Written by: Eshan Maitra Power Development Board (PDB) proposes maximum of 14.5% Consumer Level electricity price increase at the 2nd day of public-hearing. The multiple price increase in a year, riled-up some heated debates by the politicians & general public. The public-hearing had been arranged for 2 consecutive days at TCB auditorium in Farmgate. BERC…
DOT Desk: About 400 indigenous people of Tripura Palli, a remote village in Chattogram, were elated to have finally gotten electricity in their homes, 47 years after Bangladesh gained independence, reports The Daily Star. A total of 55 solar panels were installed in the village on Monday. Speaking to The Daily Star, Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : With some politicians still facing trouble getting their walls built, Russia announced having finished a border between Ukraine and Crimea that took over a year and cost less than $3 million. Efforts for building the two-meter tall, 60-kilometer long fence separating the peninsula from Ukraine opened in September 2017, reports…
UNB: Chattogram, Aug 4 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive rescued 11 boys from the clutches of traffickers and arrested a suspected human trafficker along with Yaba tablets atShantir Hat Bazar under Rangunia upazila on Friday evening. The arrestee is Md Kamal Uddin, 25, son of Din Mohammad, a resident…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : In the 11th parliamentary election, around 42,000 polling stations will be set up for more than 104 million voters. Around 17,000 with only 146 international observers,will monitor the upcoming 11th parliamentary election, slated for December 30. The Representation of People’s Order 1972 (R.P.O. 1972) under Article 2 (viiib) provides…
Tarannum Sattar Tum Bin 2 is coming back 15 years after the first movie Tum Bin. Director Anubhav Sinha is starring the same actors as the first one. A new teaser poster has been released by fans where it shows the backside of the three stars that will be starring in the movie. Director Anubhav…
Deccan Chronicle: Re-searchers from the University of Cambridge and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles along with scientists from across the globe have pinpointed a set of molecules that wire the body weight centre of the brain. In a study published in the journal Cell, Sadaf Farooqi, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, of the University of Cambridge and CHLA’s…
Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor, Dept. of English, University of Dhaka: Any developed country needs skilled manpower since it is not possible to ensure sustainable development without skilled workforce. We hire managers from abroad, who take away $5 billion from us every year, mostly from the pharmaceutical and RMG sectors. The skilled manager is who…
Reuters: Tens of thousands of worshippers packed Jerusalem’s Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism’s priestly caste. Holding prayers shawls above their heads and covering their faces, the priests, known as “Kohanim” in Hebrew, began chanting the blessing, which begins: “The Lord bless you and keep you”. The ceremony…
Dr Mahfuzur Rahman speaks to DOT “For me there is no Chhatra Dal or Chhatra League. To me all student organisations are equal. I will try my level best to provide a crystal poll,” said Dr. S M Mahfuzur Rahman, Chief Returning Officer of DUCSU polls, regarding the claim of Chhatra Dal that the Chhatra…