DOT Desk: Farmers in Sadullapur upazila have started cultivation of purple paddy seeing the success in Sundarganj upazila, where it began two years back simply from curiosity and has spread to different upazilas, reports The Daily Star. Edilpur Union Parishad Chairman Rabbi Abdullah, Shutku Mia of Chalknadi village, Shakil Mia of Tarf Pahari village in…
Sabah Mannan of DOT Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of former Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, was found guilty in the New Eskaton double murder case. The court said it sentenced Rony to life imprisonment and had also fined Tk 50,000. After delivering the verdict, Judge Md Monjurul Imam said the highest penalty for this case…
David Brooks, New York Times Op-Ed columnist/ BDnews24 In 1900, there were two great philosophers working side by side at Harvard, William James and Josiah Royce. James was from an eminent Boston family and had all the grace, brilliance and sophistication that his class aspired to. Royce, as historian Allen Guelzo points out, was the…
DOT Desk: The South Korean electronics giant LG, Samsung will soon start manufacture of electronic goods in Bangladesh which will reduce trade gap between Dhaka and Seoul, reports The Independent. This was revealed yesterday while South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Hu Kang-il paying a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen at…
Katie Warren/ Stuff.com Baros Maldives, a luxury retreat on an island in the Indian Ocean, has won “World’s Most Romantic Resort” for the fourth time in a row, and the sixth time overall. It has garnered the honour from World Travel Awards almost every year since 2012, with the exception of 2014. Baros opened more…
DOT Desk: About five km east from Kuakata zero point and nearly three km west from Kuakata main point in Kalapara upazila, there lies an attractive spot — Lal Kakrar Char (shoal of red crab) – giving a picturesque look for the tourists from home and abroad, reports The Daily Star. But the lives of…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : By the end of 2018, the eighth-most-Googled question beginning with the word who was “Who is Lil Tay? Lil Tay boasts more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram, and each of her YouTube videos had millions of views despite the fact that her first videos only appeared…
Sajeeb Sarker speaks to DOT : BNP won a handful of seats in the December 30 election and has a significant number of supporters. Considering the supporters, it should go to the House. The party must act responsibly as the representative of its voters. It must keep going to the parliament until its representatives’ membership…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The wife of Rathis Chondro Bhowmik, the lawyer whose body was found buried in a construction site last year, was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, reports bdnews24.com. Dipa Bhowmik was present in court yesterday when District and Sessions Judge ABM Nizamul Haque announced her verdict. On…
DOT Desk: The High Court yesterday again summoned Jamuna Bank’s Managing Director Shafiqul Alam to appear before it on February 12 for not complying with its 2017 directive regarding non-payment of Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) money of Tk 51 lakh, reports The Daily Star. The court also ordered the officer-in-charge of Motijheel Police Station to…