BDNews24: The BD Investment Development Authority or BIDA said the Saudi Commerce Ministry has informed Dhaka about the visit of the delegation tentatively on Feb 10-11. The delegation will be led by the Minister of Commerce and Investment and the Minister for Economic and Planning. Relationships between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh took a new turn…
DOT Desk: A food court in the capital Sunday fined Pran Agro Ltd Tk 200,000 for providing false and misleading information to consumers to sale its olive pickle. The court of special metropolitan magistrate Mehedi Pavel Sweet slapped the fine after dismissing Pran’s appeal, reports The New Age. The court found that to market the…
DOT Desk: Pixmama, a digital content marketplace for photography has recognized the winners of a photo upload contest. Regarded as the first digital archive for photographs representing the skills of Bangladeshi photographers from different eras and the overall socio-political history of Bangladesh, Pixmama aims to encourage the growing photographers’ community and develop a hub for…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Myanmar has been renovating the barbed-wire fences on Tambru canal along Bangladesh border, reports banglanews24.com. The workers were seen installing many pylons to erect barbed-wire fences on the canal along Tambru border, which could cause water-logging during the next monsoon season. Rohingyas who are staying at a makeshift camp located on…
Dot Desk: With ample production accompanied by favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input, cauliflower farmers are getting satisfactory market price in this peak time in Joypurhat district, reports The Financial Express. During the period last year, they were severely frustrated as they had to sell each dozen of cauliflower average Tk 55…
Banglanews24: The first meeting of the new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be held on January 21. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told Banglanews that the meeting is scheduled to be held at Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Some 31 new faces have been included into the 47-member…
DOT Desk: Against the backdrop of mugging and hijacks, members of law enforcement agencies including detectives and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have launched massive hunt for criminals at different parts of the capital and its outskirts, reports The Daily Sun. As part of the move, members of RAB-2 on Saturday night have managed to nab…
Syed Zafar Mehdi/Tehran Times Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging. The main opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) led by Khaleda Zia slammed the election results as “farcical”, amid clashes between rival supporters that killed…
DOT Desk: Rifat Mehedi of banglanews24.com and Mohammad Rony Khan of jagonews.com have been declared as president and general secretary respectively of Gono Bishwabidyalay Journalists’ Association for one year. The university exam controller Mir Murtaza Ali announced the new executive committee at IQAC conference room on Sunday, said a GBJA press release. The university acting vice-chancellor…
DOT Desk: Islamic University in Kushtia has made Mossamat Salma Sultana the new chairman of English department at the university, reports The New AGe. A charge handing-over ceremony was held at Rabindra-Nazrul Kala Bhaban on the campus on Sunday where the university vice-chancellor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari was present as the chief guest. Pro-vice-chancellor M Shahinoor Rahman,…