(UNB), Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the government’s success in its drive to build a digital country is more than expectations. The minister was addressing the concluding ceremony of a three-day Bangladesh ICT expo 2016 at the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). “There’s no other better weapon than ICT to curb…
NDTV: Affirmative action will be illusory if government employees from most backward communities – scheduled caste and scheduled tribes – are not given reservations in promotions, the centre’s top law officer KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Friday. Mr Venugopal said SC/ST employees were presumed to be backward due to more than thousand years…
DOT Desk: he local toy-makers have gradually occupied 60 per cent of the market, helping to reduce the country’s dependence on imported toys, thanks to an increase in local and foreign investment, production of high-quality toys and government policy support, reports The Independent. Bangladesh Toy Merchants, Manufacturers and Importers’ Association president and managing director of…
UNB, Dhaka Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has urged all non-communal forces to unite in the fight against terrorism. “There can be differences of opinion in some cases. We have to be united against terrorism and militancy. Efforts to undermine anyone or to defeat them out of political expediency will in fact stand…
DOT Desk Rawnak Hasan is a popular name in the tele-fiction arena, reports The Daily Star. Besides being an actor, he is also a playwright. He made his directorial debut early in 2004. He has also directed various tele-fictions over the years which were well appreciated. Recently, he took on the challenging role of directing…
AP, Canoa Ecuadoreans slept outside and struggled to find food and water Friday in the wake of aftershocks that are still rocking coastal towns flattened by last weekend’s powerful earthquake. South America’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade destroyed virtually all of the simple one- and two-story buildings making up the beach town of…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section: Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Association (BPWA) estimated that a total of 200 people were killed and 754 others injured in accidents on roads, waterways and railways across the country during the Eid ul Fitr holidays in 2018. The number of casualties came from 127…
Bishawjeet Dutta Titu Roy were taken into another 4-days’ remand for the second time, on Saturday. Though, none came to his aid, at first. Now, Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council local leader Advocate Babul Shona announced that, 7 lawyers including himself, will defend Titu Roy at the court. Also, Titu Roy will get administrative & media support…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has been arrested for allegedly framing another man over a fake terror plot, according to a report by the BBC. Police in Australia have charged Arsalan Khawaja, 39, with forgery and an attempt to pervert justice. In August, police charged a Sri Lankan…
AP: A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the geopolitical boost. Its newfound riches have fostered economic bonds with its neighbors, tightening relations with Arab allies, and built new bridges in a historically hostile region — even without significant progress being made toward peace with the…