News Desk : dhakamirror.com Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins today with Maha Shashthi puja at temples across the country with due religious fervour. Preparations at all puja mandaps have almost been completed as artisans are busy giving the final touches to idols and pandals to celebrate the festival. It ... Read more
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Veteran journalist Toab Khan dies
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dainik Bangla editor and Ekushey Padak-winning journalist Toab Khan passed away. He was 87. He breathed his last around 12:40pm today at United Hospital, Sharifuzzaman Pintu, executive editor of the daily said. Toab Khan was admitted to the hospital with old-age complications, his colleagues said. Born on April 24 of 1934 ... Read more
Study shows 61% of processed foods contain too much salt
About 34% of processed foods contain double the recommended amount News Desk : dhakamirror.com About 61% of processed and packaged foods found in Bangladesh contain more salt than is considered safe, posing a higher health risk to consumers. A guideline is needed to set a maximum salt content for processed foods, health experts say. Popular ... Read more
Issuance of driving licenses to become ‘easier’ from December
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority plans to simplify the process for obtaining a driving license from December, , an official announced on Tuesday. To make the process simpler, the authorities will collect biometric data from applicants prior to driving tests, allow them to make payments online, and send out licenses in ... Read more
Create jobs, boost rural economy
Speakers tell event News Desk : dhakamirror.com Safeguarding children from curses of child labour and early marriage has become a challenge in the aftermath of pandemic, said speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi yesterday. They suggested job creation and boosting up rural economy for resisting the families of low-income group from forcing their children into ... Read more
Karatoa boat capsizes, death toll rises to 65
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The death toll from the boat capsize in Karatoa river in Panchagarh rose to 65 after 16 more bodies were recovered from the river today (September 27, 2022). At least 15 people are still missing from the incident. Dipankar Roy, additional deputy commissioner of Panchagarh and head of the rescue operation ... Read more
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi on 9 October
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Marking the day of birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed in the country on October 9 with religious solemnity. The decision was made at the National Moon Sighting Committee’s meeting held yesterday at the Islamic Foundation’s office in Baitul Mukarram. The meeting was ... Read more
8 businesses including Unilever and City Group and individuals sued for overcharging
The Bangladesh Competition Commission has served notices on the company and the individual to attend hearings on 26-27 News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Competition Commission has filed lawsuits against eight people and businesses, including Unilever, City Group, Kazi Farms, Paragon Poultry, and Rashid Agro, alleging that they have illegally increased the cost of numerous ... Read more
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun made new IGP
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Mamun will replace the current IGP Benazir Ahmed who is going to retire on September 30, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in this regard. Mamun is currently the director general ... Read more
IGP Benazir Ahmed going on retirement
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has issued a gazette notification on Dr Benazir Ahmed’s retirement from the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Bangladesh Police (BP). The move comes as the senior cop will reach his retirement age on 30 September. According to government rules, an official goes into post-retirement leave (PRL) ... Read more
Dinajpur board’s postponed SSC exams from Oct 10-13
News Desk : dhakamirror.com SSC examinations on four subjects, which were postponed by Dinajpur Education Board, will be held from October 10 to 13. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting chaired by the education board’s chairman Prof Md Kamrul Islam. A routine in this regard has been published on the website of Dinajpur ... Read more
SSC question paper leak: Dinajpur Board postpones 4 exams
The four subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural Science and Chemistry News Desk : dhakamirror.com Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams on total four subjects, scheduled to be held under the Dinajpur Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, have been postponed. A notification, signed by the board’s Chairman Professor Md Kamrul Islam, was issued in this regard ... Read more
Japan allocates $3.5 mn for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Japan will disburse $3.5 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh. The Japanese government and the UNHCR have signed an agreement regarding the assistance that would be used to maintain access to critical and life-sustaining services for Rohingyas living in ... Read more
UNFPA discusses child marriage, menstrual health situation
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Knowledge sharing event on child marriage during the Covid pandemic and menstrual health management in urban slums, organised by UNFPA was held on Sunday. UNFPA arranged the programme to disseminate and discuss the findings of the two studies — one to shed light on the situation of child marriage during covid-19 ... Read more
75pc fishermen face hardship during hilsa ban: study
News Desk : dhakamirror.com 75 per cent fishing workers face financial hardship during the days of hilsa ban while 79.8 per cent of the workers that face economic problem have only one earning member in their families, according to a study. The study found that those who live on fishing did not receive adequate amount ... Read more
Nurjahan group chairman jailed 1 year for selling substandard edible oil
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Chattogram court today (September 20, 2022) sentenced Nurjahan group Chairman and Managing Director Zahir Ahammed to one year in jail and fined him Tk 2.5 lakh in a case filed by BSTI for marketing low-quality edible oil. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam passed the order today, our Chattogram staff ... Read more
55-year-old Balayet gets chance to study journalism in Varendra University
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 55-year-old, Md Balayet Sheikh, has qualified in the admission test of Varendra University for the academic session — Fall-2022. Balayet proved that age cannot be a barrier to education as he got the successful passed the entry test of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies at the Varendra University. Balayet said, ... Read more
BTRC to disable additional SIMs under one NID by November 30
News Desk : dhakamirror.com BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) will disable more than 15 SIMs registered to a single national identity (NID.) There are a total of 3.13 million such SIM cards under 7.24 million NIDs, according to the telecom regulator, and they will all be terminated by November 30. A user may register a ... Read more
Three prisoners sit SSC exams in Khagrachari Prison
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Three inmates from the Khagrachhari district jail are taking the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam. The three prisoners are taking exams in the jail’s office room, said AG Mahmud, jailer of the Khagrachari District Jail. SSC exams began across the nation today (September 15, 2022). One of the examinees, Sohag Alam, ... Read more
Police help lost SSC candidates reach exam centres on time in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday (September 15, 2022) helped two SSC examinees, who were lost after reaching the wrong examination centres by mistake on the first day of the exam, by dropping them off at their respective centres on time. The two incidents took place in the capital’s Shyampur ... Read more