BDnews24: Hasina made the appointment on her own authority as prime minister, a circular from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Tuesday. Joy’s appointment is part-time and he will not take salary for the job, according to the circular. He will work on orders and advice of the prime minister. The Awami League has earned…
DOT Desk: Hospitals in Dhaka and other parts of the country have been struggling to deal with a surging number of patients with cold-related diseases as a moderate cold wave is sweeping over some regions of the country, reports The New Age. Dhaka Shishu Hospital is referring patients to other hospitals as it is struggling…
AFP: Seoul crossed out a reference to nuclear-armed North Korea as its enemy in a defence white paper published Tuesday (Jan 15), amid rapidly warming ties despite stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, placing a heavily fortified border across the peninsula…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Myanmar’s government says it has ordered the military to “crush” rebels in the Rakhine state, after raids by insurgents killed 13 police officers earlier this month. The UN says fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army forced about 5,000 people from their homes in the state in the past month,…
DOT Desk: All value added taxes and supplementary duties imposed against every SIM card replacement through the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service have been withdrawn, reports The Daily Observer. The Internal Resources Division of the Finance Ministry published a gazette notification on Monday exempting the MNP services from all taxes on several conditions. The MNP…
Arab News: The UN’s World Food Programme said on Tuesday that it delivered food and food vouchers to more than 9.5 million hungry people in Yemen in December, just shy of its 10 million monthly target due to insecurity in the country threatened by famine. “We were hoping to arrive at 10 million. We…
DOT Desk: Police recovered the slaughtered body of a woman from her house in Dighirpar area in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka, reports The Daily Observer. Deceased Parul Aktar, 38, was the wife of Akkas Fakir. Nawabganj Police Station OC Mostafa Kamal said Parul’s son Parvez found the blood-stained body of his mother in her room…
Hossen Sohel of DOT State Minister for Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the government is committed to the overall development of the shipping sector, reports UNB. “We are also committed to providing all the facilities for the welfare of the sailors,” said the state minister. The newly appointed minister came up pledges at…
Ammar Kalia, Guardian journalist and holder of a Scott Trust bursary/ The Guardian, UK The author’s achievements are considerable – but it’s her talent that matters, not her age When 27-year-old novelist Sally Rooney became the youngest-ever winner of the Costa Book Prize last week, it was to deafening cheers of critical acclaim that have…
DOT Desk: The government has approved multiple power projects near hilsa sanctuaries in Patuakhali coastal area, posing a threat to the breeding and nurturing of the national fish, reports The Daily Star. Experts fear that hilsa production may sharply decline due to the environmental consequences of three under-construction coal-fired plants, each having the capacity to…