DOT Desk Indian northeast state of Tripura is planning to export tea to Bangladesh through participating in the auction at Sreemangal in Sylhet, according to a report published in an Indian daily, reports The Financial Express. Chairman of Tripura Tea Development Corporation Ltd (TTDC) Santosh Saha.The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has also taken up…
Henry Newman, Director of Open Europe, a non-partisan policy think-tank based in London and Brussels/The Economist Another vote would be even more divisive, says Henry Newman, the director of Open Europe There are three options for Britain ahead of the March 29th deadline to leave the European Union: Brexit without a deal, Brexit with a…
Tech Explorist: Scientists at the Swansea University Medical School have discovered a previously unknown strain of bacteria in Irish soil from Ireland- yet considered to have medicinal properties. This new strain is dubbed as Streptomyces sp. myrophorea- is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics, including MRSA. As per…
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…
Lt. Gen. (retd) M. Harun Ar Rashid, Bir Pratik: Pakistanis never looked at us as equals. The way they talked with us was laced with vitriol and spite. “Oi Shala, ei dike ay!” (Hey <expletive>, come here!), they used to address us. There were always verbal abuses. I used to reply to their bitterness with,…
Nusrat Jahan When we think of someone who is super smart, we somehow tend to imagine them in labcoats or fancy outfits for different conferences and seminars. However, that is actually not the case in real life. Studies show that smart people actually own about fifty to hundred pieces of the same outfit. Sounds odd?…
The Straits Times Turkish woman Tulay Gercek stands in front of a vending machine at a busy Istanbul metro station but instead of putting coins into a slot, she crams plastic bottles into a hole. Every bottle or can Gercek places in the machine gives extra credit on her Istanbul card – the universal ticket…
DOT Desk Vashkar Bhattacharjee, a visually impaired Bangladeshi national, was awarded the UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for 2018-19, reports The New Age. This was the first time ever that a Bangladeshi had received such prestigious award, said the Embassy of Bangladesh in Paris…
Reported by: Moushumi Roy Written by: Eshan Maitra Ports of Chittagong Seaport & private depos are unable to unload their bulk open goods & whole-foods because of heavy rainfall. Goods are high risk of getting spoiled soon. Agitated exporter-businessmen are irritated about the lack of proper facilities & sheds. Port authorities were able to unload…