UNB Detectives arrested the wife and daughter of jamaat leader Gazi Nazrul Islam, who is contesting the 11th parliamentary election with BNP ticket from Satkhira-4 constituency, from the district jail premises on charge of planning sabotage on Tuesday. The arrestees are Maksuda Khanam, wife of Nazrul Islam and her daughter Sharmin Sultana Khuku. Ali Ahmed…
DOT Desk The country’s development efforts saw a significant boost in the outgoing year with public spending-led accelerated growth, LDG graduation eligibility and rolling out of the Delta Plan 2100, reports The Daily Sun. Increased public investment and strong consumption led the country to post the highest ever 7.86 per cent growth in FY18 with…
DOT Desk With the winter setting in, roadside shops in city’s footpaths and busy crossings started selling traditional pitha (rice cakes) to cater to the crowds the local delicacies in both taste and texture, reports The Daily Sun. As the making of traditional winter cakes at home has become rare in cities, footpath shops are…
DOT Desk Following the nearly two week-long UN Climate Change Conference COP24 held at Katowice, Poland on December 02-15, prospects of any significant progress in coming up with the 2015 Paris Agreement “rulebook” do not seem very bright although some deliberations took place on the issue, reports The Financial Express. Though the loggerheads between different…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a bizarre turn of events, a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of the Natore city unit has bought all the copies of Prothom Alo. The development deprived regular readers of the Bangla daily in the district of their subscribed copy yesterday, the Bangla daily reports. The daily yesterday also published…
DOT Desk South Korea’s transport ministry said it would file a complaint against German luxury carmaker BMW with prosecutors for allegedly delaying recalls and concealing defects that led to several engine fires in the country this year, reports The Financial Express. The ministry also fined BMW 11.2 billion won ($9.96 million) over “delayed recalls”. A…
UNB This election season is going to be historic one for the Satkhira-3 voters as two medical doctors are out there seeking political office. Awami League candidate Prof AFM Ruhal Haque, a renowned physician of the Subcontinent, is going to fight with BNP candidate cardiologist Dr Md Shahidul Alam for Satkhira-3 constituency. Ishaq Ali from…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The Yemeni government revealed that a warehouse allegedly used to store Houthi weapons was found on Monday, which the militias left behind after being defeated in one of their positions in their major stronghold Saada north of Yemen. Military sources said the warehouse, located in Wadi Al Bou Jabara, was recently…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Liquidators have been called into a failed Scottish charity which provided micro-credit business loans in deprived communities, reports The Third Force News.Inspired by Prof Muhammad Yunus’ microcredit, Grameen Foundation Scotland has collapsed in the wake of insurmountable debts. The Glasgow Caledonian University-based charity’s cash flow was hit after some of its…
DOT Desk Bangladesh’s state grains buyer issued an international tender to import 50,000 tonnes of milling wheat, officials said on Monday, as it looks to secure supplies, reports Reuters, reports The Financial Express. The deadline for offers is Jan. 8, and the wheat is to be shipped within 40 days of signing the deal, said…