSS: Farmers along with field level agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers are now expecting bumper production of chickpea commonly known as ‘chhola’ or ‘boot’ in the region including its vast Barind tract. According to the sources concerned, the prediction has become surfaced amidst suitable climate and topographical condition for the cash crop farming. Department…
DOT Desk: Having wrapped up the shooting and dubbing of his upcoming film, Shahenshah, Dhalliwood superstar Shakib Khan is excited for its release. In the film, he will be seen romancing actor Nusrat Faria. This is the first time that the two actors will be seen together on the silver screen. Some segments of the…
The Netherlands and you How you see the role of men and women at work and at home has become an integral element of contemporary political conflict. Until recently, most of the attention has been focused on partisan evaluations of problems confronting women. A 2017 Pew Research report found, for example, that by nearly 3…
DOT Desk: The Shishu Park at Shahbag, the lone public sector children’s amusement park in the capital, was closed for a year due to modernisation activities, causing the visitors to turn back in disappointment, reports The New Age. The entry of the park was made off-limits to visitors from first week of January 2018, since…
BSS: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has taken an initiative of implementing a road network project involving around Taka 3,000 crore aims at lessening the gradually mounting pressure on the existing roads. In the metropolis, population density has gradually been increasing with influx of huge city-bound people and multiplication of high-rise buildings day by day. Taking…
DOT Desk: The 17th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival has ended in city. The closing ceremony was held at the Main Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbagh. KM Khaled, State Minister of Cultural Affairs and Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs and also chief patron of the festival were present at the…
Timesnownews: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said that the world body has not received requests from other countries to initiate a criminal investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Guterres said that he himself does not have the power to launch any criminal probe unless the Security Council provides a mandate…
Sky News: A pot washer has been awarded $21m (£16.3m) for being forced to work on Sundays. Marie Jean Pierre was fired in March 2016 from the Conrad Miami Hotel for missing work on six Sundays so she could attend Bethel Baptist Church in Miami. The 60-year-old, originally from Haiti, had worked at the hotel…
Science Alert: Sometimes we don’t know what’s weirder: nature’s strange creations or the ridiculous names we humans give them. That is certainly the case with the Sarcastic Fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi). If you happen to spy one skulking away in whatever shell, rocky crevice or piece of rubbish they can find, they’re typically seen as a…