2019

DOT Desk: The approach is cost-effective when applied to small, slow-flowing rivers. When riverbank erosion—one of Bangladesh’s major natural disasters—displaces thousands of families each year, state-sponsored bamboo and bio-engineering intervention, to mitigate riverbank erosion, provides significant prospects to reduce the destruction, reports the Dhaka Tribune. Erosion and channel-shifting during the monsoon—more specifically, during the rising…

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Wio News: Pakistan government has declared sugarcane juice as the “national drink” of the country after a poll on Twitter, according to a media report. The government conducted a poll on Twitter at which people were asked to decide the national drink of Pakistan. Options including orange juice, sugarcane juice and carrot juice were given…

UNB: A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Kanelpara in Sadar upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman Hubba, 50, son of Siraj Malitha. Monir Hossain, a sub-inspector at Kushtia Model Police Station, said a police team conducted the drive around 3 pm on information that a…

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford & Meera Selva, Director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/ World Economic Foram What do we know about the…

DOT Desk: The Jashore University of Science and Technology authorities have banned political organisations and their activities involving both teachers and students on the campus, reports The New Age. The decision was made in a meeting between the university administration, local members of parliament and representatives of different social and political organisations at the conference…

Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladesh has said big emitters must go for rapid mitigation of GHGs apart from providing financial resources and ensuring technology transfer to the vulnerable countries for their adaptation efforts, reports UNB. “This would be the most effective response to the threats to international peace and security posed by climate change and…

DOT Desk: A cow-race festival was organised at Bangkhari village in Sadar upazila where thousands of villagers from nearby areas thronged to witness the 200-years-old tradition, reports The Daily Sun. Two local social clubs–Choukighata and Bangkhari Pragati Club–jointly organised the contest in the club playground. A total of 30 cows from different parts of Nawabganj…

DOT Desk: A total of 689 Bangladeshi students, who achieved Edexcel High Achievers’ Award 2018, were awarded for their outstanding results in International GCSE and A Level Examination in 2018, reports The New Age. Pearson’s largest qualification brand Edexcel, in collaboration with British Council, handed over the awards to the students at a ceremony held…

DOT Desk: The country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector needs “fair pricing” so that the industry can fully comply with standards, Bangladesh High Commissioner in the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem said, reports The Financial Express. The high commissioner said that around 85 per cent of garment factories in Bangladesh had already met the international standards,…