UNB: The governing body of the 6th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Thursday rescheduled the match timings of the franchise-based league matches with effect from today. As per fresh schedule, the first match will kick-off at 13:30 hours in place of 12:30 hours while the 2nd match will begin at 18:30 hours instead of 17:20…
DOT Desk: In 2018, Bangladesh received the highest number of bodies of its migrant workers from abroad in last 14 years, according to Wage Earners Welfare Board, reports The New Age. At least 3,793 Bangladeshi workers died abroad in the last year mostly due to stroke or heart attack. WEWB deputy director Zahid Anwar told…
UNB: A man, who remained missing since January 4, was found dead in a septic tank at West Madhugram in Chagalnaiya upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 55, a retired army man. MM Murshed, officer-in-charge of Chagalnaiya Police Station, said Abul Kalam went missing on January 4 after his first wife…
DOT Desk: The urban poor are victims of widening health inequalities because of inadequate facilities and inaccessible health service delivery system in urban areas, reports The New Age. The urban poor population is growing rapidly and the health service delivery system is failing to address their vulnerability to different health problems of communicable diseases, non-communicable…
DOT Desk: Police recovered bodies of two unidentified men from the Buringanga River in South Keraniganj area in Dhaka, reports The New Age. Sub-inspector Mohmmad Firoz, said locals spotted body of a man, aged about 35, at Mirerbagh while another man, aged about 45, was found in Farashganjghat area and informed the matter to police….
DOT Desk: The country’s jute sector is passing through a rough time due to a fall in exports, reports The Daily Sun. During the July-December of 2018-19 fiscal year, jute and jute products exporters fetched around $421 million. The export figure is 27 per cent lower than the corresponding period a year ago. If this…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh has decided to lift the ban on import of yarn from Nepal via the Banglabandha land port after nearly 17 years, following repeated requests from the land locked country, reports The Daily Observer. The National Board of Revenue of Bangladesh on December 28, decided to lift the ban on import of acrylic…
DOT Desk: Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, the sole gas utility service provider for Dhaka division, has sought an extension of two years for installation of two lakh prepaid gas meters as the three-year project has expired on December 18, 2018, reports The New Age. Until the expiry of the project for installation of…
DOT Desk: After nearly two decades, flocks of migratory birds from Siberia started coming again to vast water body Nilsagar, a sanctuary for birds, at Dhobadanga village of Sadar upazila this winter, reports The Daily Star. Thanks to the authorities concerned for launching a useful project aiming to create a congenial atmosphere, by providing shelter…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The Awami League has obtained a record percentage of votes in the recent general election that also served BNP its biggest ever defeat, according to official statistics published by the Election Commission. The results cite that AL secured as much as 76.80% of votes in the December 30 election, compared to…