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
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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
564 people lost lives in road accidents in March: Road Safety Foundation
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
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
Price of 12kg LPG cylinder price cut by Tk244 for April
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has fixed Tk 1,178 as the price of the 12kg LPG cylinder for April, down by Tk 244 from the previous month. In March, the price was Tk 1,422. The new price is effective from today, according to a Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission notice. With the revised ... 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
Set up breastfeeding corners at work places, malls, stations: HC
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court today directed the government to take necessary steps to set up breastfeeding corners at all work places, shopping malls, airports, bus stops and railway stations across the country. The court delivered the verdict following a writ petition filed by Advocate Ishrat Hasan on October 24, 2019. The name ... 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
All 9 stations along Uttara-Agargaon line of Dhaka metro rail are now operational
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two more stations have been added to the MRT-6 route, Dhaka’s first metro rail, which now connects all of the stops along the Uttara-Agargaon line. On Friday at 8:30 am, the Shewrapara and Uttara South platforms opened for service. All stops along the route are now accessible to travelers. “Passengers began ... 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