DOT Desk: Container handling at the Chattogram port posted a year-on-year growth of 8.88 percent in 2018, reports The Daily Sun. The country’s premier seaport also posted a 12.98 percent year-on-year growth in overall cargo handling in the immediate past calendar year. Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) officials said round-the-clock services delivered by the port and…
John Mcwhorter, teaches linguistics at Columbia University/The Atlantic They suggest not just inadequate manners or polish, but inadequate thought. The president of the United States has many faults, but let’s not ignore this one: He cannot write sentences. If a tree falls in a forrest and no one is there to hear it … wait:…
Channel News Asia: The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels are causing major changes in global politics, a special commission said in a report Friday (Jan 11). The shift “will alter the global distribution of power, relations between states, the risk of conflict, and the social, economic and environmental…
DOT Desk: A photo of a man taking yaba in Barishal DB office went viral yesterday, drawing criticism from different quarters., reports The Daily Star. Nasiruddin Mallik, assistant commissioner of Detective Branch of Barishal Metropolitan Police, said acting on a tip-off, the DB police detained Moudud Karim, of Barishal Sadar upazila, on Thursday night from…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Readymade garment workers have been staging demonstrations in Ashulia of Savar and the capital city for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday demanding cancellation of the ‘discriminatory wage board’ announced by the government, reports Prothom Alo. The workers of around 30 readymade garment factories of Ashulia blocked the Abdullapur-Bypass road several…
DOT Desk: A suspected robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Ujanchar Beelpar area in Bajitpur Upazila of Kishoreganj district, reports The Financial Express. Police named the deceased as Arshaf Uddin, 30, son of Bachchu Mia, from Bhairab Upazila’s Manikdi area. He is accused in several robbery cases, report UNB. A police…
Amarta Chowdhury writes for DOT On 2015 several rebels from Myanmar ambushed a Border Guard Bangladesh unit near the remote, jungle clad village of Boro Modok, Bandarban. Ongoing clash left several wounded from the both sides. While cross border activities of rebel groups originating from Myanmar is no new incident in Chittagong Hill Tracts region,…
DOT Desk: Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin, reports The Financial Express. Adapting to adverse situations, many of the char people are achieving self-reliance through various income-generating activities to improve livelihoods and lead better…
Raj Ahmed of DOT BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party is unwilling to hold talks with the opposition because it is unable to come up with an answer for the ‘fake votes’ cast in the general election. He made the remarks at a press conference yesterday in…
DOT Desk: Prices of rice and red lentil rose by Tk 8 and Tk 10 a kilogram in the city markets as the prices of the daily essentials kept rising after the December 30 general election, reports The New Age. Retailers blamed rice millers and wholesalers for the continued price hike. Consumers alleged that despite…