DOT Desk: Visitors at the fair said although prices are low this year, they are not happy with the designs. Despite attracting a large number of visitors to their stalls and pavillions at this year’s trade fair, jewellery traders are failing to make significant sales, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Similar to previous years, jewellery is…
DOT Desk: Bus registration in Dhaka witnessed a significant decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017, reports The Financial Express. A total of 2,322 buses were registered in 2018 while the number was 3,294 in 2017, according to statistics provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). With the latest, a total of…
Thomas B Edsall/The New York Times How you see the role of men and women at work and at home has become an integral element of contemporary political conflict. Until recently, most of the attention has been focused on partisan evaluations of problems confronting women. A 2017 Pew Research report found, for example, that by…
Al Arabiya: Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources told Reuters. Any sign that Iran is preparing a…
Tarannum Sattar The Big Fat Greek Wedding is comingabck after 14 years. It was a budget movie that surprisingly became a hit. It took Nia Vardalos, the actress and writer of the story 14 years to bring out the sequel. “I couldn’t do it”, she said while admitting that her cast memebers pleaded her to…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The High Court has granted bail to Barrister Mainul Hosein for six months in a case filed over defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti at a television talk show in October last. The High Court bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order yesterday, reports UNB. There is…
DOT Desk Garment exporters are increasingly becoming interested in setting up factories in rural areas, giving a new life to the rural economy and creating employment prospects for youths, reports The Daily Sun. Thanks to improved infrastructure facilities across the country, investors are finding it much more feasible to choose rural sites for new factories….
BSS: A massive development of mother and child healthcare services took place in the country over the years. Bangladesh has demonstrated its successes in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-5 by ensuring good health of mothers during and after giving birth to children. Experts concerned said sound health is a basic right of people and a…
Desk Report: State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque believes that most workers of readymade garment factories will accept the announcement of the Tk 8,000 minimum wage, reports the financial express. “I believe that, aside from a small portion, most garment workers will accept it. There is no scope for discontent as the minimum wage was…