Awareness meeting held in Gafargaon

    DOT Desk A mass awareness meeting was held in Gafargaon Railway Station on Wednesday against throwing stones at the moving train, and to prevent touring on train roof, reports the Daily Observer BD. The community policing discussion was organised by Railway Police at Gofargaon Railway Station at noon. Gafargaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Ahad Khan…

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      Hockey: Navy’s joy of hat-trick title

      DOT Desk Bangladesh Navy clinched the hat-trick Victory Day Hockey title when they beat Bangladesh Army by 5-4 goals in a pulsating final at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, reports the New Age. For Army, Mahbubur Rahman, Hasan Jubayer Niloy, Monoj Babu and Nayeem Uddin scored one goal apiece. Chayan gave Navy…

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        Bangladesh elected as member of ICC Bureau

        Raj Abrar of DOT Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the Bureau of the Assembly of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In the 17th assembly of States parties to the Rome Statute, held on December 5 in the Hague, Bangladesh was elected unanimously for next two years (2019-20), according to a foreign ministry…

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          Exports soar to $17b in Jul-Nov

          DOT Desk Export earnings of the country went up by 17.24 per cent year-on-year in July-November of the current fiscal year (2018-2019), riding on higher shipments of readymade garment products compared with that in the same period of last fiscal year (2017-2018). Country’s export earnings jumped to $17.07 billion in the five months in FY19…

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            Kahalu UZ chairman, among 6 land in jail

            DOT Desk Bogura’s Kahalu upazila chairman and Jamaat leader Mawlana Tayeb Ali and five leaders and activists were sent to jail on Wednesday in a case filed under the Special Powers Act. District and Sessions Judge Naresh Chandra Sarkar passed the order rejecting their bail prayers, reports The Observer. On October 3, cocktails were exploded…

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              Inflation slightly eases to 5.37pc in November

              DOT Desk The general point to point inflation rate in November last further eased to 5.37 percentage point from the previous month due to the slight decrease in non-food inflation. “The general point to point inflation rate slightly eased to 5.37 percentage point in November,”said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday while releasing the…

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