The Rajshahi City Corporation on Thursday announced a budget of Tk 1,007 crore for the 2022–2023 financial year. RCC mayor and Awami League presidium AHM Khairuzzaman Liton announced the budget at a press conference at the Nagar Bhaban at
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Agri machinery fair, seminar held in Mymensingh
A day-long agricultural machinery fair and an agricultural mechanisation seminar were held to introduce modern agricultural machinery to farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, and students on the upazila parishad premises at Phulpur in Mymensingh on Tuesday. The fair and seminar were organised by the Feed the Future Programme and the
BRAC Bank offers benefits for BracU students
Brac Bank has signed a partnership agreement with Brac University to provide preferential benefits of Agami, a complete range of student banking services, on the university campus in Dhaka on June 9, said a press release on Wednesday. Brac Bank managing director and chief executive officer Selim RF Hussain, retail banking
Kazuko Bhuiyan Language Lab inaugurated at DU
The Japanese studies department at Dhaka University on Tuesday opened a language laboratory. Dhaka University vice-chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman formally inaugurated the Kazuko Bhuiyan Language Lab at a function at the department. Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki, faculty of social sciences dean
US embassy delegation visits CU
A delegation from the US Embassy arrived at the Chittagong University on Tuesday to discuss the benefits of higher education in the United States. A seminar on ‘US Higher Education and Exchange Programme Opportunities’ was held in the conference room of the CU vice-chancellor’s office, said a press
Selfie on moving train costs boy his life
A 16-year-old boy died after falling from a moving train while taking a selfie near Chuadanga Railway Station on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Rohan Hossain, a student of class 10 of Uthli Secondary School in Chuadanga. Rohan is the son of Raihan Hossain and Rehana, reports our
Sirajul Haque elected governor of Lions Club
Lion professor Sirajul Haque Chowdhury has been elected as the governor of Lions Club International 315 B-3 for the year 2022-2023 at the annual convention at the Radisson Hotel in Dhaka on May 26, said a press release on Monday. At the same time, Lion Farhana Naz Sudha has been elected as the first vice-district ... Read more
D1 Cup Bangladesh 2022 kicks off with over BDT 40 Lakhs Prize pool
D1 Cup Bangladesh 2022, an Esports Championship, will be held from 14th June onwards, with a prize pool of over BDT 40 Lakhs. Prottoy Hossain, CEO, Dekko ISHO Venture Capital, Md. Masudur Rahman, COO, Dekko ISHO Venture Capital, Shadab Hossain, CEO, Paramount Venture Capital
Dhaka Community Hospital Trust holds health camp in Sri Lanka
Dhaka Community Hospital Trust and Community Initiative Society in collaboration with Muslim Foundation for Culture and Development distributed food packs for the people of Galle and Colombo in Sri Lanka on Saturday and Sunday. With the support of MFCD, the DCHT medical team organised a health camp in Colombo with
ActionAid resilience festival ends
The two-day-long resilience festival organised by ActionAid Bangladesh at Gulshan in Dhaka concluded on Friday. The event, titled Festival of Resilience: People, Planet and Possibilities, began on Thursday. ‘Through this two-day event, we’ve promoted the diversity of the country’s culture, attempted to learn the grassroots’ resilience mechanisms, explored opportunities for potential partnerships
Mango special train from June 13
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway is going to launch a ‘special mango train’ on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi on June 13 for the second consecutive time. Asim Kumar Talukder, the general manager of the zone, told New Age on Thursday that they had completed all kinds of necessary preparation for ... Read more
Duranta begins no-honking campaign
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Duranta bicycle brand has launched a campaign called ‘ShobdoTraash’ to create public awareness of unnecessary honking. RN Paul, managing director of RFL Group, inaugurated the campaign at a function held at RFL Group’s office in Badda on Tuesday, said a press release
641 people killed in 528 accidents in May
Road Safety Foundation says At least 641 people were killed and 1,364 injured in 528 road accidents across the country in May, according to Road Safety Foundation. In a press release issued today (June 6, 2022), the non-government organisation said 84 among the deceased were women and 97 were
BUP celebrates 14th anniversary
The 14th founding anniversary of Bangladesh University of Professionals was celebrated on Sunday with the buildings illuminated and the corridors decorated colorfully. The celebration programmes were arranged in two phases. The first phase included flag hoisting, inauguration of tree planting and release of fish fry at BUP Lake by
Ecommerce summit held in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com To unlock the true potential of Bangladesh’s e-commerce market, trends and practices, Bangladesh Brand Forum organised the country’s first-ever Bangladesh E-commerce Summit 2022, presented by Daraz, powered by Dotlines, and in association with eCourier and The Business Standard, under the theme of revitalising the e-commerce industry
47pc young women face sexual harassment
46.5pc experience sexual harassment More than 63 per cent of adolescent girls and young women in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka face various types of harassment, mostly sexual, in public transports, said a survey report published on Friday. Among the victims covered by the survey, 46.5 per cent experienced sexual harassment in such transports ... Read more
KFC aids underprivileged kids of Mojar School
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has recently has facilitated and enriched the learning environment of 250 underprivileged children studying in ‘Mojar School’ located at Agargaon in Dhaka, according to a press release. The initiatives that KFC has taken to enrich the learning at Mojar School are new school uniform, shoes and bags for the students, new ... Read more
DU ‘Ga’ unit admission test held
Dhaka University on Friday held the admission test of the ‘Ga’ unit under the Faculty of Business Studies for the 2021-22 academic session. The admission test for one-and-a-half hours began at 11:00am in eight divisions across Bangladesh. ‘This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to
14.7m Bangladeshis lose jobs during Covid pandemic: study
The Covid pandemic left a serious impact on the national employment and income situations, especially among the country’s lower socio-economic segments. At least one person in an estimated 14.7 million households lost their job during the pandemic, finds a survey. Advocacy groups Centre for Governance Studies and the Center for
IUB hosts nat’l round of astronomy Olympiad
The Department of Physical Sciences of Independent University, Bangladesh organised the national round of the 5th Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics on May 21, said a press release on Tuesday. High school students from grades 9-12 from across the country participated in this competition. This event followed the regional round held on April 22, ... Read more