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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government, in cooperation with the World Bank, launched a Tk 5,000 crore project to improve road safety and reduce the number of fatalities and injuries in road accidents. The Road Safety Project, funded by the World Bank with US$358 million, aims to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Probashir Helicopter, a private company, has launched helicopter service to facilitate the movement of expatriates. Yasin Chowdhury, general secretary of the NRB CIP, an international organisation of expatriate CIPs, inaugurated the service at a ceremony held at CCULB Resort in Purbachal area on Monday (12 June), reads a press release. “Expatriates ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The monsoon is fairly active and rain is likely to occur across the country, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its weather forecast today. “Southwest monsoon has set over Bangladesh. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over the north Bay,” the Met office said. The day and night ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two college students went missing in Padma River in Shrirampur area of ​​Rajshahi city on Saturday. The Missing – Golam Sarwar Sayem, 19, son of Saidur Rahman from Meherchandi area and Rifat Khandokar, 19, son of the late Gazi Moin Uddin from Dargapara area of ​​the city are XI class students ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 408 people were killed and 631 others injured in 491 road accidents across Bangladesh in May, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Friday. Nearly 14 people were killed every day on average in road accidents across the country in May this year, said the report which was ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Light to heavy rain brought temperatures down across most of the country yesterday, giving people relief from the searing heat that has swept across the country in recent weeks. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), further rain or thunderstorms are threatening various parts of the country, including Dhaka, will occur ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Election Commission has moved to ease the hassle for people in correcting information on National ID Cards. EC officials prepared a draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which will make it easier for fixing NID corrections. It has re-designated officers’ jobs and proposed increasing the powers of field officers of the ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The “Mango Special Train”, loaded with the seasonal delicacies, started its service yesterday. Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan inaugurated the service on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi at Chapainawabganj Railway station on Thursday as the chief guest. One train will be operated every day from Rohanpur Railway Station at 4:00pm and will ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government will hold the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations for 2023 across Bangladesh between August 17 and September 25. The education ministry on Thursday published the routine. According to the routine, the theoretical part of the examinations will be held between August 17 and September 25 and the practical ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Libin Shishir Rodrik, sous chef at Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight Catering Center (BFCC), clinched second place in the cooking competition at the “Phoenicians Festival for Tourism and Hospitality” in Beirut, Lebanon. In recognition of his achievement, he was presented with a certificate, crest, and medal from Lebanon as a token of ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Police on Wednesday recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from a private car in the Tejgaon area of ​​the capital. The car was parked in a garage in the government officials’ quarters in Tejgaon-Elenbari area. The deceased were Delwar Hossain Molla, 53, an office assistant at a government ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to the Disaster Forum, up to 20 people across the country have died from heat stroke since April. The disaster preparedness network said 14 men, five women and one child were among the dead, citing news reports. Most of them are low-income workers. A severe heat wave has been raging ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has announced that classes at all secondary schools in the country will remain closed on Thursday (June 8) due to the severe heatwave. The decision was announced in a press release from the Directorate for Secondary and Higher Education on Wednesday (7 June). The ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday granted conditional bail to Mohammad Rassel, founder and CEO of e-commerce platform Evaly, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. According to the conditions, Rassel cannot leave the country, he has to surrender his passport to the authorities concerned, he cannot tamper evidence, he must ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Amid the scorching heatwave, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted rain in Chattogram and Sylhet today. “Rain or thundershower accompanied by temporary gusty wind may occur at one or two places in Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours starting 6:00pm on Monday,” said BMD. The weather may remain mainly ... Read more

New Desk : dhakamirror.com The government today decided to close the primary section attached with the secondary schools till June 8 due to the ongoing heatwave. The government also instructed the authorities to suspend the assembly session at all schools. Additionally, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher education (DSHE) instructed all the educational institutions not ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ashraful Hossain Alam, known as Hero Alam, will contest the by-election to the Dhaka-17 constituency, scheduled for 17 July, which fell vacant following the death of actor Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque. He collected the nomination paper from the Election Commission (EC) office in Dhaka on Sunday (4 June). Hero Alom said ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A shopkeeper was beaten and stabbed by a mob in front of Police Staff College in the capital’s Mirpur-13 yesterday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A team of Kafrul Police Station rescued and sent him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 9:45pm, said Saddam Hossain, sub-inspector of the police station. “Someone ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Due to the severe heatwave in the country, the government has decided to keep all public primary schools closed from June 5th to 8th. The decision was taken considering the health safety of the children going to the schools, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education said in a press release ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Drugs for hypertension and diabetes will now be available in community clinics across the country as part of the government’s plan to ensure primary health care in rural areas. The drug list update committee for community clinics has taken the decision in a meeting on May 14, 2023, according to a ... Read more