OT Desk Customers of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Limited (SBAC Bank) will get special discount of all services of City Hospital Limited (City Hospital) in the area of Lalmatia of the Dhaka City, reports the Daily Observer. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has recently been signed between SBAC Bank and…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Main opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront, in its manifesto, has pledged that it will work to bolster Bangladesh’s relationship with India on the basis of equality. Bangladesh will join the projects beneficial for it under the One Belt, One Road initiative by China, the manifesto further revealed under the party’s foreign policy…
DOT Desk The world’s second-biggest apparel exporter is now home to fashion labels of its own, reports The Independent. Bangladesh can chalk up this turn of fortunes to stable economic growth. The country’s gross domestic product has been on a years long winning streak. In the 12 months through June,it grew at a 7.86percent clip….
UNB, Dhaka Another suspect reportedly confessed before a local court on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of four children at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj. Senior judicial magistrate Kaushik Ahmed Khandakar recorded the statement of Jewel Miah under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the afternoon, said court…
NDTV: Facebook users aged 65 plus and conservatives are more likely to share fake news on the platform than younger or more liberal counterparts, according to a new study published Wednesday. Researchers from Princeton University and New York University analyzed the Facebook posts of nearly 1,200 people who agreed to share their data in the…
M Humayun Kabir of DOT The government will move a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) today seeking stay on a High Court order that halted conviction and sentence of BNP nominee for Jashore-2 Sabira Sultana, clearing her way to contest the election. Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that the petition…
Kabir Humayun: The World Bank termed the border haats set up by Bangladesh and India as a commendable example of South Asian regional cooperation. A World Bank team conducted surveys for its study on the potential of South Asian trade and connectivity has developed livelihoods in both sides, reports The Daily Star. It says the…
UNB: Despite owning some of the world’s largest reserves of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), the Middle Eastern nation of Iran stands out as unique in its region for having captured a place in people’s hearts in every corner of the globe through a purely creative pursuit – namely cinema. By the time Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A…
Mohammad Ali Sattar It is with great pride that we salute the little soccer girls who emerged champions in the group qualifiers of the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship 2017. The contest just finished in Dhaka. They have beaten other teams most convincingly and in a comprehensive manner. The scoring ability of these girls was amazing….
Raj Abrar: At the invitation of her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dubai yesterday for Toronto on a four-day official visit to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit. After making a five-hour stopover in Dubai, the Emirates flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed Dubai International Airport at 3:30…