Desk Report: The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned revenue worth around Tk 5.9645 billion during the last 2017-18 fiscal year up by Tk 1.1834 billion over the previous 2016-17 fiscal, reports the Financial Express. Of the total earning, Tk 3.5569 billion was obtained by carrying passengers while Tk 1.5972 billion from goods transportation….
DOT Desk: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is going to organize national jatra festival featuring 64 palas from 64 districts in March, reports The New Age. The festival is an outcome of an initiative to promote the traditional performing art form. As part of the initiative, the academy has facilitated production of 64 jatra palas by jatra…
Desk Report Schoolchildren living in Korail slum area of the capital are facing great difficulties in reaching their schools in the absence of boat service. Locals said sufferings of schoolchildren know no bounds as they have to walk several kilometres along the bank of Banani lake to reach Gulshan bridge point, a destination that they…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission has allowed carrying mobile phones in voting centers, but on condition that they will not be in use it inside. “Voters can enter polling centre along with their mobile phone set,” the commission’s Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced in a press briefing yesterday evening at Nirbachan Bhaban in…
DOT Desk Srijit Mukherji, the famed Indian filmmaker is set to come before Dhaka audience with two of his films, reports The Daily Observer. The two films are ‘Ek Je Chhilo Raja’ and ‘Uma.’ The films have been selected for the upcoming Dhaka International Film Festival. The seventeenth edition of the festival will start from…
Hossen Sohel: Sale of advance train tickets for August 20 for the Eid-ul-Azha resumed, as it remained suspended for technical glitch at the server at Kamalapur and Chattogram Railway Stations from 10:30am yesterday. Hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station from early morning, reports Daily Sun. The sale of advance train tickets began from August…
DOT Desk Mohammad Idris, the designer of the national emblem of Bangladesh, passed away on Saturday. He was 87, reports The Daily Observer. He suffered a heart attack at his Basabo residence in the morning and died at a hospital in the city around 9:30am, said family members. He left behind a daughter and son…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The body of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, who passed away at a Thailand hospital on Thursday, was brought back home yesterday evening and he will be laid to eternal rest today, UNB reports. The mortal remains was flown back on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Forqan Uddin Ahmed Women account for nearly half the 170 million population in Bangladesh. Participation of women in politics and development program is essential for the optimum use of human resources. A society that ignores its women and keep them illiterate can’t progress. Education is vital for empowerment of women. Then comes the question of…
Prof Dr. Mahbubullah, Economist: There has been debate on whether the state’s money can be kept in private banks. It can be kept at 6% deposit rate. But what should the deposit and interest rates be? Interest rates should be brought down within 3-4%, not more than that. For every bank, profit is a huge…