DOT Desk: Adani Wilmar Limited, a joint venture of India and Singapore-based two companies, is set to invest US $400 million in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Industrial City in Chattogram region to establish agro-based factories, officials said, reports The Financial Express. It will manufacture import-substitute food items in 11 industrial units on 100 acres of land…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in a graft case, reports UNB. A four-member bench led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order accepting his leave-to-appeal petition. On November 8 last year, the High Court commuted former Communications Minister…
UNB: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three suspected drug traders along with 18,225 Yaba tablets from Nimtola Bishwaroad under Bandar thana in the city on Sunday night. The arrestees are Md Mozammel, 30, son of Farid Alam, Abdur Rahim, 40, son of late Abdul Alem and Md Nurul Islam, son…
DOT Desk: Abul Bajandar, dubbed as “tree-man” for his extremely rare skin disorder on hands and feet, has returned to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) today to get admitted, months after he “voluntarily” left treatment last year, reports The Daily Star. Bajandar, 28, left the Burn Unit of the DMCH on May 26 last year…
Hossen Sohel of DOT High Court yesterday set January 31 for hearing a writ petition that challenged the legality of 300 members of parliament holding office before the expiry of tenure of the previous parliament, reports New Age. A bench of justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and justice Razik Al Jalil rescheduled Monday’ hearing to January…
DOT Desk: The poor demand for electricity during off-peak hours in winter has created a peculiar problem for the country’s power producers. Officials said this trend in the electricity demand-supply curve has resulted in negative industrial consumption of electricity, which ultimately affects power production, as industrial connections offset the subsidy in domestic lines. The country’s…
DOT Desk: National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has achieved a five-star safety rating by an international aviation safety rating agency, reports The Daily Star. Biman achieved five stars out of seven in terms of air safety from Australia-based company airlineratings.com. The national flag carrier got three stars for achieving International Operational Safety Audit (IOSA),…
DOT Desk: Popular actor Chanchal Chowdhury will be leaving for Nepal in the first week of February to film four Eid tele-fictions that are all directed by Shokal Ahmed and scripted by Brindabon Das. The actor will be staying in Nepal for two weeks, reports The Daily Star. “I liked the stories and characters of…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in a number separate drives found 40% of doctors absent in 11 government hospitals including three in the capital city yesterday. Though the rate of absentee doctors was 11% in the three Dhaka hospitals, it was 61.8% in the eight hospitals and health centres outside Dhaka city,…
DOT Desk: Habitual and influential defaulters are the main barriers to bringing down delinquent loans in the state-owned commercial banks, according to the assessment of the lenders, reports The Daily Star. The banks placed separate reports to the finance ministry last month articulating the major reasons behind their rising defaults loans and ways to bring…