Tanvir Ahmed We have started our Scandinavian holiday from Sweden. From there we travelled to Norway and then to Denmark. In the middle of our holiday my wife & I had caught flu somehow. My son was safe as he had flu jab in his school. Apparently, there was a massive outbreak of flu that…
DOT Desk: Higher gas tariff, suspension of new connections of gas and poor implementation of government policies are holding back the potentials of country’s attar manufacturing sector, insiders have said, reports The Financial Express. Besides, delay in obtaining certification from forest officials and discrepancies in export related documents are also restricting the growth of the…
Reported by: Arifur Rahman Tuhin Written by: Eshan Maitra In order to complete last moment, cash transactions, billings, employee payments, bonuses & import-export trading. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested Bangladesh Bank and the authorities of Chittagong, Mongla & land-ports to keep their special divisions open from 23 June to…
Desk Report: Vegetable growers of Rangpur are apprehensive about the expected yield of their produce this season owing to lack of rainfall, reports Financial Express. The region has not been witnessing rain for over three weeks as a result the cultivation of different varieties of vegetable is facing severe setback across the district. Tota Mia,…
NDTV: A New Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Jaipur International Airport was delayed by nearly 40 minutes after a passenger raised a hoax bomb threat following an altercation with the airline staffers today, an official said. The accused J P Chaudhary, a resident of Jaipur, allegedly ran into an altercation with the employees of the private…
Tanvir Ahmed We love travelling, whenever we save some money and holiday – we just fly! One thing we must do, while visiting a city is to visit the museum. Some people might find this really boring during a holiday. For us this is to understand the history, culture and learn something. In the process,…
Prof Anu Muhammad speaks to DOT : The Election Commi-ssion has no challenges but responsibilities. The EC is a constitutional body and it is constitutionally empowered with holding free and credible elections. So, the EC is responsible to hold free and far polls. Now it remains to be seen if the EC can discharge its…
Washington Post: In Australia, snakes sometimes slither into suburban backyards and homes. When the weather gets warm, they lounge in the sun. When it gets hot, they seek cool places: a wall crevice, under a refrigerator, under a barbecue grill, behind an air-conditioning unit. When it gets too hot and dry, they seek places with…
Insurance claims from last month’s California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state’s insurance commissioner announced. About $7 billion in claims are from the Camp Fire that destroyed the Northern California city of Paradise and killed at least 86 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in at least a…
A month of “yellow vest” protests have taken a further toll on the popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, a new poll showed Sunday, with analysts saying he will be forced to change his style of governing. Around 66,000 protesters turned out again on Saturday on the fifth round of anti-government demonstrations, which sprung up…