UNB Fifty-three suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported encounters with law enforcers in the Khulna division alone since the government launched a war on drugs in mid-May. Sources say the figure shows the causalities until November 29. A good number of law enforcement officials were also injured in the so-called gunfights. Those killed were…
DOT Desk Owners of all licensed arms must surrender their arms to the concerned police stations or treasuries by December 24, a circular of the Home Ministry says, reports The Daily Star. The ministry issued the circular in light with the directives of the Election Commission. As per the circular, the arms will remain in…
Puran P Bista, Former journalist, now heads Liberty House at Birtamode, Eastern Nepal/ My Republica The illiterate of the twenty-first century won’t be those who can’t read and write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn, says Allwin Toffler, a renowned 20th century academic. Earlier, a man who could read, write and do basic…
DOT Desk How did you come up with the concept of bringing Selim Al Deen’s Putra to the stage? Putra is one of the many gifts that Selim Al Deen left behind for the lovers of Bangla literature. Bearing that in mind, we have tried our best to keep the essence and tone of the…
21 UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered six kilogramme explosive making materials worth Tk 3.28 lakh from Yusufpur Padmarchar in Charghat upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-1 conducted a drive in the area and recovered the explosive substance kept in a packet in an abandoned condition. , said BGB-1 commanding…
DOT Desk About a thousand factory workers demonstrated in Savar since this morning protesting what they said was discrimination in their new wage board, reports The Daily Star. The workers began their demonstration on Hemayetpur Tannery road in Savar around 9:00am, reports our Savar correspondent from the spot.As additional police forces were deployed throughout…
DOT Desk In a bid to boost the water connectivity between Tripura and Bangladesh, plans are underway to locate the construction site of a Jetty for an inland waterway project on River Gomati that flows through Tripura and Bangladesh, reports Dhaka Tribune. The intent behind this move is to connect Tripura’s Gomati with River Meghna…
DOT Desk The current year’s annual financial accounting of the country’s scheduled banks will be closed on December 27 instead of December 30, reports The New Age. Bangladesh Bank took the decision taking into account the general election scheduled for December 30, said a circular issued by the central bank’s Offsite Supervision Department. on Tuesday….
BSS Aman rice procurement drive of the government began in Sundarganj upazila of the district on Tuesday amid much enthusiasm to millers. The Department of Food organized a function to this effect on the premises of local supply depot (LSD) of the upazila town in the afternoon. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) M. Soleman Ali addressed…
Middle East Monitor Qatar will not take a decision on whether to expand its 2022 World Cup to 48 teams from 32 until it has seen the details of a feasibility study from FIFA, an official from the country’s World Cup organising committee said on Monday, Reuters reports. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said last week…