Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court yesterday directed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit by February 10 the probe report on the case filed over the cyber heist of $101 million from the account of Bangladesh Bank in 2016 — one of the biggest cyber crimes in the world, reports The Daily Star. Metropolitan…
Priyamvada Gopal, ecturer at Cambridge University/ The Guardian, UK David Olusoga has attempted to justify his honour. But surely black and Asian Britons should try to undo imperial delusions Acentury ago the eminent Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood to the viceroy of India. The “time has come when badges of honour make our…
UNB: from a mango tree near their house at Mahdipur village in Bagha upazila. The deceased was identified as Ismat Ara Begum, 26, wife of Mitul Hossain, an Italy expatriate. Quoting locals, police said Ismat Ara has been rebuked by her father-in-law over beating her six-year-old son for playing with dust at their yard in…
DOT Desk: Temporary shortage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the country will be solved from January 12 next as mother tanker is likely to arrive at Chattogram carrying 138,000 cubic metres of LNG, reports The Daily Observer. Talking to the Daily Observer, M Kamruzzaman, Managing Director of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL), said…
UNB: A stream of joy goes through the farmers of the district after a long pause, as they witnessed a bumper production of Aman paddy this year exceeding all the pre-determined targets. Locals said the production rate is much higher this year as farmers planted high-yield variety of paddy over a larger portion of land….
BSS: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday directed the Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the Ministry of Finance to continue upholding the interest of the country during loan negotiations with the development partners. He also directed the ERD officials to stay in strong position while keeping the conditions of the various loan agreements in favor…
DOT Desk: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season, reports The Financial Express. Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used for cultivation of mustard and congenial weather is prevailing in this district, growers are optimistic to get a plenteous production. Department of…
DOT Desk: The Direc-torate of National Consumer Rights Protection on Tuesday fined 61 businesses Tk 3.32 lakh in charge of various offences including producing food in unhygienic environment, reports The Daily Sun. Mobile teams of the DNCRP conducted the drives in 20 districts headed by 22 top officials as part of its routine market monitoring….
DOT Desk: The actor stars in Phagun Hawa, directed by Tauquir Ahmed. The film, which revolves around the Language Movement of 1952, is scheduled to release on February 8, 2019, reports The Daily Star. Other than that, Babu will also be seen in Joy Sarkar’s Indubaala and Rezwan Shahrear Sumit’s Nonajoler Kabbo. The actor has…
DOT Desk: Two drug peddlers were killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Teknaf upazila in the district, reports The Daily Sun. Two firearms including one foreign pistol, 11 rounds of bullet and 40,000 Yaba tablets were recovered after the gunfight. The deceased was identified as Md Sabbir Hossain, 25,…