Desk Report: Save the Children Bangladesh launched a new website-based job platform to help unemployed young men and women to get jobs and trainings considering high unemployment rate in the country, reports New Age. Zunaid said, ‘Save the Children has done a wonderful job in terms of bringing solution to a complicated problem. We can…
Reported by: Jafar Ahmed Written by: Eshan Maitra Countrywide flood has affected thousands of families this year in Bangladesh. Therefore, World Bank (WB) will be providing Bangladesh with the opportunity to collect 25 crores dollars loan. For the relief of the flood-affected families & for the recovery of its victims. The highest loan amount was…
Tahmeed Taha: In connection with the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman advocate Shaktiman Chakma and four other people in separate attacks on May 3 and 4, two separate cases have been filed. Seven days after the incident, yesterday Shaktiman Chakma’s assistant Rupam Chakma, mentioning names of 46 people, filed a murder case with Naniarchar police station…
Riku Amir Alarming facts were uncovered after analyzing the health survey by the United Nations, regarding HIV or AIDS among the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, said DIGS additional general director Dr. Ehteshamul Haque Chowdhury. The national statistic of Myanmar show that, out of total 10 lacs Rohingyan refugees, 4 thousand must carry the virus of…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A low pressure system has intensified in the Bay of Bengal and, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, reports Teh Daily Observer. The Met Office has advised the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports to hoist a Distant Cautionary Signal No. 1 in response to the weather system. Forecasters say…
Tanvir Ahmed We have started our Scandinavian holiday from Sweden. From there we travelled to Norway and then to Denmark. In the middle of our holiday my wife & I had caught flu somehow. My son was safe as he had flu jab in his school. Apparently, there was a massive outbreak of flu that…
Syed Nasir Ershad The UK’s productivity is so poor that the average German worker could go home early on Thursday afternoon and still have produced as much as the average Brit who toiled all the way through Friday. French and American workers would have to work around an hour or so more but could still…
DOT Desk: All value added taxes and supplementary duties imposed against every SIM card replacement through the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service have been withdrawn, reports The Daily Observer. The Internal Resources Division of the Finance Ministry published a gazette notification on Monday exempting the MNP services from all taxes on several conditions. The MNP…
Arab News: A US corporate security executive and former Marine who has been jailed in Moscow on spying charges has spent more than a decade cultivating friends and contacts in Russia, both virtual and real. Paul Whelan sought out friends throughout the country, most often through a social networking site that is similar to Facebook…
DOT Desk: he local toy-makers have gradually occupied 60 per cent of the market, helping to reduce the country’s dependence on imported toys, thanks to an increase in local and foreign investment, production of high-quality toys and government policy support, reports The Independent. Bangladesh Toy Merchants, Manufacturers and Importers’ Association president and managing director of…