BSS: President of Bhutan’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has said the victory of Sheikh Hasina in the general election is good not only for Bangladesh but also the region and the international community. “The victory of Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh Awami League is good for Bangladesh, good for…
Sayeed Muhammad Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), has been sworn in as the new chief justice of the country.President Abdul Hamid administered the oath-taking programme at his official residence Bangabhaban in Dhaka yesterday evening, reports The Daily Star. The post of the chief justice fell…
DOT Desk The country’s tea production this time would be higher than the last year’s, officials said, reports The Financial Express. Since the national production is already 3.5 million kgs more till the end of October than the corresponding period last year, the industry officials expect that it would be about 82 million kgs by…
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…
M Humayun Kabir: Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, has enlisted in the list of the ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government’. The names of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, founder of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, Indian Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and Taiwanese Minister for Digital…
DOT Desk: Visa trading goes uncontrolled badly affecting the lives of Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait as many of them still remain jobless there, victims and insiders said, reports The Financial Express. In addition, they said, many workers already returned home empty-handed from the oil-rich country. A section of politically influential persons in collusion with some…
Reporter by: Jafar Ahmed Written by: Eshan Maitra European buyers’ alliance Accord again showing workplace safety-concern about the garments workers in Bangladesh. Regarding the recent boiler-explosion incident at Maultifab Industry, on 3 July. Even, international labor organization IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (ICB) are demanding for taking any possible measures to avoid any further labor deaths. Accord…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : With some politicians still facing trouble getting their walls built, Russia announced having finished a border between Ukraine and Crimea that took over a year and cost less than $3 million. Efforts for building the two-meter tall, 60-kilometer long fence separating the peninsula from Ukraine opened in September 2017, reports…
Interviewed by Lipi Parvin Written by Sabah Mannan While talking about the present situation of Bangladesh, Shaukat Mahmood; Editor of Economic Times, Publisher and eminent Journalist said that corruption has completely blinded the middle class who played a vital role in preserving values and righteousness of the country. Lately, as corruption has rocketed, the society…
BSS: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to serve notices on the listed drug peddlers by this month asking them to submit their wealth statements to the commission. “We are about to complete inquiry into assets of some listed drug peddlers and it will start serving notices on them by this month asking them to…