DOT Desk: Around 50 national and international outlets are selling women’s clothing Local and foreign clothing is attracting many visitors, especially women, at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), reports The Dhaka Tribune. Items such as Jamdani sarees, handloom sarees, Kashmiri shawls, and local ready-made clothing are in high demand and selling well. AM Rafiqullah,…
BSS: The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has implemented infrastructure development projects involving around Tk. 844.59 crore during last 10 years. “We have implemented infrastructure uplifting works in various city areas with around Tk. 106.68 crore,” said Ashraful Haque, chief engineer of RCC. In addition to the vertical extension of the City Bhaban, an international standard…
The Straits Times: Britain yesterday pledged to fight air pollution and introduce new legislation this year on air quality to save lives and billions of pounds for the economy. The government said Britain would become the first major economy to adopt air quality goals based on World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations regarding people’s exposure to…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Eshan Maitra State Minister for Public Administration, Ismat Ara Sadique gave orders for implementing the Civil Service Law fast. During a meeting with the employee of Career Planning & Training Micro-Division, yesterday. State Minister mentioned that, the Prime Minister have set goals for a developed future of the…
Reuters: Germany’s domestic spy chief expressed scepticism on Friday that migrants had been hounded in Chemnitz after the fatal stabbing of a German man, undermining Chancellor Angela Merkel who has said images from the eastern city “very clearly” showed hate. Germany has been deeply shaken by the most violent right-wing protests in decades after the…
Business Insider Earlier this year, researchers found a deposit of rare-earth minerals off the coast of Japan that could supply the world for centuries, according to a study. The study, published in the journal Nature in April 2018, says the deposit contains 16 million tons of the valuable metals. Rare-earth minerals are used in everything…
AFP: Ugandan navy speedboats sliced through murky Lake Edward towards a fleet of wooden canoes carrying illegal fishermen from the Democratic Republic of Congo, hightailing it back to their own waters. “Stop the boat, hands up, surrender any weapons,” yelled Lieutenant Deogratius Kato as the soldiers surrounded a motorised canoe after a 20-minute chase, pointing…