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News Desk : dhakamirror.com Amid a severe heatwave, the capital today recorded its highest temperature in decades with the mercury soaring to 40.5 degrees Celsius. Yesterday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department put Dhaka’s temperature at 40.4 degrees Celsius, which was the highest in 58 years. The highest temperature recorded in the capital today was 40.5 degrees ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Veteran freedom fighter, Independence Award recipient and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury was buried at Gonoshasthaya Kendra at Savar on Friday afternoon following his fifth and the last namaz-e-janaza after Jumma prayers. ‘His body was kept at PHA field of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra at Savar from 10:00am to 12:45pm on Friday ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dil Afroze Khuki passed away while undergoing treatment at Mother Teresa Homes in the city this afternoon. She was 63. She was a newspaper hawker and was known for her struggles for self-reliance, living a dignified life and charitable activities. She passed away at 1:20pm, Shamsul Islam, an assistant commissioner of ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The country is likely to witness a severe heatwave from today or tomorrow, according to a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Currently, a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over all divisions of the country except Rangpur, according to a BMD bulletin this morning. “A severe heatwave is likely to ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com People from all walks of life are paying homage to Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital. His body was taken to the Shaheed Minar premises at around 10:30 pm. Dr Zafrullah’s body has been kept on a temporary stage there. ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder, Independence Award recipient and valiant freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury breathed his last on Tuesday. He was 82. Gonoshasthaya Kendra Nagar chief executive officer Monjur Kader Ahmed confirmed that Zafrullah died at 11:15pm while undergoing treatment at Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Dhaka. A forerunner in the health sector, Zafrullah had ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Cabinet on Monday gave the final nod to a draft law on food security with a provision of life-term imprisonment (up to 14 years) for illegally stockpiling food products. The approval came in a cabinet meeting held at Parliament Complex, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports BSS. ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The site of Bangabazar Shopping Complex, which was burnt to the ground on April 4, is being prepared so that the affected shop owners can resume their business from makeshift shops. Abu Naser, spokesperson of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), said the site is being prepared for business under the supervision ... Read more

The government has raised the prices of urea, DAP, TSP, and MOP News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh government has raised the prices of four types of fertilisers – urea, DAP, TSP, and MOP – by Tk 5 per kg. An order signed by Sheikh Badiul Alam, deputy chief for fertiliser management and monitoring at ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com April 20 will also be part of the Eid holidays as the government decided to extend the holidays this year by a day through an executive order. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain informed journalists about the development after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat today. Before the executive order, Eid ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Veteran freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury is now on life support as his health situation deteriorated while he was undergoing treatment at the Gonoshasthaya Kendra Nagar Hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Gonoshasthaya Kendra in a statement said that he was transferred to life support on Monday at about ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Fire Service and Civil Defence marked the city’s Rajdhani Super Market as vulnerable to fire. They made this observation after assessing fire safety system of the market on Sunday afternoon. Bazlur Rashid, deputy assistant director of fire service, told journalists that unplanned power connection has exacerbated the risk of fire in ... Read more

Mercury hits 39c at daytime News Desk : dhakamirror.com A mild-to-moderate heat spell swept across five of the eight divisions of Bangladesh on Sunday as the day temperature reached 39C in the south-western district of Chuadanga. Weather forecasters warn that the temperature will keep climbing for there is no chance of rain anytime soon. April ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Hijra community donated Tk20 lakh in cash to Bangabazar traders affected by the fire on Sunday (April 9). “We have been collecting money from the traders in Bangabazar for the past 30-40 years,” said Bangladesh Hijra Development Organisation President Kashmiri Dipali. “Today, amid such a difficult time, we stand beside ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com This year during the Eid-Ul-Fitr no restrictions on the movement of motorcycles would be imposed, said the road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader on Sunday. The ongoing ban on motorcycle movement on the Padma Bridge would be in force, he said while attending a preparatory meeting to make Eid journeys ... Read more

Another market catches fire News Desk : dhakamirror.com Another fire broke out on Saturday in Gulistan’s Barishal Plaza Shopping Mall near Bangabazar when a few traders affected by the April-4 devastating fire erected makeshift shops under the Mayor Hanif Flyover to resume their business. The Saturday’s fire originated on the third floor of the shopping ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The massive fire at Bangabazar Market was fully doused yesterday morning, after more than 75 hours of breaking out on early Tuesday. The fire was doused around 9:30am, said Rakibul Hasan, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room. The fire originated around 6:10am on Tuesday at Adarsha ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has been admitted to Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital after falling seriously ill. Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College’s acting principal and Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital’s coordinator Mohibullah Khandaker told media on Friday afternoon. “Dr Zafrullah has been suffering from kidney complications for ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com 564 people were killed and 1,097 injured in 486 road accidents throughout the country in March this year, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation. Among them, 88 were women and 73 were children. The foundation said about the report in a press release today. It prepared the report based ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed till June 5 a High Court verdict scrapping the provisions in a law that gave sweeping powers to upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) to act as the chief executive officer and secretary of upazila parishads. The chamber judge of the SC’s Appellate Division, Justice M ... Read more