Last Thursday, a video was posted in a twitter account which was faint of heart. A maid, woman was hanging from a window on seventh floor of a building was in a short clip. Instead of helping her, the woman was filming as the viewer watched. A news service in Kuwait said that that post…
Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief of GTV & sarabangla.net: “And something inside me just…broke…That’s the only way I could describe it.” Ranata Suzuki defined frustration in this way. We have just celebrated Eid and are now enjoying the excitement of the FIFA World Cup amidst weather in which our sky seems to be too gloomy. Through…
Raja Sen/Hindustan Times Streaming services have an exciting range of movies and series. This makes the role of curation critical. There is such a thing as too much choice. The seamless convenience of something like Netflix means you can sign in from nearly anywhere in the world, and have access to large and little movies…
BDNews24: Ride-hailing services have brought relief to the Dhaka dwellers from sufferings due to the arbitrariness of autorickshaw drivers, but different types of complaints, including sexual harassment, have continued to pile up on the rideshare firms. The allegations against the service providers include rides on contract beyond the mobile phone apps, refusal to go to…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Agitating garment workers blocked the Narayanganj-Adamjee-Demra road and vandalised vehicles in the protest over the death of a fellow worker in a road accident there. Traffic was halted for about one and a half hours after the workers took the street around 10 am yesterday, said Siddhirganj Police OC Shaheen Parvez,…
Reuters: The Kremlin released several official photographs on Monday showing Russian President Vladimir Putin taking a hiking holiday in Siberia with his defense minister and the head of the Federal Security Service, the FSB. The photographs show the 65-year-old Putin in a khaki outfit and hat, carrying binoculars and trekking poles, hiking in forested mountains…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed writes for DOT : The Daily Star on 1 December published a report that states that a report of the UK House of Commons known as “Research Briefing” says – even though many observers expected the December 30 election to be credible, the “playing field” remains far from being level. The said report…
Arab News: An American trainer working with Saudi Arabia’s National Guard was killed on Thursday in a helicopter crash in Riyadh in the course of a routine activity, the National Guard Ministry said. A Saudi trainee pilot was injured in the crash at Khashm Al-An Airport, which involved a Boeing AH-6i light helicopter gunship. The…
Dr Maleka Banu speaks to DOT : We have talked to the concerned ministry about stopping torture on female migrant workers. We have also placed our recommendations in this regard. We have also talked to the High Commission for enhancing language proficiency and job training prior to sending them abroad. The female migrant workers should…
DOT Desk The country’s apparel exporters will enjoy full waiver of Value Added Tax (VAT) on four types of services including expenditure on workers’ welfare and entertainment, laboratory test fees, IT-enabled services and rent-a-car facility, reports The Financial Express. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered the Value Added Tax exemption for export-oriented apparel…