Saturday, November 16, 2024

Four-day tourism festival begins in Dhaka

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A four-day long festival to boost local tourism will be launched on September 27 in Dhaka to celebrate World Tourism Day 2023. The Bangladesh Tourism Board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism will organise the festival titled ‘Bangladesh Festival’ at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The festival will be ... Read more

British Council IELTS launches One Skill Retake

News Desk : dhakamirror.com British Council IELTS test takers who do not achieve their desired results first time around will no longer have to re-sit the full test, after the launch of a game-changing new feature. One Skill Retake increases a test taker’s chances of success by offering them the opportunity to retake just one ... Read more

bKash provides collection solution service to eCourier

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Country’s one of the leading online courier service providers eCourier will use bKash’s B2B (Business to Business) collection solution service at its 100 hubs across the country. This will ease the financial management of the company as well as speed up the product delivery service. For this purpose, recently, an agreement ... Read more

No Tamim in Shakib-led Bangladesh WC squad

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com After a night of drama and rumours, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming World Cup in India, to be led by Shakib Al Hasan, excluding opener Tamim Iqbal. While Tamim has been left out, another veteran Mahmudullah Riyad has been included for the ... Read more

Justice Obaidul Hassan sworn in as Bangladesh’s 24th Chief Justice

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Justice Obaidul Hassan took oath as the 24th chief justice of Bangladesh today (26 September). President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at 11am at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban, witnessed by the president’s wife Dr Rebecca Sultana, Cabinet members, former chief justices, judges of both the Appellate and High Court divisions, ... Read more

Festival of Tolerance celebrated in Ctg

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Festival of Tolerance was held on Sunday at Zilla Shilpakala Academy in Chattogram with the goal of building a peaceful, tolerant, and harmonious Bangladesh. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised the festival as part of its Partnerships for a More Tolerant and Inclusive Bangladesh (PTIB) project, with support from ... Read more

Taskin dropped, Khaled and Afif brought in for third ODI

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made further changes in the team for the third and final One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, retaining bowler Khaled Ahmed after the second ODI and bringing in im out-of-form Afif Hossain. Pacer Taskin Ahmed, who was included ... Read more

Full squads of all 7 teams for the BPL 2024 edition

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The players’ draft of the tournament was held in Dhaka on Sunday. Let us have a look at the full squads of the teams for the 2024 edition of Bangladesh’s premier T20 league. Comilla Victorians Retentions and direct signings: Litton Das, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanvir Islam, Sunil Narine, Mohammad Rizwan, Towhid Hridoy, ... Read more

IUB hosts the inaugural of Preserve Planet Earth conference

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The conference, which is the first of its kind, brought together experts and stakeholders to focus on turning emerging actionable solutions into investment and employment opportunities to deal with rising global temperatures and reducing the use of fossil fuels, said a press release. ‘Aiming to turn challenges into opportunities, we need ... Read more

Legal notice served to halt streaming of Pori Moni starrer ‘Puff Daddy’

Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com A legal notice was served on Sunday to halt the promotion, broadcast and screening of Pori Moni-starrer web film ‘Puff Daddy’ within three days for undermining religious sentiments and existing laws, and spreading obscenity among youths. On Sunday, Bangladesh Supreme Court and Cumilla Judge Court lawyer Zainal Abedin Mazhari sent the ... Read more

Mushfiq joins Tamim, Riyad at Barishal

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com At the BPL Players’ Draft held at a city hotel on Sunday, veteran cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim was selected by Fortune Barishal after being given the opportunity to call first, according to a BSS report. In this move he joined Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad. The top category out of the six ... Read more

Bangladesh Railway launches luggage vans with intercity trains

News Desk : dhakamirror.com To significantly increase the supply of perishable items, agricultural and other goods, Bangladesh Railway (BR) combined luggage vans with intercity trains on Sunday. The first van was combined with Sylhet bound intercity train “Joyantika Express”. Jayantika Express transported 4,600 kg of goods from Dhaka to Sylhet as Bangladesh Railway’s first intercity ... Read more

Mominul, Sabbir get snubbed in BPL draft

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque and batter Sabbir Rahman were notable players who were overlooked in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) player’s draft on Sunday. Mominul, who played for Dhaka Dominators in the previous edition, was allocated to Category C with a price cap of Tk 30 lakh, while no ... Read more

Shanto to lead Tigers in 3rd ODI

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto is set to lead the Tigers in their third and final ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday after stand-in skipper Liton Das in absence of regular captain Shakib Al Hasan asked to be rested, the Bangladesh ... Read more

Information and communication technology for sustainable development was the focus of the 2nd international conference

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The three-day-long 2nd international conference on ‘Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development’ organised by Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) has successfully concluded on Saturday (23 September). In the closing ceremony, the chief patron of this conference BUP Vice Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam awarded certificates to three outstanding research ... Read more

Wander Woman celebrates six-year anniversary

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Wander Woman, a pioneering travel company specializing in empowering women through unique travel experiences, marked a significant milestone on 22 September 2023, with its grand sixth-anniversary celebration held at the Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan. The event was sponsored by Mutual Trust Bank and also supported by Green Delta Insurance, reads a ... Read more

Another 36,000 RMG workers to receive salary through bKash payroll solution

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Another eight leading readymade garments (RMG) companies in the country have started using bKash’s digital payroll solution to disburse salaries and allowances to their workers. With this latest addition, currently more than 1,100 factories are disbursing salaries and allowances to over a million workers through bKash’s digital payroll solution, reads a ... Read more