NDTV: A Washington man jumped from the 11th floor of a cruise ship and straight into the water last week, a video shared on Instagram on Friday shows. Nikolay Naydev, 27, posted a video which shows him jumping into the water off the side of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Nassau, Bahamas. His…
DOT Desk: British-Bangladeshi writer, director, actor and playwright, Leesa Gazi has dedicated her career to presenting powerful stories told from a woman’s perspective, via theatre and film, reports The Daily Star BD. Her documentary film, Rising Silence, memorialising accounts of Birangona women of the 1971 Liberation War, recently premiered at the Dhaka International Film Festival…
DOT Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to make reduced rate of source tax, 0.25 per cent, on export proceeds effective from January, 1, 2019, reports The Financial Express BD. The board will issue a clarification today (Friday), mentioning the date of effectiveness of the reduced rate of source tax, officials said….
DOT Desk: The inaugural ceremony of the group art exhibition titled, Guru-Shishsho: Shishsho- Guru (Preceptor-Disciple: Disciple-Preceptor) is all set commenced yesterday at 5:30 pm at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka, reports The Daily Star BD. Portraits of towering cultural personalities like Tagore, Nazrul, and the contemporary socio-political and cultural features can also be observed…
DOT Desk: Private sector credit growth dropped significantly in December mainly due to the lower demand for loans, due mainly to the elections, bankers said. They, however, expected the growth in credit flow to the private sector to pick up slightly in March as preparation for complying with the central bank’s revised advance-deposit ratio (ADR)…
DOT Desk: The government has decided to offer concession on port charges for users during holidays in an attempt to keep cargo delivery uninterrupted like working days in the Chattogram port, people familiar with the development said, reports The Financial Express BD. The decision was taken since cargo delivery from the port during holidays was…
DOT Desk: The number of prisoners as of January 18, 2019 stood at 92,845, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs.Of them, 16,027 are convicted and the rest 76,818 facing trial. Again, they all include only 3,247 female inmates, reports Financial Express BD. There are a total of 68 jails all…
Banglanews24: Forest Department officials have seized 25 kilograms of venison from a boat in Terkati canal of Sundarbans under Satkhira range on Thursday (Jan 17) night. On secret information, a team of the coast guard conducted the drive at Terkati canal. The seized venison will be sent to the court, KM Kabir also said. Sensing…
DOT Desk: In Naogaon, a motorcyclist was killed after a head-on collision with a pickup van at Nij Mohanogor on the Deluabari-Choubaria road in Manda upazila. At least 12 people were killed and 35 others injured in a spate of collisions and accidents across eight districts on Thursday, reports Dhaka Tribune. In Naogaon, a motorcyclist…
DOT Desk: A fire has gutted seven shops in a Noakhali market, reportedly causing damage worth more than Tk2,000,000, reports Dhaka Tribune. The incident occurred in Ramzanbibi Bazar of Begumganj upazila around 11pm on Thursday. According to locals, by the time the fire was detected, around 12am, it had already gutted two shops in the…