DOT Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding president of Bangladesh, on the occasion of his Homecoming Day, reports New Age. She paid the tributes by placing wreaths at the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city. The prime…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission will announce the election schedule for the 50 reserved seats for women in the 11th parliament next week, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced yesterday. “According to the 11th parliamentary election results, 43 seats will be reserved for Awami League while four for the Jatiya Party, one for…
UNB: The 5th ‘Dhaka International Conference on Women in Cinema 2019’ will begin in city on today. The two-day conference will be held at the Gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka as part of Dhaka International Film Festival scheduled to be held from January 10 to 18. Organisers said the conference will serve the…
DOT Desk: The authorities of Jahangirnagar University will observe its 48th founding anniversary on January 12, reports The New Age. To mark the day, university authorities have taken up elaborate programmes on the campus, said the university’s public relations office on Wednesday. Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Professor Farzana Islam will inaugurate the day’s events in the…
UNB: Newly appointed State Minister of Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said the pending works of the ministry will be completed soon. “I’ve a goal to implement the election manifesto of Awami League and all works will be implemented as per the manifesto,” said the minister while exchanging views with the officials of…
Tech Explorist: The international research team has detected the brightest quasar yet known from the period when the universe’s star-making hydrogen gas became ionized, known as “reionization.” According to astronomers, the quasar’s brightness must be the result of gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon by which the gravity of objects closer to Earth acts…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The country’s garments workers staged demonstrated over “disparity” in their new wage structure, for the fifth day on the trot. In Ashulia, workers from factories in Katgora, Puturia, Ramgora and Berun areas began protests around 8:00am, reports The Daily Star. Thousands of garments workers took to the streets in Ashulia, setting…
DOT Desk: The mangoes of Chapainawabganj, a delicacy of Bangladeshi summer, are now available amid the chills of winter, reports The Daily Star. Ripe mangoes hanging from trees are bound to catch one’s eye at the orchard of Sirajul Islam in Nawdapara village of Gomostapur upazila. The unique variety is soft, juicy and the trees…
DOT Desk: Up to 30 per cent of mangoes produced in the country get wasted before reaching the market in absence of facilities to store and transport them properly, said growers and exporters at a discussion, reports The New Age. They demanded that the government should build chilling and packaging centres in all the districts…
DOT Desk: “Methopath Theatre” is a new addition to country’s theatre movement, reports The Daily Observer. The troupe launched with its first production on June in 2017 at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The troupe started with a declaration that they would work to improve beauty and strengths of theatre and not involve…