DOT Desk: The financial institutions division will appoint a committee for bringing about changes in the Bank Company Act to check rising defaulted loans while the experts are sceptic about its success, reports The New Age. Division secretary Asadul Islam told New Age on January 15 that an additional secretary of the division would lead…
Reuters: Ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to appear in a Tokyo court on Tuesday after he requested an open hearing to hear the reason for his continued detention. It would be Ghosn’s first public appearance since he was arrested on Nov. 19 on allegations of financial misconduct. He has been…
Hossen Sohel Young cancer survivors who struggle to focus on the later stages of their lives are at higher risk of poor mental health, pointing to a greater need to target treatments for this vulnerable group, according to latest Australian research, reports Xinhua. “Cancer survivors’ imagined future lives were still more illness-focused than their cancer-free…
AP: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three new money-laundering charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that led to his stunning electoral defeat three months ago. Najib spoke softly as he entered his plea in the High Court. He has previously accused Malaysia’s new…
S.M. Faisal Kamal writes for DOT: Bangladeshi opposition parties working under the banner of JatiyaOikya Front have proposed an ambitious set of reforms and proposals if voted into power. These proposals are ambitious, even far-fetched, for two primary reasons. The first is that it is not entirely clear whether the proposals have been unanimously backed…
BSS: The US top officials have appreciated the Bangladesh new government’s commitment and various initiatives to eliminate corruption, combat terrorism and prevent trafficking in person. The appreciation was made when Bangladesh foreign secretary Shahidul Haque held meetings with some top ranking officials of the US Department of State in Washington DC in the USA on Tuesday,…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the officials and employees of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on the last working day of her current tenure yesterday. The premier at the PMO said she felt proud of being the daughter Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, not as the country’s premier, reports BSS. “I feel…
DOT Desk A man was arrested at Benapole Land Port border with a huge amount of foreign currencies on Saturday, reports The Financial Express. Border Guard Bangladesh troopers seized $20,200 cash, Indian and Bangladeshi currencies, and seven expensive mobile phones from Mohammad Haque, 50, a resident of Gazipur. He was returning to country from India…
DOT Desk Owners of all licensed arms must surrender their arms to the concerned police stations or treasuries by December 24, a circular of the Home Ministry says, reports The Daily Star. The ministry issued the circular in light with the directives of the Election Commission. As per the circular, the arms will remain in…