Fayazuddin Ahmad writes for DOT : Adolescence is already a confusing period for young people. Quick modernization, change of values due to urban and global influence may make this confusion more complex for rural and traditional youths. The widespread propagation of virtual socialization using cellphone, digital footprint and social media escalates the dynamics. These quick…
Desk Report: Shohoz, a Bangladesh-based online ride-sharing and ticketing platform, announced today that it has raised US$15 million pre-series B investment. Shohoz lets consumers book car and motorbike rides for their daily commute, reserve bus and ferry seats, and even buy movie tickets from its website and app. It will use the fresh capital for…
Protik Chakraborty, works at the Centre for Research and Information (CRI)/BDnews24 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 10 years in power (2008-18) has seen phenomenal economic growth and human development that has turned Bangladesh, once derisively described as ‘a basket case’ by Henry Kissinger, into one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. As her ruling Awami League faces…
Shahnewaj : In the report titled ‘Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 released by Transparency International (TI) on 21 February 2018, Bangladesh has scored 28 on a scale of 0-100. Bangladesh’s score in 2017 is two points higher than in 2016. In a list of 180 countries, Bangladesh is ranked 17th from below, which is two steps…
DOT Desk After obtaining a diploma in automobile engineering from Cumilla Polytechnic Institute in 1998, Ismail Karim Chowdhury managed a job at the age of 20 at a service station of Navana, the sole distributor of Toyota’s brand new cars in Bangladesh. He spent five and a half years there before switching to Rancon Motors,…
Kabir Humayun: A man was arrested along with 624 gold bars, weighing some 73 kg, from Shikarpur border point in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night. A team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a drive at Narikelbaria at night and arrested Mohiuddin, 35, son of Tozammel Hossain of Shikarpur village, along with the gold…
Hindustan Times: Jadavpur University professor Kanak Sarkar who had made controversial remarks in a Facebook post has been divested of his duties with immediate effect, according a notice issued by the Department of International Relations of the university. As students and teachers of Jadavpur University (JU) and a large section of people across Bengal fumed…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Ministries, DCs & circuit houses etc has the power to buy lacs taka worth governmental goods. But for trivial repairing issues they have to rely on Public Works Department (PWD). Several ministries & DCs are demanding for individual engineering departments to sort out these administrative complexities. This was brought up at…