Sunday, October 12, 2025

Rajdhani Super Market too vulnerable to fire

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

No chance of rain soon

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

Hijra community donated Tk20 lakh to fire destroyed traders in Bangabazar

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

No restrictions on movement of motorcycles during this Eid

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

Few Bangabazar traders set makeshift shops

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

Bangabazar fire fully doused after 75 hours

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

Dr Zafrullah critically ill, hospitalised

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

SC stays HC verdict on UNOs’ role as CEO till June 5

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

Fitra fixed at minimum Tk 115

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Islamic Foundation has fixed this year’s Fitra at a minimum of Tk 115. The maximum limit was set at Tk 2,640 per person. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee in the conference room of the Islamic Foundation today. The meeting was presided over ... Read more

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF along Lalmonirhat border

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila last night. The deceased is Rabiul Islam, 54, of Kalabagan area undar Patgram upazila and the injured one who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lalmonirhat is Shahidul Islam, 30, ... Read more

2 companies will provide internet service to 2,600 unions

News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to provide high-speed internet links in 2,600 unions throughout Bangladesh, the government has given the jobs to Summit Communications and Fiber@Home. A draft public-private partnership deal for revenue sharing with the providers of internet infrastructure was approved yesterday by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The ... Read more

UNOs can’t serve as upazila chief executive officer

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday scrapped the provisions in a law that gave sweeping powers to upazila nirbahi officers to act as the chief executive officer and secretary of upazila parishads. Delivering a verdict on two writ petitions, the HC at the same time ruled that the terminology “Upazila Proshason” cannot be ... Read more

Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh: WB

Air pollution is responsible for about 20 percent of the total premature deaths in Bangladesh, says a World Bank report. The report titled ‘Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia’ mentions that air pollution is liked to 20 per cent or one in every five of total premature deaths in ... Read more

Moon not seen, Ramadan begins on Friday

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims engage in self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country from Friday as the new crescent moon was not sighted in Bangladesh’s night sky this evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul ... Read more

Saudi Arabia confirms first day of Ramadan 2023

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Saudi Arabia announced Thursday, March 23 as the first day of Ramadan 2023. Observers were unable to spot the new moon on Tuesday, the sighting committee reported, meaning the holy month will not commence until Thursday. Wednesday will be the last day of the month of Shabaan, which precedes Ramadan, the ... Read more

Sculptor Shamim Sikder dies

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ekushey Padak awardee sculptor and former professor of Dhaka University Shamim Sikder died this afternoon. She died around 4:30pm while being treated at the United Hospital Limited in Dhaka, Imran Hossain, a curator of Shamim Sikder Sculpture Park, confirmed. The 70-year-old artist was suffering from multiple illnesses, including cardiovascular, respiratory and ... Read more