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News Desk : dhakamirror.com After holding the office of president for the longest time — 10 years spanning two consecutive terms — Abdul Hamid went into retirement on Monday and left Bangabhaban, the office and residence of the head of state. But even after his retirement, Abdul Hamid is going to get some benefits, including ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Chief of Bangladesh Army General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed left Dhaka today for India on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande. During the visit, he will take the parade salute as the chief guest at the passing out parade of the commissioned officers at ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted that the mercury may rise one or two degrees Celsius in the next two days before dropping by month’s end. According to the Met office bulletin, “Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind are likely at a few places in Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Mymensingh and ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated tomorrow as Shawal moon was sighted this evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee sat at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram National Mosque office after Maghrib prayers. Meanwhile, all preparations for holding Eid congregations have already been completed in the capital ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Saudi Arabia will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday (21 April) as the Shawwal crescent has been sighted today. According to the sighting committee in the Tumair observatory, the Shawwal crescent moon has been sighted, meaning Ramadan will only last 29 days this year, reports Saudi Gazette. The kingdom’s International Astronomy Center said ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least four people were killed and 18 others injured in a traffic accident on Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Shologhar area of ??Shreenagar Upazila in Munshiganj Thursday morning. Three of the deceased were identified as Hajera Begum (50) and Saiful Islam (30) Arif, 23. Hasara highway police acting officer-in-charge Molla Zakir Hossain, ... Read more

Heat wave passes 15th day News Desk : dhakamirror.com Parts of Bangladesh endured the ongoing heat wave for the 15th consecutive day on Wednesday, with little possibility of rain giving the inhabitants of these areas relief from the intense spell of heat anytime soon. The latest weather forecast from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department advised people ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com People with some 12.28 lakh mobile connections left Dhaka on April 18, the last day of work before the start of holidays for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. However, people with 6.67 lakh SIMs entered Dhaka on the same day. Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar disclosed the information at a post on his verified ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Motorbikes will be allowed to cross the Padma Bridge from 20 April after eight months of hiatus. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader confirmed the matter at Ganabhaban after attending an Ecnec meeting on Tuesday. Motorcycles will be able to cross the Padma Bridge through the left-side service lane. The ... Read more

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