UNB: The vitamin A plus campaign slated for Saturday (Jan 19) has been postponed for ‘unavoidable’ reasons, said the Institute of Public Health Nutrition in a press release. The government put the campaign on hold as it had reports of the capsules get glued with one another in the packets. Asked, an official wishing anonymity…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The search for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna river, and the sunken trawler resumed yesterday for the 3rd day, reports UNB. Members of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Fire Service, River Police and Bangladesh Coast Guard are trying to locate the…
AP: Another Saudi woman has turned to social media for protection from her father, just days after Canada granted refuge to Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi who fled her family. Identified only as Nojoud al-Mandeel on Twitter, her case differs from that of al-Qunun. She has not fled the kingdom, has not revealed her face…
Arab News: At least 40 people have died and more than 1,000 have tested positive for swine flu since the beginning of this year in a western Indian state popular with foreigners, authorities said Friday. Last year around 1,100 people died and 15,000 were infected across India by the highly contagious A H1N1 virus that…
DOT Desk: Fire broke out at a warehousing facility in Chattogram city’s Pahartoli area this afternoon, reports The Daily Star. The fire broke out at Victoria Jute Mill, a decades old facility which is currently in use as a warehouse for various companies, around 4:30pm, reports our local staff correspondent. The fire quickly spread out to…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh Bank (BB) has opened suppliers’ credit with repayment facility upto 360 day for local pharmaceuticals product manufacturers and exporters. A circular to this effect has been served on Thursday by the central bank’s Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on All Authorized Dealers of Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh asking for necessary…
Ambassador Mufleh R. Osmany speaks to DOT Theresa May is going to meet MPs to try to find a way forward for Brexit, after her slim victory in the no-confidence vote. The PM saw off a bid to remove her government from power by 325 to 306 votes, the day after her plan for leaving…
BSS: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday alleged that Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has been echoing with the voices of BNP-Jamaat through releasing fabricated report without being observers in the last general election. “There was no observer from TIB in the last general election. Those who had worked as observers in the election gave their…
AFP: A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on Friday (Jan 18), Japanese scientists said. A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a “shooting stars…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission has planned to set up permanent offices in at least 100 countries around the world in order to enlist expatriate Bangladeshis as voters, reported Dhaka Tribune. The decision came at a recent meeting of the EC’s National Identity Wing, with plans to send teams abroad for a feasibility…