DOT Desk: Financial Institutions Division at a meeting expressed disappointment over a slow recovery of the bad and written-off loans by scam-hit state-owned banks, reports The New Age. The meeting evaluated indicators-based performance achieved by the banks in the first six-month (July-December) of the fiscal 2018-19.FID secretary Asadul Islam presided over the meeting held at…
Abdul Qayum, Savar correspondent A human chain was formed in Ashulia yesterday calling for protecting the land of small-time business owners and shopkeepers. At least a hundred people joined the demonstration, which was held at a local street in the Beron area during the afternoon. One of the protestors, a shopkeeper named Islam Hossain, alleged…
DOT Desk: Prices of soybean oil and potato declined in the city markets last week bringing some relief for the consumers who are already battered with rising costs of rice, meat and fish, reports The Financial Express. However, broiler chicken prices witnessed a hike by Tk 5.0 per kilogram (kg) during the period. This was…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : The Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2019, the country’s largest month-long book fair, commenced yesterday at Bangla Academy premises and the adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Dhaka, reported The Daily Star.With a record number of 499 publishers participating, this year’s fair is said to “be bigger than ever before in…
Dr. Salehuddin Ahmedwrites for DOT : Rural development has varied dimensions, orientations and approaches. It also varies from country to country and from time to time. Rural development is often defined as the overall balance and proportionate wellbeing of rural people. How it works and the approach it takes, is determined and influenced by many…
Ambassador Wali-ur Rahman speaks to DOT : There is no boundary line in political and economical relationship between European Union and Britain, said Ambassador Wali-ur Rahman. “The political declaration of UK to get out of Brexit lays the basis for a close and enduring future relationship between the UK and the EU. Both sides have…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Another rape suspect was found dead in Jhalakathi with a note around his neck yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. He was identified as Rakib Hasan, one of the men accused of gang-raping a madrasa student in a case filed with police in Bhandaria. Rakib is the second person accused in the case to…
The Guardian, UK: The extradition hearing for Hakeem al-Araibi has been forwarded to the Thai courts as advocates call for Fifa and the International Olympic Committee to threaten sanctions against Thailand and Bahrain, including suspending their memberships, over the continued detention of al-Araibi. On Friday Nadthasiri Bergman, al-Araibi’s lawyer, said prosecutors had submitted an official…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The Jatiya Oikya Front has sent a letter to Gono Bhaban clearing its stance that they would not join the tea party at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A three-member delegation of the alliance went to the prime minister’s official residence to hand over the letter to a staff…
Abrar Hussain of DOT At least three students have died and scores are trapped in rubble after a walkway collapsed at a school near Johannesburg in South Africa, officials have confirmed. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng province, gave details of the incident on Twitter shortly after the collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek high…