DOT Desk For the peasantry 2018 was a bonanza year with buoyant agriculture output but, by the same token, it was a period of low prices of the staples they grew, reports The Financial Express. Farmers and officials said traders and importers reaped the benefits of larger agro-output, thus depriving both cultivators and consumers. Growers…
BSS, Dhaka Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said Bangladesh has already formed counter terrorism and cyber crime units aimed at curbing terrorism and preventing cyber crimes. “We need necessary training to make the concerned security personnel more efficient,” he told newsmen after a meeting with a delegation of the United States at the ministry’s…
AP, Idomeni Migrants waged running battles with Macedonian police Sunday after they were stopped from scaling the border fence with Greece near the border town of Idomeni, and aid agencies reported that hundreds of stranded travelers were injured. Macedonian police used tear gas, stun grenades, plastic bullets and a water cannon to repel the migrants,…
UNB, Dhaka The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and its audit committee chairman ANM Borhan Uddin for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth. ACC deputy director Shamsul Alam filed the case against him with Motijheel Police Station in the capital, Commission’s public relations officer Pranab Kumar…
June Yong/Channel NewsAsia If we allow our perception of the “ideal child” to cloud our decisions, we may forget that our children are individuals who need their own space to grow and develop, says one mother of three. After MOE’s announcement about reducing testing at certain educational milestones, many tuition centres have stepped forward to…
Md. Taqi Yasir A code of conduct for a quintessential diary that builds up a career program directory of one’s professional life is based on the interview performance that is needed for the entrance in a spectacular institution. The protocol here is needed to be maintained abiding by some very constitutional norms. The generic protocol…
NDTV Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent’s Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individuals, Xinhua said,…
UNB: Jatiya Party Chairman HMErshad on Sunday expressed his solidarity with the ongoing widespread movement of students demanding a nine-point demand, including ensuring safety in roads and justice for the two students who were killed in a road accident in the capital, and resignation of Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan. In a press statement, JaPa chairman…
The Independent, UK: AI robots and self-driving cars might steal the headlines, but the next big leap in technology will be advances in voice services, according to Google’s head of search, Ben Gomes, who says that a better understanding of common language is crucial to the future of the internet. “Speech recognition and the understanding…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The Swadhin Bangla Football team has yet again called for recognition from the government as freedom fighters as they helped raise international awareness and monetary support playing football matches in India during 1971 Liberation War. The call was made Thursday at a reception programme for the team in Dhaka, reports The…