DOT Desk: BINA China-4 peanut is turning fortune wheel of landless char people. BINA (Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture) Magura sources informed, cultivation of BINA China-4 peanut is gaining popularity among char farmers, reports The Financial Express. Agriculturist Dr Abul Kalam Azad is the originator of BINA China-4 peanut. Char land is suitable for the…
Sayeed Muhammad: Expressing his concern over the poor conviction rate in the cases filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain laid emphasis on finding out the root cause behind the problem. “Arrange a workshop to find out the cause. If necessary, I will attend the programme,” the chief justice…
BSS A motorcyclist was killed and two others were seriously injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Berthi Bus Stand area under Gaurnadi upazila in the district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as M Rafiq, 22, son of Mahabub Kabiraj of Berthi village of the upazila. Sub-Inspector of Gournadi Highway Police…
Desk Report The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Thursday asked the US-Bangla Airlines to submit a report after checking all of their planes. The ministry’s Secretary M Mohibul Haque told UNB that they wrote to the airlines authorities asking them to submit the report as soon as possible. The government move came after Wednesday’s…
Tarannum.S JC Ollana, a producer, has obtainedinternationalsales agency and production company Rebel Movies. This Madrid based production house has worked with many big Hollywood names such as Tara Reid. The Malevolent, a horror movie, featuringBarton is set to release in 2017. Even though horror is their preference of genre, they produce three other types of…
Desk Report: Finally, after over seven years of toiling exercise of preparatory work, construction of the much-talked about 47-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway commenced formally on April 1, 2018, reports Daily Star. The expressway scheme has so far made an overall ten percent progress, while the 7.5 km-long first section stretching from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Reuters: The Croatian town of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and picturesque coastal resort on the Adriatic, is at risk of being overwhelmed by visitors from the cruise ships that arrive daily. Between January and June, almost 280,000 tourists from 188 cruise tours visited the 800 year-old city. Last year, a whopping 749,000 people…
The Japan Times In an oxbow lake along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a breathy sigh pierces the surface stillness as one of China’s most endangered animals comes up for a gulp of hazy air. A slick black back with no dorsal fin arches briefly above the water line before plunging back down….
Hossen Sohel: Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc, reports Reuters. Though Florence’s shrieking winds diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, forecasters…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The cabinet has approved in principle the draft of the Bangladesh Flag Vessels (Protection) Bill 2019. The bill has a provision of at least 50% instead of the existing 40% of the seaborne cargoes related to Bangladesh’s foreign trade must be carried by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) flag vessels. The decision…