DOT Desk: Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is set to procure 600 new buses from India under the second Indian line of credit this year to ensure quality passenger services, according to officials, reports The New Age. The corporation officials hope that the new buses would enhance BRTC services. The new buses will also increase revenue…
DOT Desk: Following the government’s decision to procure less rice from the local rice mills (chatal) this year than that of the previous years, most of the rice mills in the district are idle now, reports The Daily Star. As a result, a huge number of day labourers, who earn their livelihood by working as…
Sky News: The search for survivors after a dam collapsed at a mine in Brazil has resumed after a second dam was ruled safe. Rescue crews were held off for several hours over fears the adjacent dam might also be breached. Residents have been allowed back into the town of Brumadinho, where the mine is…
Arab News: The UN envoy for Yemen said Monday the expected timeline for a truce in the flashpoint city of Hodeidah and a prisoner swap between warring parties had been pushed back. Envoy Martin Griffiths hosted hard-won peace talks between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and rival Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Sweden last month. The two…
UNB: Main opposition Jatiya Party on Monday picked Mustain Billah to contest the by-election to Kishoreganj-1 seat with its ticket. Billah, senior vice president of Jatiya Matshyajibi Party, will contest the by-election with Jatiya Party’s election symbol ‘Plough’, said a press release. Jatiya Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga signed the party nomination paper of…
Hossain Sohel of DOT The Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ Network on Climate Change and Biodiversity (BIPNet-CCBD) has called upon the authorities concerned to step forward for the protection and development of all the country’s languages. BIPNet held a press conference in this regard at the National Press Club, in the capital, yesterday, reports the Dhaka Tribune….
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court (HC) has released its full verdict that doubled BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s five-year jail term in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports The Daily Star. The HC authorities released the full text of the judgment after the judges concerned signed it. On October 30, 2018, the High…
Boresha Habari/ Internews Journalists in Tanzania tell the stories of Pemba women who are challenging societal norms When a group of 20 women living in Pemba, Zanzibar started a diving business to provide for their families, people started asking questions. In Zanzibar, women are expected to stay home taking care of their husbands and children….
DOT Desk: Chapra Beel and Boro Beel of Tangail are providing a safe environment for the shelter-seeking birds. Every year thousands of foreign birds of various colors and species migrate to Bangladesh and take shelter in the numerous beels, haors and ponds of the country, reports The Dhaka Tribune. We call them “guest birds.” These…
Dr Badiuzzaman Bhuiyan Dablu speaks to DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a strict warning to government physicians and nurses to do their respective duties properly or to quit their jobs. “The Ministry of Health should conduct a survey to find out how many patients go to government hospitals and why doctors are not…