Barrister Muhammad Zamir writes for DOT : Nineteen leaders of the world’s biggest economies and a representative of the European Union recently met in Buenos Aries, Argentina during the Group of 20 Summit which started at the end of November and crossed into December. All eyes were on a range of issues, including a high-stakes…
DOT Desk The government’s audit claim to the second largest mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited remained unchanged at Tk 867 crore as the telecom regulator binned the mobile phone operator’s explanation regarding a recent audit, reports The New Age. The Bangladesh Telecommunicating Regulatory Commission at a recent commission meeting rejected the explanation by Robi…
DOT Desk Many multinational companies have started using again the ‘Benapole Port’ for trade as the checking and discharging of goods has become easier and faster in the port due to its digital services, reports The Independent. As per National Board of Revenue, the government has installed modern scanner machine, international standard check post and…
Ismail Hossain Imu A Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBN) unit of about 700 personnel was added to the existing security arrangements at the Prime Minister’s office yesterday morning.The unit, led by an Additional DIG of police, started working from 9am. Officials at Dhaka said the new unit would work in coordination with SSF (Special…
BSS France’s countryside comes to Paris on Saturday as the agricultural expo kicks off, the annual opportunity for urbanites to channel their inner peasants and politicians to burnish their farm cred. Strutting cows, prize pigs and splendid cockerels will preen for the cameras as nearly 700,000 visitors — a third of them children under 12…
Kabir Humayun: A godfather of human trafficking gang that trafficked hundreds of Bangladeshis to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal during 2009 and 2015 was arrested from the capital yesterday. Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in a raid at Karwan Bazar in the city, made the arrest of Mohammad Asem, said CID Special Superintendent Molla Nazrul,…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, jailed while reporting on the 2017 Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, were set to appeal the decision yesterday. They were arrested in December 2017 and later sentenced to seven years in prison under the country’s Official Secrets Act, which prosecutors said was the…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy In the global context, earthquake stands as the number one natural disaster in terms of damage, destruction and loss of life and property. About 60% of the world casualties associated with natural disaster are caused by earthquake. On average, the world experiences about…
Reuters: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said late on Friday he would heed shareholder concerns and no longer pursue a $72 billion deal to take his U.S. electric car maker private, abandoning an idea that had stunned investors and drawn regulatory scrutiny. The decision leaves Tesla as a publicly listed company but raises new questions…
Hossen Sohel: Talks between the United States and Canada will continue after the two sides made “good progress” in their effort to rewrite NAFTA, as Washington was poised for a possible escalation in its trade war with China, reports AFP. Discussions with Canada — the largest US trading partner — seem to be on track…