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News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Meteorology Department on Saturday predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in different parts of the country in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on the day. ‘Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com All primary and secondary schools throughout the country should complete final exams by November keeping the next general election in mind so that students do not face any problems, Education Minister Dipu Moni said today. “We want to complete all exams of the secondary schools, including evaluation of students of classes ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the European Union’s contribution of $3.7 million to support UNHCR’s continued protection services and assistance delivery for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. This support includes rehabilitation efforts after cyclone Mocha struck Cox’s Bazar district, including the Rohingya camps, ... Read more

Combined pass rate 80.39pc News Desk : dhakamirror.com The pass rate and the number of candidates securing grade point average of 5 in the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations declined in 2023, according to results published on Friday. The results show that the combined pass rate this year stands at 80.39 per cent, ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Girls have outshone boys again in the results of the ongoing year’s Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations. The results were announced by education minister Dipu Moni on Friday. In the combined results, 8,44,736 girls have passed while the number of boys who passed the examinations is 7,96,404. The pass ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two people were killed and three others, including two children, injured when a SUV hit a parked car on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway early today. The deceased were identified as cousins Mahbub, 35, and Md Mainuddin, 37. Mainuddin’s wife and two sons were injured, reports our local correspondent quoting Md Shahadat Hossain, ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com After a long hiatus, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to start direct flights from Dhaka to Japan’s Narita on September 1. On this occasion, national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has begun selling tickets for direct flights from Dhaka to Japan’s Narita at a discounted price from July 25. The airline ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Visiting European Union special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore on Tuesday said that human rights remaining at the centre of the relationship between the EU and Bangladesh were linked to trade and economic activities. He said that human rights had been at the heart of their relationship with the country ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday sought a list of people who have illegally grabbed lands of Bangladesh Railway across the country. The court ordered the authorities concerned of the government to prepare the list and to submit it in 30 days. At the same time, it issued a rule asking the authorities ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to prevent gender-based sex selection, a national guideline based on a study of gender preference and the associated risks was presented yesterday. Entitled “National Guideline for Prevention of Son Preference and the Risk of Gender-Biased Sex Selection-2022”, it was presented at an event jointly organized by the Ministry of ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mild heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Pabna, Feni and Chuadanga and it may continue, said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins 9:00am on Tuesday. Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com SM Nazia Sultana, senior assistant secretary (WTO Wing) of the Ministry of Commerce and a mother-to-be, died of dengue on Tuesday morning (25 July) at a capital hospital. She was eight months pregnant at the time of her death and was admitted to the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in ... Read more

Study says this may increase risk of urban disasters News Desk : dhakamirror.com Around 80 percent of the country’s population will live in the cities by 2041, which could lead to an increased risk of urban disasters, according to a study. The study, “Disaster Risk of Bangladesh”, jointly conducted by Buet professors Raquib Ahsan and ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two people including a driver of Fire Service and Civil Defence were killed and seven others injured in an accident as a vehicle of a fire fighting unit met a fatal accident while it was on way to fight a fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 65-day ban on all types of fishing in the country’s marine waters has been lifted as ban ended at 12:00midnight on Sunday. Public Relations Officer of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Iftekhar Hossain confirmed this to media. The government had imposed ban on all types of fishing in the country’s ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Cox’s Bazar Development Authority (CoxDA) is set to prepare a master plan to turn Cox’s Bazar into a modern and smart city, an official said. “We’re working to devise the master plan for 20 years from 2023 to 2043 to transform Cox’s Bazar into a smart city as its formal ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 114 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia till July 23. Of the deceased, 25 were female and 89 male, according to the hajj portal of the religious affairs ministry of Bangladesh. Age of most of the deceased pilgrims was between 50 and 71, according to the portal. ... Read more

11 more die, 2,242 hospitalised in 24 hours News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 120 people died of dengue in the past 22 days of July, which was the highest death toll in a single month in 23 years keeping nine days in hand since 2000 when the government started keeping records of dengue. ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd has partnered with SITA to adopt a suite of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions that will increase network speeds, optimise the airline’s operations, and reduce expansion costs, said a press release. SITA Connect Go is a new Secure SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) solution designed specifically for the air ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured as a bus fell into a pond by the side of Khulna-Barishal highway at a location adjacent to Dhansiri Union Parishad under Sadar upazila in Jhalokathi district Saturday morning. Jhalokathi Civil Surgeon Jahirul Islam confirmed the casualties. Five of the deceased ... Read more