DOT Desk: Birdwatchers and avian enthusiasts thronged the annual daylong Bird Fair at Jahangirnagar University on Friday amid fanfare and festivity, reports The Daily Observer. JU Zoology Department in collaboration with Wild Life Rescue Center, Bangladesh Bird Club and Aronnok Foundation organised the fair with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in…
Banglanews24 The Netherlands has been cooperating with 10 ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh, under a 5-year long bilateral project, to improvise quality of products. Dutch ministry of foreign affairs initiated the project. The foreign ministry here has issued a press release in this regard, on Sunday (Dec 2). Under the cooperative project, Dutch Centre for…
Abrar Hussain: National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports will stage protests across the country today, expressing their disapproval against the government’s decision to hike gas prices as well as the alleged corruption in the country’s energy sector. National Committee’s Member Secretary Prof Amu Mohammad had announced the program on Saturday at…
Kabir Humayun: The 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examinations begins today. The written test for compulsory subjects to take place from August 8 to August 13 and tests for the optional subjects will be held on the first week of September, reports UNB. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), in press release issued yesterday afternoon,…
Md. Taqi Yasir CBS Films have confirmed a movie sequel to the popular series How I Met Your Mother is in development, with a planned release in 2018 after a leaked screenplay earlier revealed many key plot points. All five main cast members are set to return alongside “the Mother” who is rumored to be…
Arifur Rahman Tuhin The international leather & leather products’ market weight about 222 billion US dollars. It is estimated to surpass 271 billion mark by 2021. Unfortunately, as the 2nd largest industry of Bangladesh, from here leather industry had man aged to gain only 0.46% of the international market share. Thus, there is still a…
DOT Desk The ruling Awami League will announce its election manifesto on Tuesday , reports The Daily Star. President of Awami League Sheikh Hasina will present the manifesto before the nation at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka around 10:00am, AL’s Assistant Office Secretary Biplob Barua told The Daily Star this afternoon.
Reuters: Migrant laborers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work in the southern heel of Italy during the summer months, harvesting tomatoes. They are paid as little as 3 euros ($3.50) an hour, less…
DOT Desk Mustard growers have been eyeing a bumper production this season with a hope to recoup losses they suffered previously due to severe crop failures, reports The Financial Express. Farmers and agriculturists expressed optimism that favourable weather condition would bring bonana for the growers. Mustard seed yield dropped to 0.62 million tonnes in the…
Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to 11 students of different private universities accused of vandalism and attacking policemen during demonstrations for safe roads. Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Shohel Rana passed the order after hearing the bail petitions. ts are – Shakhawat Hossain Nijhum, Shihab Shahriar, Saber Ahmed Ullas, Ajijul Karim Antar, Rashedul Islam,…