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493 girls raped in last 8 months, says Advocacy Forum

Dhaka Mirror
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Between January and August this year, at least 493 girls aged 18 or younger were raped in the country, including 39 children with disabilities, according to a National Girl Child Advocacy Forum presentation. The organisation disclosed the findings of ‘News Analysis on Violence Against Girl Children’ in the capital on Wednesday, ... Read more

Four-day tourism festival begins in Dhaka

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com A four-day long festival to boost local tourism will be launched on September 27 in Dhaka to celebrate World Tourism Day 2023. The Bangladesh Tourism Board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism will organise the festival titled ‘Bangladesh Festival’ at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The festival will be ... Read more

British Council IELTS launches One Skill Retake

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com British Council IELTS test takers who do not achieve their desired results first time around will no longer have to re-sit the full test, after the launch of a game-changing new feature. One Skill Retake increases a test taker’s chances of success by offering them the opportunity to retake just one ... Read more

bKash provides collection solution service to eCourier

Dhaka Mirror
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Country’s one of the leading online courier service providers eCourier will use bKash’s B2B (Business to Business) collection solution service at its 100 hubs across the country. This will ease the financial management of the company as well as speed up the product delivery service. For this purpose, recently, an agreement ... Read more

Justice Obaidul Hassan sworn in as Bangladesh’s 24th Chief Justice

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com Justice Obaidul Hassan took oath as the 24th chief justice of Bangladesh today (26 September). President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at 11am at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban, witnessed by the president’s wife Dr Rebecca Sultana, Cabinet members, former chief justices, judges of both the Appellate and High Court divisions, ... Read more

Festival of Tolerance celebrated in Ctg

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Festival of Tolerance was held on Sunday at Zilla Shilpakala Academy in Chattogram with the goal of building a peaceful, tolerant, and harmonious Bangladesh. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised the festival as part of its Partnerships for a More Tolerant and Inclusive Bangladesh (PTIB) project, with support from ... Read more

IUB hosts the inaugural of Preserve Planet Earth conference

Dhaka Mirror
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The conference, which is the first of its kind, brought together experts and stakeholders to focus on turning emerging actionable solutions into investment and employment opportunities to deal with rising global temperatures and reducing the use of fossil fuels, said a press release. ‘Aiming to turn challenges into opportunities, we need ... Read more

Bangladesh Railway launches luggage vans with intercity trains

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com To significantly increase the supply of perishable items, agricultural and other goods, Bangladesh Railway (BR) combined luggage vans with intercity trains on Sunday. The first van was combined with Sylhet bound intercity train “Joyantika Express”. Jayantika Express transported 4,600 kg of goods from Dhaka to Sylhet as Bangladesh Railway’s first intercity ... Read more

Information and communication technology for sustainable development was the focus of the 2nd international conference

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The three-day-long 2nd international conference on ‘Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development’ organised by Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) has successfully concluded on Saturday (23 September). In the closing ceremony, the chief patron of this conference BUP Vice Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam awarded certificates to three outstanding research ... Read more

Another 36,000 RMG workers to receive salary through bKash payroll solution

Dhaka Mirror
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Another eight leading readymade garments (RMG) companies in the country have started using bKash’s digital payroll solution to disburse salaries and allowances to their workers. With this latest addition, currently more than 1,100 factories are disbursing salaries and allowances to over a million workers through bKash’s digital payroll solution, reads a ... Read more

CUB commences Fall Semester 2023 Admission Fair

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) has commenced its Admission Fair for the Fall Semester 2023. This fair will run from September 24 to 6 October 2023. Admission is ongoing on the campus that is located on Pragati Sarani in the capital city, reads a press release. During this fair, the ... Read more

BURGER KING opens new outlet in Mirpur-12

Dhaka Mirror
City Desk : dhakamirror.com BURGER KING, a fast-food chain, has opened their ninth outlet in Dhaka. The address is Plot 45, Road 7, Block A, Section 12, Pallabi. Mirpur-12 residents can now indulge in the iconic WHOPPER and choose from a delightful selection of menu items right from the grand opening. The location is set ... Read more

3 children run over by train in Mohakhali

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com Three young lives were cut short on the street of Dhaka as they were struck by a train on Saturday morning. The incident occurred at 6am in Mohakhali area, when a train en route from Kamalapur to Dewanganj hit the children as they attempted to cross the railway tracks. The children, ... Read more

World Bank approves $300 million to accelerate learning for Bangladesh’s secondary education

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com World Bank has approved a $300 million fund to help Bangladesh recover from learning losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic It will introduce supplementary online learning combined with in-class teaching to strengthen system resilience, improve learning outcomes and teaching quality, and reduce school dropouts, says a World Bank press release. “Bangladesh ... Read more

10th Asian Tourism Fair begins in Dhaka

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com A three-day regional tourism fair aimed at promoting cross-border connections, improving cultural exchanges and boosting economic growth has begun in the capital. The fair styled ’10th Asian Tourism Fair and Bangladesh Tourism Development Summit 2023′ began at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center on Thursday. Md Mahbub Ali, state minister for civil ... Read more

7th convocation of Eastern University held

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The seventh convocation ceremony of Eastern University was held on Tuesday at Bashundhara International Convention City in the capital. A total of 3,109 students graduated from fall semester of 2019 to the spring semester of 2023 and 10 students with the highest CGPA from four faculties achieved gold medals in the ... Read more

49 athletes selected for admission with DU Sports Quota

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka University has released the list of 49 students initially selected to the 2022-23 undergraduate academic session for the sports quota . The list was published on Sunday (September 17) in a circular from the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, and Law. The athletes include Towhid Hridoy, ... Read more

NID server will remain down for maintenance until 2:00 p.m tomorrow

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News Desk : dhakamirror.com The National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission (EC) has been down since this morning due to maintenance reasons, the Election Commission’s Information System Management Officer Aminul Islam said today. “It is to inform everyone that the NID server is undergoing maintenance. Due to this all services will remain ... Read more