DOT Desk Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Sunday asked the students not to get admitted into those private medical colleges banned by the ministry as the government would not take any responsibility for it, reports Thee Daily Observer. “We would not take responsibility if any student gets admitted into those private medical…
DOT Desk Farmers in three upazilas of the district are very satisfied with bumper production of Aman paddy and fair prices this season, reports The Financial Express. While visiting different areas of the district, this correspondent found farmers were busy harvesting Aman paddy.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials here today said the department set…
DOT Desk Fine arts students of Dhaka University are displaying diverse crafts at a group show ongoing at Zainul Gallery of fine arts faculty, reports The New Age. A total of 115 works by 47 students created in mediums like batik, wood work, leather work, pencil sketch and others have been displayed at the show…
DOT Desk A master plan is being prepared to upgrade and expand the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), reports The Daily Sun. Health and family welfare ministry has taken an initiative to prepare the detailed design and cost estimation for the planned upgradation as the hospital is unable to meet the growing demand for…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said goodbye to the cabinet yesterday as she attended at the last regular meeting with her cabinet colleagues. “Our last cabinet meeting is today (Monday). After that, there will be no more cabinet meetings. All will go back to respective parliamentary constituencies for polls campaigning,” she…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed writes for DOT : The Daily Star on 1 December published a report that states that a report of the UK House of Commons known as “Research Briefing” says – even though many observers expected the December 30 election to be credible, the “playing field” remains far from being level. The said report…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday made party presidium member Moshiur Rahman Ranga its secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post, reports UNB. Ershad took the decision as per section 20/1/A of the Jatiya Party constitution giving it immediate effect, his deputy press secretary Delwar Jalali told UNB. Ranga,…
Barrister Al Amin Rahman writes for DOT : The Election Commission of Bangladesh (EC) has cancelled 786 nominations (as reported on 2 December) during its scrutiny process before clearing candidates to contest for the general elections. It was over 25 per cent of the nominations out of the total 3,065 filed – including party nominations…
Dr. Zahid Hussain speaks to DOT : The country’s banking sector has been in a delicate situation. This has been attributed to the rise in default loans, according to a report published by international ratings agency Moody’s. The presence of this risk in the banking sector would make foreign investors hesitant. As a result, foreign…
AFP : The first manned space mission to the International Space Station since an unprecedented accident in October, which raised concerns about Moscow’s Soviet-designed spacecraft, was launched on Monday. Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency brushed aside any possible safety concerns,…