UNB: Bangladeshi brand Walton wants to sell two million units of fridges in the local market this year. The company claims to have sold 1.5 million units in 2018. Walton holds nearly 75 percent share in the local fridge market, its officials said. Uday Hakim, deputy executive director of Walton Group, said he was optimistic…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is set to become the prime minister of the nation for a fourth consecutive term following her third-time-in-a-row unanimous reelection as leader of the AL Parliamentary Party yesterday. “The daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, who is the celebrated…
DOT Desk: Most of the franchises of Bangladesh Premier League started their preparations for the sixth edition of the tournament in full swing on Wednesday and were waiting for their foreign players and coaching staff to join soon to give it a momentum, reports The New Age. Apart from reigning champions Rangpur Riders and Khulna…
BanglaNews24: Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza returned to Dhaka for practice ahead Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) set to begin from January 5. Mashrafe joined practice around 1 pm at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Mashrafe, a newly-elected member of parliament (MP) from Narail-2 constituency with ‘Boat’ symbol, will play for his BPL team Rangpur Riders….
DOT Desk: Lending to the agriculture sector fell 9 percent year-on-year to Tk 7,475.60 crore between July and November of the current fiscal year, according to central bank data, reports The Daily Star. Farm loan disbursement also dropped 16 percent from July to October. The ongoing liquidity crunch in the banking sector has left an…
Maxim Edwards, British journalist covering Central and Eastern Europe and a former editor at openDemocracy and OCCRP/The Atlantic Once praised by Madeleine Albright as “a breath of fresh air,” Bosnia’s new president, Milorad Dodik, now threatens a fragile U.S.-brokered peace accord. Few national leaders would call their own country an “impossible state.” Fewer still would…
The News: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar paid a glowing tribute on Thursday to Ramakant Achrekar, his childhood coach and lifelong mentor who has died aged 87. Achrekar, a club-level coach, discovered a 12-year-old Tendulkar´s extraordinary talents in Mumbai and nurtured him on his way to becoming cricket´s most prolific run-scorer of all time. Achrekar…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A consortium of companies from China – Sichuan Road and Bridge Group, Shamim Enterprise Ltd, and UDC Construction Limited—have signed a concession contract with the government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Dhaka Bypass under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports The Daily Sun. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) acted as financial…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A North Korean diplomat, who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing, said to Kim Min-ki, a South Korean lawmaker. The MP made the comment after a South Korean newspaper reported the diplomat, Jo Song Gil, is seeking asylum in the West, reports Reuters. The diplomat disappeared with…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Jatiya Party announced yesterday to join the government of Awami League-led Grand Alliance. The party’s Co-Chairman GM Quader made the announcement after a parliamentary meeting of the party at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. “Since we participated in the election under the banner of Awami League, we want to join the government,” he…