Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP yesterday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is not allowing army personnel in discharging their duties to improve the law and order situation, reports The Daily Star. “The Election Commission is not allowing the army personnel to work independently,” BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed said while addressing a press…
Muhammad Nabil/ ICDDRB Some children living in urban slums in Bangladesh may experience longtime exposure to certain toxins produced by fungi that grow over food and contaminate food grains, suggests a new icddr,b study. The poisonous element known as ‘Aflatoxin’ is produced by a group of fungi, which can contaminate crops in the field or…
Arab News: Iran’s supreme leader on Monday accused President Hassan Rouhani’s government of mismanagement, after a string of angry public protests over the dire state of the economy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement was an apparent attempt to deflect public anger over the plunging worth of the rial — the currency has lost about half of…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh received higher volume of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in the just-concluded year of 2018 compared to the previous year, the provisional data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) says. The country fetched USD 2580.44 million between January and December 2018. The FDI inflow in the previous year (2017) was USD 2454.81 million,…
DOT Desk: The Health and Family Welfare Ministry will begin a strong anti-corruption campaign in the health sector to improve governance in the sector, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday, reports Daily Star. “We have recently suspended one employee and removed another employee on charges of corruption. We will continue the anti-corruption campaign everywhere,” he…
BSS Sugar production in Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) located at Mohimaganj area under Gobindaganj upazila in the district will start from today. Office sources said sugarcane was farmed on 5,780 acres of land in the own farm of the RSML and its eight sub zone areas in 2017-2018 season. The RSML set a target…
Abrar Hussain: The Election Working Group (EWG) announced yesterday that nearly half of all polling centers had irregularities during the Gazipur City Corporation election held Tuesday. Speaking at a press briefing held on the election that saw the ruling Awami League’s candidate win by a landslide margin ahead of the national election, the election monitoring…
Myisha Nawar Unless you plan on hauling the stores every month, dressing in a unique way and not repeating clothes every single day is not at all feasible. Here’s how you can try not to repeat outfits. 1.Arrange your closet. A messy closet simply adds to your outfit confusion. Keeping it organized will help you…
M Humayun Kabir: Hundreds of students from various educational institutes took to the streets in the capital for the third consecutive day protesting death of two college students being run over by a bus on Sunday. The students blocked several key points for hours and vandalised and torched buses at some points, reports The Daily…