Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique speaks to DOT : Job security and facilities should be increased to attract more youth towards private jobs in the country. Job security is the major reason for which Bangladesh’s large youth population is leaning towards civil service and other government jobs. Chances are very slim to be sacked from…
Straits Times: Former mayor of San Antonio, Texas and Obama-era Cabinet member Julian Castro is expected on Saturday (Jan 12) to launch his bid to become the nation’s first Hispanic president, scheduling his announcement in a border state central to America’s immigration debate. Castro would become the most high-profile Democrat to date to officially enter…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Police have arrested the truck driver responsible for injuring popular television and film actress Ahona Rahman Lucky following a scuffle with her at Uttara-7 in Dhaka on Wednesday, reports The Daily Star. Law enforcers arrested the helper of the truck, Rumman, 16, from Uttara around 11:00pm yesterday, Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge(OC)…
Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : There is an old saying that says do not ask men of their wage and women, of their age. But the average Bengali person just does the opposite. Not only does he ask of wage and age but of all other personal things which exist under the sun. For…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister’s political advisor HT Imam said the present government has been making constant strides to create a congenial atmosphere in the country so that people of every religion can live and prosper together in Bangladesh, reports BSS. “Everyone will live and prosper together in Bangladesh as ‘religious togetherness’ is the…
Khaled Ahmed/ The Indian Express SAARC holds the key to South Asia’s economic integration. Imran Khan earned a lot of popular support in Pakistan by opening up the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara to Sikh yatris from across the border with India. He talked of “peace and trade” and was hailed by the man in the street….
Science Alert: Scientists have discovered mysterious streaking patterns crossing huge distances in the clouds of Venus. The discovery is giving us new insight into the brutal conditions and climate on the strange planet second closest to the Sun. Based on advanced computer modelling, the team thinks moving air caused by polar jet streams, similar to…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh should focus on resource development as well as ensuring good governance at the institutional level for its graduation to a developed country, economists said, reports The Daily Sun. They also stressed the need for political stability and increase taxation to reduce the income of gap and foster an inclusive economy. United Kingdom-based…
UNB: Farmers across the country are misusing some 800 liters of water in producing each kilogram of paddy. Even though it is possible to produce 1 kg of paddy using 2,500 liters of water, currently they are using 3,300 liters for the same only for lack of awareness of certain techniques that can reduce the…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Germany ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz said the current problem regarding the ready-made garment movement over the new wage disparity should be resolved peacefully. “There must be a peaceful mechanism to resolve these issues,” Fahrenholtz wrote in his twitter account re-twitting a news published by The Daily Star regarding yesterday’s protest…