Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Local think tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has blamed defective procedures in the implementation of the wage structure for the recent unrest in the garment sector. The research organisation has also found inadequacies in the systems used for informing workers about their wage increases, reports BDnews. The CPD highlighted…
Dr. Tofail Ahmed speaks to DOT : The by-polls for the DNCC mayoral post were supposed to be held on February 26 last year. A High Court bench stayed, for six months, the election after hearing two separate writ petitions on January 14 last year. However, the High Court bench has now cleared the way…
Abrar Hussain Environment and Forests Minister Anisul Islam Mahmood yesterday outlined that the government has planned for increasing forest coverage to 20 percent with 64,000 hectare land new forestation in the country.“The government has targeted to plant new trees on 64,000 hectare land aimed at increasing the forests coverage to 20 percent in the country…
Snowie Grangers Researchers at the University of Bristol, in the UK, have designed a device that could automatically morph into the shape of the console. It is called Cubimorph, and it is a small, modular device that can change into different shapes, depending on the desired function. The technology could pave the way to more…
Reported by: Shakil Ahmed Written by: Eshan Maitra Mosquito transmitted viral diseases almost turned into nationwide epidemic in often cases. Many becoming victim of dengue, chikungunya & other virus fever diseases every day. Hence, general public started questioning the effectiveness of Dhaka City Corporation, about mosquito control.Therefore, Dhaka South City Corporation has taken an innovative…
BBC: Food supplies in the Afghan city of Ghazni are running low, as a battle with the Taliban rages for a fourth day, the UN has warned. “Life is getting hard for people, they can’t get food or water,” a man who fled the city on Sunday told the BBC. More than 100 government soldiers…
Reuters: Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mariachi musicians who fled on motorbikes. After years of keeping a lid on the worst violent crime that has plagued…
Banglanews24: In a latest move, BIWTA has introduced an online system for issuing survey certificate for water vessels. The vessel owners have to apply on the official website of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at first, to avail the certificates. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan launched the digital means of service, at a function held…
Desk Report: Heavy metals like nickel and zinc are usually the last thing that plants want to grow next to in high concentrations. But a specialised group, known as hyperaccumulators, have evolved to take up the normally toxic metals into their stems, leaves and even seeds. Researchers have been studying Pycnandra acuminata in particular –…
DOT Desk The ruling Awami League will announce its election manifesto on Tuesday , reports The Daily Star. President of Awami League Sheikh Hasina will present the manifesto before the nation at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka around 10:00am, AL’s Assistant Office Secretary Biplob Barua told The Daily Star this afternoon.