Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission (EC) has directed not to hold any kind of functions of Tablighi Jamaat on Ijtema ground in Tongi before December 30 scheduled for voting. EC Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmed Khan on Friday sent a letter to Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner, deputy commissioner and superintendent of police, with the…
Arab News: Daesh on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in northern Sinai, the group’s Amaq news agency reported, saying 15 soldiers were killed or wounded in what it described as an infiltration operation. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said on Saturday that security forces foiled an attack on a…
DOT Desk The share price of Northern Jute Manufacturing Company Limited is soaring without having any undisclosed price sensitive information, reports The Financial Express. Within seven consecutive trading sessions, the company’s share price jumped more than 45 per cent or Tk 363 each to reach at Tk 1165.20 on Tuesday. Its share price was Tk…
Kabir Humayun: The High court yesterday extended the bail time of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till August 13 in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The former premier is currently serving a five-year jail term in the case. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mustafizur Rahman passed the order following Khaleda’s lawyer’s…
Noman Mosharef, Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique The so called sitting service has become a source of sufferings to many in the middle of the route in the peak hours The buses lock the door when they are full, depriving those waiting in the next stoppages for transport. The scarcity for the service is worsening day…
Reuters: Myanmar said on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek jurisdiction over suspected deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh was “meritless and should be dismissed”. Judges at the court had asked Myanmar to respond to the request by July 27. The office of government leader Aung San…
Desk report: There have been marked changes in Bangladesh’s rainfall patterns with increasing rains occurring during the spring and less than the usual precipitations occurring in the monsoon months. In the parlance of the Met Office, Bangladesh has four and not six seasons.This year July, which used to be the wettest month with average rainfall…
DOT Desk: Although still producing earthen pots and utensils, lack of innovation and inability to use technology has held them back without ever reaching their full potential, reports The Dhaka Tribune. In the small village of Kartikpur in Bhedarganj upazila of Shariatpur, a dynasty of potters, namely Pals and Kumars, have sustained the rare pottery…
Hossen Sohel: The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give appropriate compensation to the family of Rafida Khan Raifa, the two-year-old girl who died at Max Hospital in Chittagong due to doctors’ negligence during her treatment on June 2….
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) yesterday submitted a report to the High Court saying it has found five brands’ bottled water unsafe for drinking and other 10 brands’ water safe after examining their quality. The five brands producing unsafe water are—Yummy Yummy, Aqua Mineral, CFB, OSMA and Simmin while the…