News Desk : dhakamirror.com BRAC Business School, BRAC University is going to organise the 1st International Case Conference on Business and Management (ICCBM) 2023 on 27 July. Espousing the theme “Enterprise, Practice, and Leadership in Emerging Economies”, this inaugural conference is dedicated to the memory of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC University, ... Read more
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GPH Ispat staff to get discounts at Evercare
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com GPH Ispat Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding with Evercare Hospital Dhaka recently enabling employees and their dependents to avail privileges and discounts on medical services. Sharmin Sultan, chief people officer of the Chattogram-based public limited steel manufacturing company, and Vinay Kaul, chief marketing officer of the hospital, inked the deal ... Read more
MTB app free of data charges
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) recently enabled use of its MTB Smart Banking app free of data charges on Grameenphone, Airtel, Banglalink and Robi networks. Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director and CEO, inaugurated the service at the bank’s corporate head office in Gulshan, said a press release. Chowdhury Akhtar Asif, additional ... Read more
Chevron Bangladesh MD joins US-Bangladesh Business Council
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com US-Bangladesh Business Council has incorporated Eric M Walker, president and managing director of Chevron Bangladesh, as a board member. The business advocacy group advances the US business community’s policy priorities, said a press release. “Chevron is proud to be a partner of choice by maintaining safe and reliable operations, ensuring uninterrupted ... Read more
Govt names 73 firms for FY21 export trophy
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 73 exporters have been named as the winners of “National Export Trophy” for fiscal year 2020-21 for earning the highest amounts of foreign currencies. Of the recipients which represent 32 sectors, 28 won the award in gold category, 25 in silver category and 19 in bronze category, according ... Read more
Asia Insurance reelects chairman
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Asia Insurance Ltd has reelected its chairman Yussuf Abdullah Harun at a meeting of its board of directors on Monday. Harun is a former chairman of Southeast Bank Ltd, former president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and former director of Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. He obtained ... Read more
FSIBL holds business review conference
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com First Security Islami Bank Ltd organised a half-yearly “Business Review Conference” reviewing performances of branches in the last January-June period and providing directives on attaining the year’s targets. Syed Waseque Md Ali, managing director, presided over the conference, which was virtually held on Monday, said a press release. Abdul Aziz and ... Read more
Brac Bank to finance research on tackling salinity
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank signed a deal with Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) recently to finance a two-year project for conducting research and training coastal farmers, local government officials and community leaders to better deal with salinity in arable land and increase harvests. Md Sabbir Hossain, deputy managing director and chief operating officer of ... Read more
HR issues linked with trade relationship: EU special representative
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Visiting European Union special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore on Tuesday said that human rights remaining at the centre of the relationship between the EU and Bangladesh were linked to trade and economic activities. He said that human rights had been at the heart of their relationship with the country ... Read more
Submit list of railway land grabbers in 30 days: HC
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday sought a list of people who have illegally grabbed lands of Bangladesh Railway across the country. The court ordered the authorities concerned of the government to prepare the list and to submit it in 30 days. At the same time, it issued a rule asking the authorities ... Read more
Do not reveal sex of foetuses
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to prevent gender-based sex selection, a national guideline based on a study of gender preference and the associated risks was presented yesterday. Entitled “National Guideline for Prevention of Son Preference and the Risk of Gender-Biased Sex Selection-2022”, it was presented at an event jointly organized by the Ministry of ... Read more
AUST holds 11th convocation
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 11th convocation of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology was held at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital on Monday. Education minister Dipu Moni presided over the ceremony on behalf of president Mohammed Shahabuddin and chancellor of AUST, while University Grants Commission member Professor Dr Muhammad Alamgir was ... Read more
IUB Green Genius Season 04 concludes
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Green Plant Club of Independent University, Bangladesh organised the symposium round and award-giving ceremony of the 2-month long ‘IUB Green Genius Season 04’ on Saturday at IUB, said a press release. ‘Warming Cities, Sustainable Living’ was the theme for this year’s competition for environmental innovation and ideas of school, college ... Read more
Hamdard take part in University Admission Festival
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Hamdard University Bangladesh vice-chancellor Faruque-Uz-Zaman Chowdhury gave a formal briefing at the University Admission Festival organised at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Monday, said a press release. Hamdard University Islamic Studies department head Md Kahedul Islam, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh director information and public relations Amirul Momeen Manik and teachers ... Read more
Mild heatwave sweeping over Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mild heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Pabna, Feni and Chuadanga and it may continue, said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins 9:00am on Tuesday. Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places ... Read more
Pregnant govt official dies of dengue
News Desk : dhakamirror.com SM Nazia Sultana, senior assistant secretary (WTO Wing) of the Ministry of Commerce and a mother-to-be, died of dengue on Tuesday morning (25 July) at a capital hospital. She was eight months pregnant at the time of her death and was admitted to the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in ... Read more
A game-changer in the segment: realme brings in C53 from its Champion series
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com The youth-favourite brand realme has brought in yet another fabulous phone from its Champion series C53, which is expected to disrupt its market segment owing to several segment-first features including 128GB storage (along with up to 12GB dynamic RAM) and 7.49mm body. It was launched in the Bangladeshi market recently. The ... Read more
bKash, DataSoft in microcredit instalment deal
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com An agreement has been signed between DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Limited and bKash to enable microcredit borrowers to pay loan installments easily, safely and quickly from anywhere, anytime. Under this agreement, customers of more than 200 microfinance institutions (MFIs) that use technology and software solutions of DataSoft will get the opportunity to ... Read more
Bodybuilder Justyn Vicky dies after 210kg barbell falls on him
The ill-fated incident is said to have happened at The Paradise Gym in Sanur, Bali. World Desk : dhakamirror.com The bodybuilding world mourns the tragic death of talented bodybuilder Justin Vicky, 33. Bali’s fitness community is in shock after learning of the fatal accident at Paradise Gym. The accident occurred during an intense training session ... Read more
‘5th Bangladesh Film Festival’: Showcasing artistic brilliance of Bangladeshi cinema in Kolkata
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Kolkata is all set to celebrate the finest Bangladeshi films, as the 5th Bangladesh Film Festival is set to commence on July 28 and run until July 31, at the prestigious Nandan Cultural Centre. Organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of Bangladesh, the festival promises to showcase the ... Read more