DOT Desk: Two launches of Patuakhali-Dhaka route got stuck in a shoal in the Karkhana River under Bakerganj Upazila of the district, causing immense sufferings to around 2,000 passengers on board, reports The Daily Observer. The four-storey Dhaka-bound MV Sundarban-9 and MV Jamal Khan-5 started journey from Patuakhali Launch Ghat at 6pm on Friday and…
Hossen Sohel of DOT High Court yesterday set January 31 for hearing a writ petition that challenged the legality of 300 members of parliament holding office before the expiry of tenure of the previous parliament, reports New Age. A bench of justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and justice Razik Al Jalil rescheduled Monday’ hearing to January…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation that the Fourth Industrial revolution is about to bring will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one…
Syed Borhan Kabir speaks to DOT : The newly formed government has three challenges ahead; establishing a corruption-less society, establishing good governance and ensuring accountability. An opposition party is important for criticizing the government. Unfortunately, there is no opposition party in the parliament after the general elections. The main aspect of this election is that…
Sky News For a brief period earlier this year, the “distracted boyfriend” meme – using a stock image of a man angering his partner by ogling another girl – was inescapable. But its broad appeal does not appear to extend to Swedish regulators. After it emerged, social media posters used the meme to communicate an…
CNN: The last time a Pope came to Ireland was 1979, and Colm O’Gorman remembers tuning into live television coverage of the visit from his family’s home in County Wexford. The teenager watched with rapt attention as Pope John Paul II celebrated a “youth Mass” in the harbor city of Galway like a rock star, declaring…
Jane Alex Robinson, Lead for the innovation ecosystem and partnership unit of BRAC’s social innovation lab/BRAC This is a unique moment in history. Young people between the ages of 15 and 29 have reached their peak, now numbering at 1.8 billion. This is set to decline in the coming decades. Now is the time to…
Desk Report: Green garment factory owners, who have spent billions of dollars for setting up the units, are left frustrated as the international retailers are not rewarding them with higher prices for the initiative, reports Daily Star. The factories cost 20 to 30 percent more to construct than the regular ones for their special design…
Reported by: Syed Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra National Women Organization will be running project to set-up easy accessible data-centers about health, education, business, farming, law & technology based services, for the poor women in the rural areas. The project targeted 490 upazilla. If this 545 crores budget project goes through the Planning Commission’s approval in…
BSS: LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam yesterday said the new ministers led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would work restlessly to make Bangladesh as a developed country by 2041. “The new ministers under the dynamic leadership of the Premier will work with upmost sincerity for building a developed Bangladesh by 2041…So, people of…