DOT Desk: Three PC girder bridges are being constructed at Thakurchara, Joysen Para and Changrachari areas on Khagrachhari-Mahalchhari road, but although the work of Joysen Para and Changrachari bridges is progressing, work of Thakurchara Bridge was at the initial stage, reports The Daily Star. The people of Khagrachari are suffering a great deal as the…
UNB A schoolteacher was killed in a road accident at Shyamoli Para bus stop in Ullahpara upazila on Saturday morning. Officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station Abdul Kader Jilani said Korban Ali, 45, headmaster of Mohonpur High School and a resident of Khaduli village of the upazila, was severely injured when a speeding truck…
UNB: Bangladesh has briefed Lithuania on the crisis faced by Bangladesh with the forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals from Myanmar and called the Lithuanian side to extend necessary support with a view to resolving the crisis. The issue came up for discussion broadly at the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held between Bangladesh and Lithuania at Vilnius…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The search for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna river, and the sunken trawler resumed yesterday for the 3rd day, reports UNB. Members of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Fire Service, River Police and Bangladesh Coast Guard are trying to locate the…
AP: Three Ukrainian members of a sophisticated international hacking group that targeted restaurants, casinos and other businesses in 47 US states to steal credit and debit card records have been arrested and face charges in federal court in Seattle, officials said Wednesday. The hacking group, known as FIN7 or Carbanak, stole about 15 million credit…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque thanked House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Eliot Engel for his initiatives to adopt resolutions condemning the atrocities on the Rohingyas, reports UNB. When they met at the Hill on Thursday, Shahidul also thanked Engel for putting greater pressure on Myanmar so that the latter…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladeshi migrant workers have vandalised the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait amid raging protests over unpaid wages, reports bdnews24.com. On Thursday morning, the workers lined up outside the embassy demanding the release of back pay and iqamas (work permits) by a Kuwaiti firm named ‘Lesco’. The agitated workers then vandalised the…
BSS: The Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will be launched in next month. Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will start selling bottled water in February. The water named “Sundarban” a safe drinking water, will go on experimental production this month, a KWASA official said. “The Bottle…
Chester Bennington (41) was the lead vocalist of the famous Rock-Rap band LINKIN PARK. He was found dead in his house near Los Angeles on Thursday. Police are thinking that it is a suicide. In 2000, with their album “Hybrid Theory”, Linkin Park achieved success. He suffered sexual abuse in his childhood. When…
Rubya Tripty Spain’s foreign minister Alfanso Dastis cleared of his government’s position regarding sacked Catalan leader could join in next poll in December, explaining that meant only if he was not in prison. His remarked came the day as 300,000 people in a pro- unity rally got involved in a clash with Catalan independence supporter….