UNB: A two-day international seminar on ‘Global peace and Harmony’ will be held at Islamic University in Kushtia on January 28. The seminar will be continued till January 29, sources at IU Vice-chancellor’s office said on Thursday. IU and Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture will jointly organise the seminar at Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman Auditorium…
Getbengal Information Desk/Get Bengal Our daughter’s name is Anita Brigitte. She should actually bear the name of Amita, but the German authorities would have certainly objected to such an unusual name, so we chose the name Anita which is almost sounding like Amita. Brigitte was chosen by me because its short form in German is…
DOT Desk: Furniture manufacturers based in the region have urged the authorities concerned to reduce the import duty on raw materials and accessories to facilitate them entering the export markets, reports The Financial Express. They said the heavily import-dependent sector has made a significant breakthrough in diversification of designs and improving quality – two major…
DOT Desk: A sailor has gone missing after two goods-laden vessels sank near Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, reports BDnews24. The lighter vessels were both headed to Narayanganj from Chittagong Port, said Mohammad Selim, deputy director of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). The missing sailor was working on the…
DOT Desk: Farmers in the district are upset due to fall in prices of paddy in the local markets to below the production cost, and some of them have lost interest in cultivating paddy in future, reports The Daily Star. Farmers said they sold paddy at Tk 700 to Tk 730 per maund (1 maund…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Education Minister Dipu Moni has revealed that the government will work sincerely to wipe out corruption from all sectors, including education. “We’re moving forward, we’ve many aims. Eliminating corruption from all sectors, including education, is our election pledge. The government is working on it,” she said at a discussion marking the…
DOT Desk: Around 50 national and international outlets are selling women’s clothing Local and foreign clothing is attracting many visitors, especially women, at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), reports The Dhaka Tribune. Items such as Jamdani sarees, handloom sarees, Kashmiri shawls, and local ready-made clothing are in high demand and selling well. AM Rafiqullah,…
DOT Desk: Popular art magazine Shilpoprobha has stepped into its 7th year journey. To celebrate the occasion, the Shilpoprobha team honoured six distinguished artists with lifetime achievement awards. The event was held at Gulshan’s Edge Gallery on January 22. Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art organised the programme, reports The Daily Star. The distinguished artists…
Anand Kochukudy/ QUARTZ Priyanka Gandhi became the latest member of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty to officially join politics yesterday (Jan. 23). The 47-year-old Gandhi has been appointed her party the Indian National Congress’s general secretary in-charge of the eastern block of the crucial bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in northern India. The fifth generation…
Christiana Figueres &Greta Thunberg/ The Washington Post Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and already a matter of life and death for many, but it is just one issue among many on the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum. It should be the number one priority and should sit at the center…