Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Just an era has passed, and millions of people now no longer need to worry about sending money to someone or standing in long queues to pay utility bills. Those days are gone, thanks to the Mobile Financial Services (MFS) provider bKash, reads a press release. 12 years back, no one ... Read more
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17 killed, 26 injured as bus plunges into pond in Jhalokathi
News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured as a bus fell into a pond by the side of Khulna-Barishal highway at a location adjacent to Dhansiri Union Parishad under Sadar upazila in Jhalokathi district Saturday morning. Jhalokathi Civil Surgeon Jahirul Islam confirmed the casualties. Five of the deceased ... Read more
Ten Years After Rana Plaza show opens at Drik Gallery on Friday
Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com Ten Years After Rana Plaza, an immersive exhibition marking ten years of the Rana Plaza disaster through interdisciplinary works on the subject by Bangladeshi photographer and filmmaker, Ismail Ferdous, is set to begin on Friday (21 July) at Drik Gallery, Dhaka, said a press release. Following the tragic collapse of the ... Read more
Rangs Motors launches new range of Eicher Skyline Bus
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Rangs Motors Ltd, a concern of Rangs Group, yesterday launched the Eicher Skyline 20.15 Bus in local markets. This new type of bus is thoroughly tested in Bangladesh and optimised to deliver the best-in-class performance, said a press release. Its powerful 180HP engine with in-line fuel injection system will help deliver ... Read more
Electro Mart opens sales centre in Mymensingh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Electro Mart Ltd, an electronics and home appliance producing and manufacturing company, recently opened a sales and display centre in Mymensingh. Consumer electronics and home appliances like refrigerators, freezers, LED televisions, washing machines, microwave ovens, blenders, juicers, irons, rice cookers, pressure cookers, air conditioners, air coolers, air curtains, dehumidifiers, and air ... Read more
New version of Bank Asia ‘SMART App’ launched
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bank Asia Limited has launched a new version of its “SMART App” with advanced features to ensure more convenient, secure and state-of-the-art banking services for customers. Adil Chowdhury, president and managing director of the bank, inaugurated the new version of the app at Bank Asia Tower in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka yesterday, ... Read more
Dhaka Bank leads school banking confce in Sylhet
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Some 50 scheduled banks led by Dhaka Bank Ltd recently organised a “School Banking Conference” at Aman Ullah Convention Center in Sylhet to encourage students to start saving money from an early age. Saiful Islam, executive director of Bangladesh Bank’s Sylhet office, inaugurated the conference, which was participated by around 500 ... Read more
DBL Lifestyles opens outlet for Nike products
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com DBL Lifestyles, a concern of DBL Group, yesterday opened an outlet to sell products of Nike, a US-based athletic footwear and apparel maker, in Dhaka city. The outlet at Banani, Road-11 of the capital houses a wide range of Nike products and accessories for local customers. “We are the largest seller ... Read more
AIUB students participates in community development project
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Students of the Media and Mass Communication (MMC) department of the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) visited and participated in a community development project at Jamdani Village, Bargaon, Sonargaon on 15 July, under the supervision of Senior Faculty Niaz Majumder. Summer 2023 BLC Field School Bangladesh Chapter organised the workshop, titled “Story ... Read more
Gold price tops Tk 1 lakh a bhari on Bangladesh market
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gold price has hit a record high of Tk 1,00,777 a bhari (11.664 grams) on the local market. According to a Bangladesh Jewellers’ Samity press release, the price of 22-carat gold was on Thursday raised by Tk 2,333 a bhari from Tk 98,444 a bhari in line with an increase in ... Read more
EBL wins ‘Most Innovative Retail Bank in Bangladesh’ award
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) won the International Finance Banking Awards 2023 under the ‘Most Innovative Retail Bank in Bangladesh’ category. The accolade was conferred upon EBL by the renowned London-based International Finance magazine, known for its comprehensive coverage of the global financial sector, reads a press release. The Managing Director and ... Read more
bKash supports book reading programme in 8 more schools
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, with the support of bKash, the country’s largest mobile financial services (MFS) provider, has expanded this year’s ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Program’ by distributing books to eight schools in Sirajganj and Tangail districts. Haimabala Girl’s High School, Jnanadayni High School, Victoria High School, Gouri Urban Girls High School ... Read more
Barishal University student found dead in her dormitory
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A student of Barishal University was found dead in her room at a dormitory in Barishal city Wednesday night. The deceased is Ribna Shahrin, a first-year student of Botany Department and resident of Molla Chhatri Nibas, locally known as Rokeya Hall, near the university. She is from Pirojpur district. The university ... Read more
Six killed in Sylhet road accident
News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least six people were killed and three were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj Road at Salutikor under Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday. One of the deceased is Kazi Amir Uddin, a teacher of Anwar High School and College, while identities ... Read more
Channel 24 introduces country’s first AI news presenter
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Privately-run television network Channel 24 on Wednesday introduced Bangladesh’s first-ever artificial intelligence news presenter named ‘Aparajita.’ AI-generated news presenter Aparajita made a brief appearance in the prime-time news bulletin of Channel 24, one of the top news channels in the country, in the evening. Talat Mamun, executive director at Channel 24, ... Read more
Two week summer vacation of secondary schools across Bangladesh cancelled
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has cancelled the two-week-long summer vacation for secondary schools and colleges across the country. The vacation was scheduled to begin tomorrow but it would be later adjusted with the winter vacation in December, Education Ministry Public Relations Officer (PRO) Abul Khair said. He said that the ministry took the ... Read more
Mahbub from Dhaka wins BMW car of the Nagad’s mega payment campaign
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Pahlowan Mahbub Haider from Dhaka won the Nagads Mega Payments Campaign BMW car. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar officially announced the name of the lucky winner – Pahlowan Mahbub Haider from Dhaka – at an event at a city hotel on Tuesday Nagad, a popular mobile financial service in Bangladesh, ... Read more
Shwapno opens new outlet in Khulna south central road
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The top retail shop chain ‘Shwapno’ is now at Khulna south central road. This new outlet was inaugurated on Tuesday (18 july). Mohiuddin Moin, zonal sales manager, SHWAPNO, Abu Bokar Siddique, zonal manager, SHWAPNO & Giash uddin, Businessman were present. Sabbir Hasan Nasir, executive director of Shwapno, said, “Shwapno was now ... Read more
Analysis suggests 46% decline in labour supply, productivity in Bangladesh under 3°C warming: Report
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A recently published report by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy suggests that labour supply and productivity are projected to decline by 46% in Bangladesh by 2080 under a 3°C warming scenario unless workers and employers are able to fully ... Read more
a2i awards entrepreneurs of digital centres
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Entrepreneurs from digital centres across the nation received certificates and cash prizes from Aspire to Innovate-a2i for bringing smart services to customers’ doorsteps. The best entrepreneurs were selected from each district, one man and one woman, reads a press release. Chief guest Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir, (additional-secretary), project director of a2i, ... Read more