News Desk : dhakamirror.com Yesterday, a government-convened meeting to consider raising the pay of workers in tea gardens came to an end without making a decision.At the Sreemangal office in Moulvibazar, the Department of Labor held a day-long meeting with tea gardens employee yesterday.The department will have another meeting with both workers and tea garden ... Read more
Month: August 2022
Norway’s Jotun inaugurates its first factory in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A subsidiary of the Norwegian-based Jotun Group, which produces paint and coatings, Jotun Bangladesh Limited (JBL) has invested $7.6 million to open its first plant inside the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ).Jotun Group, with operations in more than a hundred countries is one of the top manufacturers of paints and coatings ... Read more
Biman to fly to China for first time tomorrow
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start running flights on the Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route from tomorrow, expanding its list of overseas destinations having included China. Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Md. Zahid Hossain and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming met on Tuesday at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka to discuss ... Read more
Bangladesh women cricketers get roadmap
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team will play a total of 50 matches over the course of the next three years, according to the first women’s Future Tour Plan [FTP] released by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.10 international women’s teams will play 301 games during the 2022–2025 FTP cycle. In the cycle, Bangladesh ... Read more
“Shakib and Mushfiqur could open if necessary”
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh team management is considering Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim as openers for the upcoming Asia Cup, said the national team’s director Khaled Mahmud on Monday. The selectors have picked just two recognised openers-Anamul Haque and Parvez Emon- in the 17-man squad for the Asia Cup. Regular opener Liton Das ... Read more
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover formally announce pregnancy
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com The current buzz in B-town is about Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover, who on Tuesday announced their pregnancy with a lovely maternity pictorial. In the photos, Bipasha and Karan both maintained their regal appearances.
College teacher’s death: Husband sent to jail
A Natore court yesterday sent to jail Mamun Hossain, husband of college teacher Khairun Nahar whose body was recovered from her home on Sunday. Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of the Natore sadar police station, said that Saber Hossain, a cousin of the deceased, filed the case with the police station. Though, none was accused in the ... Read more
Sumi bags awards for Nodi Rocks
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com The first-of-its-kind project “Nodi Rocks” by Salt Creatives to protect Bangladesh’s rivers has won the Bangladesh Brand Forum Award in the Social and Native categories. On August 13, the award presentation ceremony took place in a five-star hotel. The main goal of this exciting project was to use music as a ... Read more
Fan undergoes 15 surgeries to get a look like Kim Kardashian
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com A fan of Kim Kardashian in South Korea undergoes 15 surgeries to get a look like the model. Cherri Lee, whose birth name is Hanbyeol, has had a total of 15 surgeries within eight years for getting a look like Kardashian. The South Korean woman has claimed she spent £50,000 (around ... Read more
Legal notice issued to singer Nobel for remarks about Rabindranath
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Singer Mainul Ahsan Noble has received legal notice Sunday (August 14) for making disparaging remarks about Rabindranath Tagore. The notice says, a case would be brought against him under the Digital Security Act, according to the notification, which was submitted by Chattogram court advocate Mithun Biswas, if he does not publicly ... Read more
Five dead as segment of viaduct of BRT falls on car in Uttara
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of five people were killed and two others injured after a segment of a viaduct meant for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a private car at Uttara in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday. The accident happened around 4pm at Jashim Uddin area, said ... Read more
Amber Heard hired me to find bad things about Johnny Depp, discloses investigator
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Hollywood actress Amber Heard’s investigator Paul Baressi has revealed that she hired him ‘to find bad things about Johnny Depp’.According to a report by Law and Crime Network, private investigator Paul Baressi has revealed that the Aquaman actress hired him to ‘find bad things about Johnny’.
New MD appointed to state-owned Sonali, Agrani, Rupali banks
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The government appointed new Managing Directors to Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank and Agrani Bank. The Ministry of Finance’s Financial Institution Division issued three separate circulars regarding the appointments on Sunday. Afzal Karim, managing director of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing ... Read more
Hasina pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungipara on his death anniversary. After arriving in Gopalganj around 11 am on Monday, Hasina placed a wreath on Bangabandhu’s grave and observed a moment of silence as an army contingent gave a guard of honour. Later, ... Read more
National Mourning Day today
The nation is set to observe National Mourning Day today. The government and numerous political, socio-economic and cultural organisations have chalked out programmes to mark the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. On this day in 1975, Bangabandhu was brutally assassinated by a group of ... Read more
120 hills disappeared from Chattogram in 4 decades
An environmental group called Bangladesh Environment Forum alleged Sunday that 120 hills had vanished from Chattogram city in the past forty years. The port city’s hills decreased from 32.37 square kilometers in 1976 to 14.02 square kilometers in 2008, according to a written statement from the forum’s general secretary, Aliur Rahman. He was addressing during ... Read more
Conservationist organization hosts three-day art camp in Khagrachhari
Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com A nonprofit organization named Pittachhara Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Initiative works to protect Bangladesh’s biological diversity and raise community awareness of how to coexist peacefully with nature in some of the country’s most isolated and rural areas. A three-day art camp with a focus on saving the environment has been organized ... Read more
Pacific jeans installs rooftop solar power plant
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A rooftop solar power plant with automatic cleaning system and a capacity of 3.5mw per day has been installed at Universal Jeans Ltd, a concern of Pacific Jeans, at the Chattogram EPZ, at a cost of $0.5 million as part of its green energy initiative. This 3.5mw electricity will meet 10% ... Read more
Natore teacher who married student found dead
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Police recovered the body of a female college teacher from a rented house in Balaripara of Natore town, who married a student after six months of a love affair, from home early today. Deceased Khairun Nahar was an assistant professor of Philosophy department of Khubjipur Mozammel Haque Degree College in Gurudaspur ... Read more
Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan kicked off
In recent times, the Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan (NBRJ) was formed in Tokyo. According to a press release, the NBRJ began its official voyage on August 12 during the “Multidisciplinary Research Workshop at 50 years of Bangladesh” event held at the Tokyo International Forum. The network comprises about 60 members working as faculty ... Read more