UNB, Dhaka The Center for Excellence-Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) has appreciated Bangladesh’s efforts in significantly improving its disaster preparedness terming Bangladesh a ‘regional example of courageous progress’. “Despite the vulnerability of Bangladesh to cyclones and other natural disasters, the country has made a significant progress in improving its disaster preparedness,” said Director of…
Anadolu Agency: The 2018 Asian Games will see North and South Korea united as joint team for several sport competitions. The Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games are to take place between Aug. 18 and Sept. 2. “In accordance with Asian Games slogan, ‘Energy of Asia’, we want to bring spirit to Asian peace, especially on…
Joynal Abedin speaks to DOT : The new cabinet will play an important role in the future. Sheikh Hasina will work with them to advance the country, just like she did in the past. Hopefully, the cabinet will be able to mirror the skill with which Sheikh Hasina skillfully developed the country. The people will…
DOT Desk: The effort to digitalise Dhaka’s traffic by replacing the manual systems with electronic traffic signals is going in vain due to technical glitches in the signal lights and other equipment, reports The Daily Sun. Installed in 2004, the signal lights and other equipment were left dysfunction for years. Multiple glitches erupted within days…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Bangladesh has rose four notches up on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, says the Economist Intelligence Unit. That falls in line with the EIU’s finding that Asia recorded the highest improvement in its score out of any region, reports BDnews Bangladesh ranks 88th with an overall score…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : ATM Shamsul Huda will be remembered for the high standards he set at the nation’s Election Commission in the five years he presided over it. When you reflect on the confidence with which he and his team went about setting the commission back on track after all the…
DOT Desk A total of 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds have so far been supplied to the farmers in Sylhet division this season through the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), reports The Financial Express. Joint Director of BADC (Seed), Sylhet region, Suprio Pal said there is a high demand of high-yielding Boro seeds among…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed deep satisfaction over the progress and development of the National Defence College (NDC) and Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC). She made the appreciation at the 16th joint governing body meeting of NDC and DSCSC, held at the conference room of the Prime Minister’s Office at…
Kazi Akramuddin Ahmad, Former President, FBCCI : I hope the next national budget will be one that is balanced and will bring about an industrial revolution. We have to incite an industrial revolution. I ran industry all my life. Even though Japan and Germany were ruined after the Second World War, they developed by focusing on…
Sofian Khan: Finance Minister AMA Muhith will set the mega budget of some Tk 468,200 crore in Parliament for the fiscal year 18-19 on Thursday amid the fast approaching national election. Muhith is about to set a rare example by placing the 10th consecutive budget of the current government. This is going to be his…