Elderly people of a village in Gazipur remembered fond memories of a visit by the late Queen Elizabeth II to their village in 1983. “The queen sat in a jackfruit orchard and talked to the women of our village. We presented her with a key made of silver which symbolised that the door of the ... Read more
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Akbar Ali Khan buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Former advisor to the caretaker government and economist Akbar Ali Khan was buried at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Cemetery in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday afternoon. He was buried around 3:30pm today (September 9, 2022). His namaz-e-janaza was held at Azad Mosque in Dhaka’s Gulshan after Juma prayers. Akbar Ali ... Read more
Queen’s death: Bangladesh to observe three-days of state mourning
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government of Bangladesh today declared a three-day national mourning on the occasion of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The three-day national mourning will be observed from September 9-11 to commemorate the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, a true friend of Bangladesh, the Cabinet Department said in a statement. ... Read more
Akbar Ali Khan passes away
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Former adviser to caretaker government and economist Akbar Ali Khan died on Thursday night. He was 78. Akbar Ali Khan, also a freedom fighter, died at about 10:00pm, said his younger brother Kabir Hossain Khan over phone. Akbar Ali Khan, also former cabinet secretary, was one of the most prominent faces ... Read more
It was a cold-blood murder
Says IO in Shimu murder charge sheet News Desk : dhakamirror.com On the night of January 15, Khandaker Shakhawat Alim Nobel, husband of the slain film actor Raima Islam Shimu, decided to kill his wife over a family feud and called his friend SMY Abdullah Farhad at their flat on Green Road. Later, Farhad also ... Read more
Charges framed against PK Halder, 13 others over money laundering
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Dhaka court today framed charges against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, and 13 others in a case filed over laundering Tk 80 crore to Canada and amassing about Tk 426 crore illegally. Sukumar Mridha, his daughter Anindita Mridha, Abantika Baral, Shankha ... Read more
Man who traveled ticketless on train while working govt job pays off debt
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Emdadul Haque, a government employee who, during his tenure, had traveled several times without tickets on different trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet railways recently paid for all his tickets after retiring. Emdadul Haque (61) from South Mourail area of Brahmanbaria town came to the booking assistant room at Brahmanbaria train ... Read more
We cannot advance and leave them behind
Suborno Nagorik Foundation honors inspiring people with disabilities News Desk : dhakamirror.com 15 people with disabilities and organizations supporting them from across the country received crests and certificates yesterday at the Daffodil Education Network conference hall in Dhanmondi. The event, titled “UCBL Suborna Nagorik Award 2022: Special Citizen Award for Changing perception and Improving the ... Read more
519 people killed in road accidents in August
News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 519 people died in 458 road accidents across Bangladesh in August, according to a report compiled by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).Among the deceased were 64 women and 69 children.Another 961 people were injured in the accidents last month.Meanwhile, 172 people have been killed in 183 motorcycle accidents – ... Read more
2 climbers from Bangladesh for the GoZayaan Expedition Ladakh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two Bangladeshi mountaineers Salehin Arshady and Imran Khan plan to attempt a series of peaks in the western part of the great Himalayas. Titled GoZayaan Expedition Ladakh, five high mountain peaks are to be climbed, including Kang Yatse II (6250m), Dzo Zongo (6250m), Dzo Zongo East (6200m), Regioni Mallai Ri-I (6080m) ... Read more
Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder trial finally begins
News Desk : dhakamirror.com After 24 years, the formal trial of the sensational murder case of actor Sohel Chowdhury in the city’s Gulshan area began with the deposition of prosecution witnesses. Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 recorded the statement of Towhidul Islam Chowdhury, brother of the victim and also the plaintiff, ... Read more
PM sets tea workers’ wage at Tk 170
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The daily wage of tea workers has been fixed at Tk 170. Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus briefed the media after a meeting of tea garden owners with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting began at 4:00pm at Gono Bhaban. After the meeting, Ahmad Kaikaus said, “The prime minister has ... Read more
Former election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar dies at 80
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar passed away today. He was 80. “He started feeling sick around noon. He was sent to the city’s United Hospital. Doctors said he had a massive heart attack. Around 1:00 pm, he passed away “Irene Mahbub, the daughter of Mahbub Talukdar, told the media. He had ... Read more
United States donates Bangladesh another 1 crore doses Pfizer Covid vaccine
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The United States has contributed an additional 10 million (1 crore) doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility in order to aid the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in continuing to expand its immunization programs for adults and teenagers throughout the nation With the most recent delivery, ... Read more
Govt offices from 8am-3pm, banks 9am-4pm from Aug 24
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The cabinet has rescheduled the office hour of government and autonomous institutions from 8am to 3pm to save electricity and reduce traffic jam. All the banks across the county will remain open from 9am to 4pm. The new timings will come into effect from Wednesday (24 August), said Cabinet Secretary Khandker ... Read more
Tea workers to join work at the current daily wage of Tk 120
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Workers in the tea industry, who had been on a nationwide, indefinite work stoppage in favor of a pay raise, have decided to resume their jobs at the Tk 120 daily rate that they are currently earning. Following a meeting between district officials and representatives of the Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Union ... Read more
Qatar to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dr. Ali bin Saeed bin Al Samikh Al Marri, Qatar’s minister of labor, said Wednesday that Qatar wants to hire skilled and semi-skilled people from Bangladesh in the industries of medicine, hospitality, driving, and information technology. He made this statement while speaking with Minister Imran Ahmad of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas ... Read more
Job offered to Santosh following emotional Facebook post about tea labourer mother
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sifat Uddin, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Kamalganj, said Santosh Ravi Das of Kamalganj in Moulvibazar district who gave an emotional post about his tea-worker mother, would obtain a part-time job at a public high school. “Santosh has been assigned a part-time teaching position at Kamalganj Government Model High School. On ... Read more
Shohoz claim to issue 1cr Bangladesh Railway tickets in 4 months
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In the last four months, Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV, Bangladesh Railway’s ticketing partner, issued about one crore train tickets.According to a news statement issued on Thursday, Shohoz on an average issued 80,000 to 1 lakh tickets each day, both online and at counters in the stations.Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV, the ticketing service provider, began issuing train tickets ... Read more
Teacher-couple found dead in car
On Thursday, a teacher couple was discovered dead inside their own vehicle in the Borobari neighborhood of the Gazipur district.The deceased were named as Tongi Shaheed Smriti High School headmaster AKM Ziaur Rahman Mamun and his wife Mahmuda Akter Joly, an assistant teacher at Tongi Amzad Ali Sarkar Pilot High School and College.The couple’s son ... Read more