Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Since December 22, 2018, US government has been partially shut down due to Democrats led Congress’s refusal to sanction Trump’s request of 5.7 million dollars funding for building the border wall in Mexico—USA border. As of Wednesday, the shutdown (18 days) was the second longest shutdown of…
Maj (retd) Akhtaruzzaman speaks to DOT : Jatiya Oikya Front was formed keeping a number of strategies in mind. The plans included freeing BNP’s incarcerated chief, Khaleda Zia, giving back the people their voting rights, and restoring democracy. Did anyone else voiced these? Everybody knows why we floated the alliance. This is not that we…
Anadolu Agency: Over 4,500 villagers have been displaced by the most recent flareup in fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state, the UN said Tuesday. The displacement figure, provided by UN spokesman Farhan Haq, runs through Jan. 7. Haq said troop movements and clashes have continued over recent days following attacks…
Prof Dr Shaheda speaks to DOT : The AL-led Grand Alliance has secured 227 constituencies out of total 300. This shows that they possess much power. The country will upgrade or worsen if they wish so. There will be none to resist them. Time is ripe to go against the corruption. It is not impossible…
DOT Desk: Dhaka has blasted Myanmar’s allegation of existence of Arakan Army and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) bases in Bangladesh and termed it fake, baseless and provocative accusations, reports The Daily Star. “Bangladesh is utterly disappointed and aggrieved to note some media reports based on remarks by the Spokesperson of Myanmar President’s Office on…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A journalist of a private television channel was assaulted allegedly by police during a chase and counter-chase with protesting garment workers on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur yesterday. The injured is Monirul Islam, the Gazipur correspondent of Somoy TV, reports The Daily Star. “Despite repeatedly saying that I am a journalist of…
UNB: The maiden session of the 11th parliament will begin on January 30, just within 31 days of the national election held on December 30 with participation of all the registered political parties. President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday convened the session exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Constitution. It…
Monirul Alam of DOT Higher volume of non-performing loans (NPL) is a result of prolonged expansionary credit policy enabling private sector entrepreneurs to get privileged of financing facility from banks and financial institutions, said a top official of Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday. In last few years, credit to private sector recorded growth around 14 to…
DOT Desk: The government has appointed personal secretaries to new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers, reports The Daily Star. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette in this regard on Tuesday. According to the gazette, the personal secretaries will hold their positions as long as the cabinet members hold their posts and they want…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh has failed to take advantage of China’s removal of tariffs on 28 categories of imported drugs including all cancer medicines, although the country is doing well in terms of exports of pharmaceutical products, reports The Financial Express. Industry insiders said it is not an easy task to export pharmaceutical products to China…