DOT Desk Trade deficit narrowed slightly in the first four months in the current fiscal year on the back of rising export earnings against moderate import payments, reports The Daily Star. The country’s trade gap fell 8 percent year-on-year to $5.32 billion between July and October, according to data from the central bank.
DOT Desk Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday realised over Tk 1.884 million in fines from traffic offenders. In simultaneous drives across the city streets, the DMP filed a total of 3,547 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violations, according to DMP data, reports The Financial Express BD….
Asian Review The trade spat between Washington and Beijing is providing a tailwind for garment production hubs like Bangladesh and Vietnam, as more companies move away from China to avoid U.S. tariffs and sanctions. China is the world’s largest exporter of apparel, with shipments of $158.4 billion last year, or more than 30% of the…
UNB The winter vacation of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will begin from December 18 (Tuesday). The academic activities of the university will resume on January 1 while the administrative activities on December 26, said a press releases issued by the university.
DOT Desk The current effort to bring down lending and deposit rates has started putting pressure on non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), sector insiders said. To comply with the directive, the non-banks have been forced to slash both lending and deposit rates, although most banks have not implemented it yet, they said, reports The Financial Express…
The Hindu External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has written to Cooch Behar MP Partha Pratim Ray on re-establishing railway connectivity with Bangladesh. In a letter to Mr. Ray, Ms. Swaraj said that Government is fully committed to re-establishing all forms of transport connectivity with Bangladesh. The MP had raised the issue of reintroducing connectivity between…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The ruling Awami League warned its rebel candidates for the 11th parliamentary elections to withdraw their candidacy within next two days, reports banglanews24.com. “Otherwise, tougher action will be taken against them, from core section of the party,” said Party Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak. He came up with the ultimatum…
Muhammad Zubair writes for DOT Through the shedding of enormous blood of valiant freedom fighters and at the cost of dignity of hundreds of thousands of our mothers and sisters, a new country Bangladesh arose in the map as a sovereign and independent state. The acclamation of heroic struggle of Bangladesh against the then West…
Don’t pay heed to rumours, BGMEA chief to workers Sayeed Muhammad of DOT: Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Siddiqur Rahman has urged apparel workers not to be misguided by the rumours propagated by a vested quarter. He also requested them to return to their respective workplace. The BGMEA chief was addressing the…
Sky News The Metropolitan Police is to test live facial recognition in Westminster as part of an ongoing trial of the controversial technology. A deployment of the surveillance software will take place on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 December in and around Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. It will be used “overtly” with a…