Desk Report: Four members of the Travelettes of Bangladesh, a Facebook-based group of female travellers, concluded their tour of Barisal region on Saturday, visiting historical places and raising awareness among schoolgirls, reports Daily Star. Members of this group have so far visited 26 districts of the country starting from April 6, and the southern region…
DOT Desk Vegetable growers in the vast Barind tract are delighted as they have been getting repeated bumper yield over the last few years, reports The Financial Express. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) have jointly supplied quality seeds, incentives and other…
Fabia Shahzadi City dwellers legitimately demand all civic amenities to the people by the Dhaka City Corporation as high level of tax is accumulated every year. Dhaka is one of the largest and heavily crowded cities in the world with the poorest facilities and meager resources. In this adversity of such scanty resources, it is…
UNB The winter vacation of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will begin from December 18 (Tuesday). The academic activities of the university will resume on January 1 while the administrative activities on December 26, said a press releases issued by the university.
DOT Desk: The new government is making desperate attempts to explore fresh oil and natural gas in the country’s onshore blocks to maximise the country’s energy outputs, officials said, reports The Daily Star. “We are reviewing the non-prospective wells and dropping those from the plan. Only prospective wells are being considered for drilling,” a top…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh has proposed introduction of solar power grid and ocean cruises among Bimstec member countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed the proposal at the retreat session of Bimstec held at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu yesterday, reports UNB. After the session, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters that discussions on…
Desk Report: The role of road safety office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) becomes controversial as it supposed to ensure safer traffic movement. Meanwhile, the outcomes of special traffic program are doubted as the traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has apparently targeted privately owned vehicles and motorcycles, reports Daily Asian Age. The…
DOT Desk: The squash cultivators in different areas of the district are optimistic about an abundant yield of the vegetable in this current season, reports The Financial Express. Squash is cultivated at village Char Pallimari, Char Prannath, Char Chatura, Char Rajib, Hasbatkhaon, Gonai Char and some other areas in Kawnia upazila and Mahipur, Char Morneya…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Writer, researcher & columnist The Rohingya crisis is a refugee boat dilemma, which caught the attention of international podium in the second half of May 2015 when the government of Myanmar state sponsored religious and ethnic discrimination against the Muslims of Burma. The Rohingya crisis highlights both humanitarian and security implications…
DOT Desk: The UNHCR office in Bangladesh allegedly have imported several dozen of vehicles illegally evading import duty and got those vehicles released in connivance with a section of local officials, reports The New Age. Allegations have it that the UN refugee agency also provides most of its vehicles holding diplomatic number plates to people…