Popular Bangladeshi actress Rafiat Rashid Mithila now lives in Kolkata with her husband Srijit Mukherjee and daughter Ayra. She said in an interview with the online lifestyle publication Haal Fashion that she will be spending this Eid in Shantiniketan. But she is thrilled that she would spend Eid with her parents as well.She is now ... Read more
Month: July 2022
Nation celebrating Eid-ul-Azha
Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, is being celebrated across Bangladesh on Sunday with due solemnity, a sense of sacrifice and religious fervour amid the Covid outbreak for the second consecutive year.The celebrations began with Eid congregations all over the country followed by the sacrifice of cattle head in the name ... Read more
Amber Heard asks for mistrial in Johnny Depp case, claims wrong juror was seated
Amber Heard is calling for a mistrial in the Johnny Depp defamation case after her legal team claims to have discovered that one of the jurors who decided the case was never actually summoned for jury duty.
New record set for toll collection in one day
News Desk : dhakamirror.comPadma Bridge had its greatest toll collection ever on Friday, collecting Tk 41.9 million from 31,723 vehicles.The disclosure was made on Saturday by the bridges authority, who stated that the toll was collected on Friday from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm.On Friday, 12,056 vehicles paid Tk 17.01 million at the toll plaza ... Read more
Elon Musk cancels $44 billion Twitter agreement
Business Desk : dhakamirror.comThe CEO of Tesla and richest man in the world, Elon Musk, said that he was canceling his $44 billion agreement to purchase Twitter. According to Musk, the social media business violated numerous terms of the merger agreement, and as a result, the deal is being terminated. On the other hand. Twitter ... Read more
Eminent actress Sharmili Ahmed no more
Eminent actress Sharmili Ahmed died on Friday morning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. She was 75.Actors Equity president Ahsan Habib Nasim confirmed the news. ‘Sharmili Ahmed was diagnosed cancer some days ago. She died at about 9:30am while undergoing treatment at the Evercare Hospital,’ said Ahsan Habib Nasim.‘Her body is ... Read more
286 ISPs will be unplugged
Business Desk : dhakamirror.comFor failing to transfer their licenses in compliance with regulations, the telecom regulator has ordered International Internet Gateway (IIG) service providers to unplugged bandwidth connections of 286 internet service providers (ISP).The existing ISP licensees were required to convert their existing licenses to four new categories by December 2021 in accordance with the ... Read more
Load shedding could continue until September
News Desk : dhakamirror.comThe government has no choice but to implement load shedding to handle the ongoing gas and electricity crises at least until the month of September (July 7, 2022), energy advisor to the Prime Minister Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said on Thursday (July 7, 2022).Tawfiq said, they will advise the government to implement measures to ... Read more
Animal waste must be disposed of by 10 pm on Eid day: LGRD minister
News Desk : dhakamirror.comThe trash from sacrificed animals shall be disposed of by 10 p.m. on Eid day (July 10, 2022), LGRD Minister Tajul Islam said on Thursday..The divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, and local representatives have been instructed to take action to dispose of rubbish from all areas between 7pm and 10pm, the minister stated, ... Read more
No motorcycle registration without driver’s license
News Desk : dhakamirror.com On Tuesday, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority said that starting on September 15, no registration number will be assigned to any motorcycle if the driver lacked a valid driving license.The order, issued by the authority, was given to inform people about it, said the BRTA director (engineering) Sitangshu Shekhar Biwas.Currently, the ... Read more
Passenger leaves behind Saudi riyal worth Tk 6cr at Dhaka airport
Customs Intelligence and Customs House officials seized 22,99,500 Saudi riyal — equivalent to Tk 6 crore – at Dhaka airport on Wednesday night. Customs’ deputy commissioner Abdus Sadek said that the passenger, Mamun Khan, checked in the luggage for the Dubai-bound flight EK 585 of Emirates Airlines at about 9:30pm on
What steps taken for their birth certificates?
HC asks govt on street children The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit in three months a report on the steps taken to issue birth certificates to all street children. Secretaries at the ministries of women and children and home affairs, and office of the registrar general of birth and death registration have ... Read more
DU celebrates 102nd founding anniv today
Dhaka University is set to celebrate its 102nd founding anniversary through various programmes today, while the university authorities on Wednesday decided to introduce graduation festivals to replace the students’ ‘rag day’ culture. The first of the university’s founding anniversary programmes will begin with the
SIM ban unexpected, says GP since it outperformed benchmark
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com According to Grameenphone the latest ban on SIM sales from the telecom watchdog was unexpected. The operator will decide how to proceed after reviewing the regulator’s letter relating to the suspension. The leading telecom operator was directed not to sell new SIM cards by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on ... Read more