People u-terns from the biggest initiatives of government Digitalhaat.gov.bd, due to lack of decreasing sellers and buyers interests, trust and improper promoting and marketing.
Sources said, the initiative digitalhaat.gov.bd, an effort by e-Cab, ekShop, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Bangladesh Dairy Farmers Association, and other government agencies.
e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAAB) General Secretary Nasima Akter Nisha said, this year they did not raise any fund for promoting the Digital Haat. The marketing is essentials for this initiative, she added.
According to a report from 2023 on their website, digitalhaat.gov.bd sold 56,821 animals from 20 to 28 June last year, with a sale volume of BDT 422 crore 23 lakh 59 thousand 257.
On the last Friday before Eid, the bus terminals in Dhaka are bustling with commuters on their way home before the holidays begin.
Despite the cloudy skies since morning, their Eid journey continues unabated.
Holidaymakers are going home comfortably this year as trains have been leaving on time for the last two days.
“Since Friday morning, nine buses have departed on time, all fully seated. The bad weather has not posed any issues. All seats are booked for today and tomorrow, with only a few available on the 16th,” said Md Anwar Hossain, the counter master of Shahjadpur Travel, which operates buses to northern districts.
He said there are slight congestions on the highway on the route, but it is not significant.
Foreign affairs experts at a roundtable on Friday expressed their optimism over an added momentum in Bangladesh-India relations in the new tenure under the leadership of two prime ministers, giving a new beginning with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina full-fledged bilateral visit to India after Eid-ul-Azha. They noted that Bangladesh-India relationship is now an example for the entire world and the beauty of this relationship is its continuity addressing issues through discussions. Former foreign secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, former ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad, Executive Director of Centre for Alternatives (CA) Prof Imtiaz Ahmed, Prof Shahab Enam Khan of Jahangirnagar University Department of International Relations, President of the Press Club of India Gautam Lahiri, senior Indian journalist Devadeep Purohit, DCAB President Nurul Islam Hasib, among others, joined the event moderated by Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta.
The government is set to stop dispensing fuels to tank lorries at the depots without tracking devices or special tracking technology from July 1. The decision is taken as part of the implementation of the Smart Fuel Distribution Monitoring System (SFDMS).
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has already instructed all tank lorries to be equipped with tracking devices. However, private companies are reluctant to install tracking systems in their fuel-carrying vehicles.
The energy division took the initiative to launch SFDMS to modernize the country fuel transportation.
The system is intended to bring the entire process, from fuel transport to delivery to consumers, under close monitoring.
An official from the energy division said that it is crucial to monitor the routes of fuel-carrying tank lorries to prevent fuel adulteration.