Azfar Aziz, Advisory Editor, Daily Finland : So far three city corporation elections have been held in Bangladesh mainly to test the ground for the upcoming parliamentary polls. It’s a common practice in most of the representative democracies, unlike the currently negligible number of direct democracies. A direct democracy is where people decide and vote on…
BSS Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has said Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is committed to implementing development projects involving more than Taka 10,000 crore during the next five years for improving living and livelihood condition of its people. “Each of the proposed projects will be mega one and initiative has already been taken to this end,”…
DOT Desk: Warm clothes sale is gaining momentum across Bogura district as bone chilling cold is prevailing during the last couple of weeks, reports The Financial Express. Meanwhile, mercury has gone down across the region, causing serious problems for the low and middle income group. People from all walks of life have started purchasing warm…
Heritage Daily: Archae-ologists in Iceland have for decades examined the remains of more than 350 graves from the Viking Age. In approximately 150 of these, teeth or bones of horses were found. Geneticists and archaeologists have now examined ancient DNA. from 19 horses in such graves, and it turned out that all horses – except…
Reuters: President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite on Friday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, but the opposition leader insisted he had won and pledged to challenge the result. Sounding a conciliatory note after six people were killed in a post-election crackdown by the…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : The recent weeklong protests in the apparel hub that took place in Gazipur, Ashulia, Savar and Mirpur as the garment workers alleged that the minimum monthly basic wage in a grade had been increased to 8,000 taka from 5,300 taka but in other grades pay hikes were not reflected…
Sofian Khan: Awami League is set to celebrate its 70th founding day today by inaugurated its new central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. The inauguration of the party’s new 10-storey central office will be done by the party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the founding day of the party.The…
UNB: Police on Saturday afternoon detained a teenage boy from in front of Kolaroa Municipality Bhaban in Satkhira district, on charge of beating a college girl. Detainee Zahid Hasan Rana, 18, is a resident of Murarikati village in the municipality, said Kolaroa Police Station officer in-charge Maruf Ahmed.
AFP: Pakistan’s World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan will be sworn in as prime minister next week, his party said on Friday, announcing it has the numbers to form a coalition government in the lower house of parliament. Imran’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said the entire squad that Imran captained to victory in the 1992 World…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A consortium of companies from China – Sichuan Road and Bridge Group, Shamim Enterprise Ltd, and UDC Construction Limited—have signed a concession contract with the government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Dhaka Bypass under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports The Daily Sun. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) acted as financial…