Ultra poor people happy as OMS outlets reopen

    DOT Desk: All the twelve Open Market Sale (OMS) outlets in the town reopened after being closed for around one month as there was no allocation of ata (coarse flour) by the ministry concerned during that period, reports The Daily Star. The ultra poor people from slums, remote villages and char areas crowded around the…

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      9 leaksters held, biggest ring busted: CID

      Hossen Sohel of DOT Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday claimed arrest of nine persons, members of the biggest question leakster ring busted till date, reports The Daily Star. They law enforcers say, with these arrests, thus far 46 members of the ring have been held and that the group has been uprooted completely. Those arrested…

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        Poor people get warm clothes in two districts

        DOT Desk: Mutual Trust Bank Limited distributed winter clothes among poor. Bogura Branch Manager SPV Mohammad Iftekhar Hasan distributed the winter clothes as chief guest at Government Primary School in the district town, reports The Daily Observer. RIC has been implementing different programme for the elderly people for long. Sapahar Upazila Parishad Chairman Alhaz Shamsul…

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          Family businesses optimistic about growth in next two yrs

          DOT Desk: Mostly run by first generation entrepreneurs, almost all family businesses (FBs) in Bangladesh are expected to grow in the next two years, contributing significantly to the economy’s growth story, according to the findings of a survey in the country, reports The Financial Express. The Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has conducted the survey. Interestingly, only…

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            Distressed locals demand bridge in Barisal

            DOT Desk: Existing trans- portation methods are inconvenient for the people of the area. The locals of Bagda in the Agailjhara upazila of Barisal are experiencing difficulties with transportation as they have no bridge to cross the Sandha river, reports The Dhaka Tribune. The situation is especially difficult for the elderly, children, and students. Distressed…

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              Int’l drug cartel busted in Dhaka

              DOT Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said it busted an international drug racket by arresting five peddlers, including three women, in Dhaka. RAB legal and media wing director Mufti Mahmud Khan told reporters that the accused were arrested during different raids in the city’s Airport police station area, reports The Independent. The arrestees were…

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