Monirul Alam of DOT Finding high lending rates of private banks unfavourable in raising credit to private sector, a former finance advisor to caretaker government observed that the central bank should look into interest rates on different credit products. The Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) January 2019 data shows most of the private banks charge double digit…
DOT Desk: Massive mango flowering here in Bogura district is predicting a bumper output this season as a large number of the mango trees have already started sprouting early, Reports The Financial Express. This year, farmers of Dupchanchia, Adamdighi, Kahaloo, Nandigram, Serpur, Sonatola, Gabtoly, Shibganj, Shajhanpura, Sairakandi and Sadar upazilas of the district have taken…
Sara Parker & Kay Standing/The Conversation, Australia The tragic recent deaths of a mother and her two sons in a chhaupadi hut in Nepal has again brought the issue of this exclusionary practice to the forefront of international human rights and media attention.Despite being illegal, chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from…
Alex French & Maximillian Potter/ The Atlantic The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories. Over the past two decades, Bryan Singer’s films—The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, Superman Returns, four of the X-Men movies—have earned more than $3 billion at…
DoT Desk: Archaeologists say there is a probability that it might be the remains of the palace of King Ballala Sena, the second ruler of the Sena dynasty in Bengal, reports The Dhaka Tribune. A number of pieces of bricks, stones, Chinese porcelain and charcoal, among other things, were found during the excavation, said the…
Hu Bofeng/Global Times *Bangladesh welcomes Chinese investment but fears being dragged into debt risks *Compared with India, China has played more of an economic role than a political one *Some scholars are hoping for China’s coordination in settling the Rohingya problem. Bangladeshi experts and scholars raised tough questions about Rohingya refugees and the so-called debt…
Afroza Yasmin, Natore correspondent Natore’s first ever woman lawyer Shamsun Nahar is seeking the candidacy for the reserved women seat of the 11th national parliamentary election. District Woman Awami League Vice President Shamsun Nahar has been active in different protests since 1980. After passing her LL.B in 1979, she began her occupation as a lawyer…
DOT Desk: More than 145,000 Rohingya children living in Bangladesh camps are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins. Currently 97 per cent of adolescents and youths aged 15 to 24 do not receive any kind of education in the camps, says UNICEF. This group is extremely vulnerable to child marriage,…
DOT Desk: Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought, with the pace of ice loss increasing four-fold since 2003, new research has found, reports the daily Sun. The research provides fresh evidence of the dangers posed to vulnerable coastal places as diverse as Bangladesh, Miami, Shanghai and various Pacific islands as climate change shrinks…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court has set February 7 to submit the charge sheet in the Gatco graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka’s Third Special Judges Court Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hussain set the date yesterday afternoon. The court also issued arrest warrants against two accused— AKM…