Arafat Hasan of DOT Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged everyone, including her party candidates and followers, not to believe any announcements of withdrawal by BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront from today’s election halfway through. “All must stay alert so that the Oikyafront cannot make tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) election questionable,” she said yesterday. Sheikh…
AP, Washington The Obama administration is making the case that Iran is drawing down its elite fighting force from Syria in an effort to allay fears that Tehran is using its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria to strengthen its influence across the Middle East. Yet the Iranian government said Monday it has dispatched…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin Monoshita Ayruani, a content strategist at WebAble, a digital creative agency, was invited to speak at “Rendezvous” organized by Daily Our Time on Thursday, 31st March to talk about digital marketing and its influence in Bangladesh. She spoke of a certain case study performed by Spikes Asia in 2015 on rural women,…
DOT Desk: A brick kiln in Pashchim Baniary area under Nazirpur upazila has been causing suffering to the villagers for years, but local administration and law enforcers have not taken any steps to stop the nuisance, reports The Daily Star. The kiln was set up by Chitalmari Upazila Parishad (UP) Chairman Mollah Mujibor Rahman Shamim…
Desk Report: Importers and domestic producers of solar panels will enjoy exemption from the value added tax (VAT) as per a recent order of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports the financial express. The exemption from 15 per cent VAT would help promote the use of renewable energy at an affordable cost, officials said….
Md. Taqi Yasir THE next chief Sino-Korean film projects were declared yesterday at the Shanghai International Film and TV Festival. The company’s co=production projects were announced by Seoul-based entertainment and media company CJ E&M at the 2016 Shanghai International Film and TV Festival. China Art Museum, Hu Jinjun, director of the Shanghai Municipal Administration of…
Dr. Sadat Hossain, Former Cabinet Secretary : Activities by mobile courts were vibrant in last Ramadan. They carried out drives in different businesses, including eateries, food manufacturers, dispensaries and even chemical godowns. What caught the attention of many was the drives in the mango market when mango harvest was yet to start. After testing some samples,…
Rubya Tripty: After attacking a guard with knife outside the Iranian ambassador’s office, a 26-year old Austrian was shot dead immediately, police said. Police spokesman Harald Soeros told AFP, the assailant “died on the spot” after the soldier opened fire just before midnight local time. The motive for the attack is not yet known, he added.The…
Kabir Humayun: A case was filed against three people, including a bus driver and its owner, in connection with the death of a baby girl in an accident in Kushtia district town. Kushita Model Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Nasir Uddin said victim’s father Harunur Rashid filed the case against bus driver Khokon, its owner…
Sayeed Muhammad: Bang-ladesh Jatri Kalyan Samityon demanded that the representation of passengers in the proposed road transport law be ensured. The organisation, in a media release, said the bill, already placed in House, would only benefit the transport workers and owners, if no representatives from the commuters are kept in the proposed law called ‘Road…