News Desk : dhakamirror.com This year’s hajj flights will start on May 21, Biman’s Managing Director and CEO Shafiqul Azim said today. The return hajj flights will begin on August 2, said the Biman boss during a press conference at the Biman Headquarters in the city’s Kurmitola this afternoon. The national flag carrier will operate ... Read more
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No scope to curtail this year’s hajj airfare: Biman CEO
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Biman will not slash this year’s hajj airfare despite calls from different quarters, including the religious affairs ministry and a parliamentary watchdog, for reducing the ticket price. There is no scope to curtail the hajj airfare, said Biman’s Managing Director and CEO Shafiqul Azim during a press conference at its headquarters ... Read more
Madaripur road accident claims 19 lives
News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 19 people were killed and over a dozen injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Kutubpur under Shibpur upazila in Madaripur district on Sunday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place minutes after 7:30am on Sunday, said Madaripur Highway ... Read more
Rainfall is predicted to rise during the following 3 days
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Rainfall or thunder showers may increase in the country in the next 72 hours, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a forecast today. The 24-hour forecast issued at 9:00am said that the trough of westerly low lies over West Bengal and adjoining area and the seasonal low lies over the South Bay. ... Read more
Hajj registration: Deadline extended ‘for the last time
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government today extended the deadline for hajj registration “for the last time” amid concerns that the quota for the annual pilgrimage won’t be fulfilled. According to a circular of the Religious Affairs Ministry issued this evening, the deadline for hajj registration has been extended till March 21. In the circular ... Read more
Princess Kate’s “fertility was tested” prior to her marriage with Prince William
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Kate Middleton and Prince William’s wedding in 2011 was a lavish event and a first for the royal family because William chose a bride outside from aristocracy or royalty. Now, a shocking revelation regarding the circumstances of the couple’s marriage has been made in a new book. A test of whether ... Read more
2 more Metrorail stations open to public from today
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Kazipara and Mirpur-11 stations of the country’s first-ever metro rail service was opened to public this morning. Metro rail has started picking up and dropping passengers at the Kazipara and Mirpur-11 stations.For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit ... Read more
No exams for sixth, seventh grades
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Classes of the sixth and seventh grades have been ongoing following the new curriculum since the start of 2023 academic year. The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), however, has said teachers won’t be allowed to take any conventional exams or model tests for student evaluation in these two grades. ... Read more
Jyotika Jyoti made Director of Shilpakala Academy
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Prominent film actress Jyotika Jyoti has been appointed as a director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for two years. Jyotika Jyoti, a member of AL’s sub-committee on forests and environment, confirmed the matter to media. ‘I have been appointed as a director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. In this regard, public administration ministry ... Read more
Tigers clean sweep world champions England
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh enjoyed a first T20I series whitewash in a three-match series after 11 years, inflicting a rare clean sweep on world champions England after winning the third and final T20I against the visitors by 16 runs in Mirpur on Tuesday. The Tigers enjoyed a first three-match series sweep in this format ... Read more
This hajj package inhuman: High Court
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court today said this year’s hajj package is inhuman as its cost is so high. Those who are involved in fixing this costly hajj package will become sharers of the sin, the HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali during the hearing of a writ ... Read more
Woman dials 999 to surrender after killing husband
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A woman from Rajapur upazila in Jhalakathi called the National Emergency Service 999 early Monday claiming that she had killed her husband. Safia Khatun, 33, called the hotline-999 to surrender to the law after killing her husband autorickshaw driver Rabiul Awal Talukder. Emergency service call operator Constable Ikramul, who received the ... Read more
Padma Bank celebrates International Women’s Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Padma Bank Limited has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day in line with the women’s day theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’. Padma Bank managing director and CEO Tarek Reaz Khan was present as the chief guest in the event organized at Gulshan Corporate Head Office on Sunday, said ... Read more
imo adds new privacy-protection features
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com Time Machine, “Block Screenshot for Calls,” and “Friend Request” are three new high-tech security features that were recently added to the instant messaging software imo. The three new features were announced during imo’s new campaign, ‘Your privacy, Your Control,’ intending to offer enhanced privacy protection and ensure cyber security for the ... Read more
Groom flees from car during traffic gridlock
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bengaluru traffic woes are well known. This traffic gridlock has turned out to be a “bonus” for a groom who just got married. He fled away from the car during a traffic jam in the tech corridor of Mahadevapura, the day after the wedding as he was driving home with the ... Read more
Apparel exhibition in Dhaka on March 16
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A conference and exhibition on sustainable clothing production will be held in Dhaka on March 16. About 20 exhibitors are expected to present green production technologies at the Sustainable Apparel Forum (SAF), according to a press release. The fourth edition of the SAF will focus on several agendas, including circularity, carbon ... Read more
Fire Service, 9 people to receive Swadhinata Padak 2023
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has choosen 9 individuals and one institution for this year’s Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award), in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the country. The Cabinet Division has issued a notification in this regard on Thursday (9 March). Six recipients of the award freedom fighter Colonel (retired) Samsul Alam, Lieutenant ... Read more
Posthumous Swadhinata Padak awarded to Selim Al Deen
Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com The Swadhinata Padak, Bangladesh’s highest civilian award, the Cabinet Division announced awardees for this year yesterday. Nine individuals and one institution have been chosen for this year’s Swadhinata Padak, across several categories. Playwright Dr Mohammad Mainuddin Ahmed (Selim Al Deen) has been nominated posthumously for the award under the “Literature” category, ... Read more
“Glory of Women” features sculptures and paintings celebrate womanhood
Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com In her sculptures and watercolor paintings on display in her solo art exhibition at the Abinta Gallery of Fine Arts in Badda in the capital, artist Sigma Haque Angkan has portrayed womanhood, motherhood, and nature. She has displayed 40 sculptures and 22 watercolour paintings in the two-week exhibition titled Glory of ... Read more
Primary scholarship exam results suspended due to ‘error’
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Directorate of Primary Education suspended the results of Primary Scholarship Examinations 2022, this evening showing “technical errors”. The result will be published tomorrow after a review, said a notification signed by DPE Director General Shah Rezwan Hayat. Earlier in the day, the result was published around 12:30pm through a press ... Read more