Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A rainy spell early yesterday brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog that has shrouded the Indian capital for the last two months, despite air quality remaining to be “very poor”. A measure of tiny, hazardous breathable particles known as PM…
Desk Report: The national road and highway developer has sought nearly two-and-a-half time higher funds and two more years to widen a 29-kilometre road in Jamalpur. Officials said the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) recently asked for a revision of the Jamalpur-Madarganj road-widening work with a 137 per cent extended cost.The original cost for the…
DOT Desk: The city footpaths have as usual yielded to the whims of hawkers after a lull in some days when the street vendors cleared off due to the eviction drive by Dhaka South City Corporation, reports The Daily Sun. The city people that prefer walking on the footpaths to riding on a bus through…
BSS: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved six projects including an amended proposal on the project for the construction of a permanent trade fair centre at Purbachal. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city yesterday with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister…
Michael Goodwin/New York Post This is a golden age for cynics. You will rarely go wrong in assuming an absence of decency and courage in the political class. However low the bar is set, it will not be low enough. Witness how the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh started as cheap theater and ended in…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed writes for DOT All present there are 80 prison cells in Bangladesh. Among them, there are 4 central jails, 30 district prisons, 27 sub-jails and 16 thana jails. About fifty thousand prisoners are accommodated in these jails but in reality the number is over one lac. All prisoners are not guilty…
Reported by: Rafiq Ahmed Written by: Eshan Maitra Though, National Party Chairman Hussain Md. Ershad claims to have went for just a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif Mazar in India. But, arranging of a grand party-welcome at the Shahjalal Airport riling controversial talks. Even his Party General Secretary ABM Ruhul Amin, Political Secretary &…
Quartz: Mind time and clock time are two totally different things. They flow at varying rates. The chronological passage of the hours, days, and years on clocks and calendars is a steady, measurable phenomenon. Yet our perception of time shifts constantly, depending on the activities we’re engaged in, our age, and even how much rest…
Tanzim Taqrim This teenager became FIDE master in 10 years. Fahad is only 14 years old and within 10 years he achieved the title of FIDE master in chess. At the age of 8 he became sub-junior champion and at the age of 10 he became junior champion. Making a history in this country, he…
Monirul Alam of DOT Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman has recommended the government to introduce universal pension scheme for the low-income groups of people in order for reducing inequality. “The government can introduce universal pension scheme for low-income population to reduce ongoing inequality. Such scheme may begin with workers of the readymade…