Plan to reduce road accidents by 25% in 2 years is approved News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to reduce traffic fatalities by a quarter by 2024 and by half by 2030, the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) approved the National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan (2020-24). At its 29th meeting held yesterday in the ... Read more
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Ban on bikes on highways, action plan to be discussed at NRSC meeting
News Desk : dhakamirror.com After a gap of 21 months, the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), the highest government body dealing with road safety issues, will convene tomorrow. The National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan-2021-2024, the prohibition of motorcycles on busy highways, and the refusal to register vehicles that have been deemed abandoned are the ... Read more
Joypurhat train accident claims life of KUET student
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Early on Friday, a student from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology was killed when he was pinned between the train’s wheels at the Joypurhat Railway Station in the city’s district. He was a 23-year-old third-year student in the Leather Engineering Department at the KUET and the son of Shahriar Rais ... Read more
Fishermen are allowed to fish again after 22-day ban
A 22-day fishing ban on Hilsa, imposed to protect the fish during its peak breeding season has ended News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government lifted a 22-day ban on catching, selling, and transporting Hilsa on Friday. This meant that Hilsa could be caught, sold, and moved again on Saturday. When different kinds of fish caught ... Read more
30% of Bangladeshis face food scarcity
World Bank survey on Bangladesh’s Covid effect News Desk : dhakamirror.com A World Bank report finds 30 percent of Bangladeshis are enduring food scarcity despite the country’s economic recovery from pandemic-induced disruptions. The percentage of persons who went to sleep hungry virtually doubled from 7 percent in June last year to 13 percent in May ... Read more
Ctg and Cox’s Bazar airports will be closed for 21 hours
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Due to the adverse weather caused by Cyclone Sitrang, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar airports will be closed for 21 hours, from 3 p.m. today until 12 p.m. tomorrow. Both Wing Commander Farhad H. Khan, director of Chattogram Airport, and Joydev Kumar Biswas, aerodrome officer at Cox’s Bazar Airport, confirmed this to ... Read more
Concern as vehicle fitness clearance hits a seven-year low
News Desk : dhakamirror.com While vehicle registrations increased significantly in the previous fiscal year, the number of fitness certifications decreased to a seven-year low, creating more concerns about road safety. At least 5.42 lakh registered vehicles have been functioning on the roads without the required fitness approval, owing to insufficient monitoring by authorities. The decision ... Read more
Shafiqul Islam, DMP commissioner to retire Oct 30
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam is retiring on October 30. A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Home Ministry’s Public Security Division on Wednesday. Deputy Secretary Dhananjay Kumar Das signed the notification on the orders of the President. The announcement states that retired Commissioner of Police ... Read more
Among 20 most unsustainable cities, Dhaka comes in at number four
News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to a global research released on Wednesday, Dhaka is ranked fourth among the 20 unsustainable megacities in the world. Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Dhaka, Baghdad, Lahore, Kolkata, and New Delhi are all expected to have rapid population increase of over 50% by 2050, according to the Ecological Threat Report (ETR) 2022. ... Read more
PBI submits final report in Mosarat murder case
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Police Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday submitted its final report in the case of killing college student Mosarat Jahan Munia giving clean chit to Bashundhara Group managing director Sayem Sobhan Anvir who was named as the prime accused. Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for prosecution Jashim Uddin said that they ... Read more
HSC, equivalent exams to begin November 6
Coaching centres to remain closed between Nov 3 and Dec 14 News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government will hold the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations for 2022 across Bangladesh from November 6. A total of 12,03,407 examinees are expected to sit for the examinations across the country. The number of examinees is less by ... Read more
65,000 passports pending data correction
Muktadir Rashid More than 65,000 applications for electronic passports and machine-readable passports remained pending with the Immigration and Passport Department for ‘basic check clearance’ due to mismatched data with national identification numbers or other basic information, causing suffering to applicants. Only 10 personnel, according to the Immigration and Passport Department, are presently working to resolve ... Read more
3 Bangladeshi people from same family killed in a horror car crash in Australia
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Three Bangladeshi people from the same family, visiting Australia, were killed in a car crash in Canberra on Sunday, reported The Daily Mail. A red Toyota hatchback crashed with a white Toyota van at a notorious black spot on Canberra’s western suburbs, forcing emergency personnel to cut the vehicle into parts ... Read more
Bandarban now prohibits tourists in two upazilas for safety issue
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas have been placed under a temporary tourist ban until further notice, by the Bandarban district administration, reports UNB, citing Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibrizi. Effective from Tuesday, 18 October, the administration said the decision was made for the overall safety of tourists. Md Mamun Shibli and ... Read more
Minni seeks high court bail in Rifat murder case
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ayesha Siddiqua Minni who was sentenced to death by the lower court in September 2020 as ‘planner’ for murdering her husband Rifat Sharif in broad daylight in Barguna on June 26, 2019 appealed to the High Court on Sunday seeking expeditious hearing of her prayer for ad-interim bail. Minni’s lawyer Jamiul ... Read more
Firefighters get two world’s tallest ladders to reach 24 storeys
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Fire Service and Civil Defense have received two 68-meter Turntable Ladders, which can make it easier for them to conduct rescue operations and fight fires in buildings up to 24 stories high. During a ceremony at the forces’ headquarters in Dhaka today, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan unveiled the power-operated extendable ... Read more
Bangladeshi shot in Lebanon while escaping hijackers
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Hijackers shot a Bangladeshi expatriate worker in Lebanon. The injured is Nurul Islam, a resident of Mymensingh’s Gafargaon upazila, according to the Bangladeshi Embassy in Lebanon. The incident happened early on Saturday, October 15, 2022, in the Juni district, close to the Sabra Bridge on the Tabarja Highway Road. Two snatchers ... Read more
Brunei Sultan receives red carpet welcome in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan of Brunei, arrived in Dhaka today. The VVIP Special flight carrying the Sultan of Brunei, family members, key cabinet ministers and officials had landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 2:30 pm, reports The Daily Star quoting a foreign ministry official. He was ... Read more
UNICEF, Bangladesh garment industry teamed up to support mothers at work
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In accordance with the Unicef-led Mothers@Work initiative, factories will receive assistance to provide breastfeeding spaces and breaks, childcare facilities, paid maternity leave, cash benefits, healthcare, employment protection, and a safe work environment for working mothers and pregnant women. Unicef, Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and ... Read more
Top Bangladeshi universities include DU and NSU in the 2023 Times Higher Education rankings
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In the 2023 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, Dhaka University and North South University held the top spots among all Bangladeshi universities. According to a news release released yesterday, NSU and Dhaka University were ranked between 601 and 800 in the Times Higher Education World University ... Read more