Dipu Moni says candidates are not getting enough classes News Desk : dhakamirror.com Next year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams will be held on a revised or short syllabus, said Education Minister Dipu Moni in response to questions from journalists at the Chandpur Circuit House on Friday afternoon Replying to a question, the minister said ... Read more
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Study in India Expo 2023 begins in Chattogram
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Study in India Expo 2023, one of the most popular education show series focusing on Indian education, is taking place from 7 to 15 July in four different divisional cities of Bangladesh. The expo began on Friday (7 July) at the Peninsula in Chattogram, and it will continue till 8 ... Read more
RU celebrates 70th anniversary
City Desk : dhakamirror.com The authorities of Rajshahi University celebrated the university’s 70th founding anniversary on Thursday amid enthusiasm and festivity. The university acting vice-chancellor, professor Sultan-ul-Islam inaugurated the day’s events at 10:05am in front of the university administrative building by hoisting the national and the university flags, and releasing pigeons and balloons.
Four lives lost as ambulance, truck collide
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Four people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck in Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday. The deceased are Shamsul Alam, 60, a retired doctor of Khulna Shipyard; his attendant Jewel Hossain, 36; ambulance driver Momin Khan, 42; and his assistant Faisal, 25. Shamsul ... Read more
MTB DMD, CAMLCO Rais Uddin Ahmad appointed as bank’s Company Secretary
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has appointed Rais Uddin Ahmad as its new Company Secretary. He has also been serving the bank as Deputy Managing Director & Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO), reads a press release. Prior to his tenure at MTB, he served as Company Secretary, Head of Risk ... Read more
Rotary International will implement over 500 projects this financial year
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Rotary Bangladesh will implement more than five hundred large projects nationwide in the fiscal year 2023-24. Ashrafuzzaman Nannu, governor of Rotary International District-3281 Bangladesh announced the annual programme of Rotary for the session of 2023-24 in a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday, reads a press ... Read more
Japanese education method ‘Kumon’ now in Mohammadpur
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Kumon Mohammadpur Centre was launched on Thursday, introducing the “Kumon” method, a Japanese complementary education system for developing self-learning skills among children. Designed by Japanese educator Toru Kumon in 1954, the special method puts emphasis on maximising the potential of each child through an individual study plan. According to the ... Read more
81 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims die so far
News Desk : dhakamirror.com With six new deaths reported on Wednesday (5 July), the number of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims who died this year has reached 81, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Among the deceased individuals, 63 were men and 18 were women. The ministry’s latest Hajj bulletin, released on the night of 5 ... Read more
Banglalink introduces tourist SIM
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mobile phone operator Banglalink Wednesday launched Tourist SIM, enabling foreign travellers to enjoy a seamless telecommunication service during their stay in Bangladesh. The third-biggest network carrier has introduced six packages with validity between seven days and 30 days for both physical SIM cards and e-SIM. Tourists will be able to make ... Read more
Bogura yoghurt, Chapainawabganj Langra and Ashwina receive the GI label
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Four more products, including the yogurt of Bogura, and Langra and Ashwina varieties of mango of Chapainawabganj have been recognised as geographical indication (GI) products from Bangladesh. In addition, the Aman variety of the fragrant Tulshimala rice from Sherpur has also acquired the GI tag, Md Zillur Rahman, deputy registrar (Trade ... Read more
Bangladesh celebrates Eid-ul-Azha
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Muslims across Bangladesh on Thursday celebrated the Eid-ul-Azha with due solemnity, a sense of sacrifice and religious fervour amid monsoon rain. On this day, the 10th day of Arabic month of Zilhajj on the lunar calendar, some 4,500 years ago, Prophet Ibrahim (AS) offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail ... Read more
Celebrities spearhead noise pollution battle
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In a commendable initiative to combat the growing problem of noise pollution, a group of renowned stars have taken on the task of raising awareness and implementing measures to combat excessive noise levels. Led by popular actors Mosharraf Karim and Fazlur Rahman Babu, along with the talented Bijri Barkatullah, a star-studded ... Read more
EBL secures highest AAA credit rating
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) has awarded the highest AAA credit rating to Eastern Bank Limited (EBL). The rating has been awarded on the basis of audited financials of 2022 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information, reads a press release. For the first time EBL has been ... Read more
Death toll in Faridpur road crash rises to 8
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The driver of the ambulance that caught fire after hitting a flyover railing at Maligram under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Saturday morning, killing all seven passengers, died in Dhaka in the afternoon. As a result, the death toll in the accident has risen to eight. Faridpur superintendent of police Md ... Read more
B’baria man gets car buying Walton fridge
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A man named Hasan Ahmed in Brahmanbaria sadar, has got a Japanese car for free after he had purchased a Walton brand refrigerator. As per the customer’s benefits of the nationwide ongoing Walton’s Digital Campaign Season-18, Hasan was awarded the car, reads a press release. In this season-18, total of four ... Read more
IUB EEE students win Gold in Efficiency for Access Design Challenge UK
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A joint team of engineering students from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Makerere University, Uganda, has won Gold in the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2022-2023 for their solar-powered automated anaerobic digestion system, which produces cooking gas and crop fertilizers from food waste. The announcement was made on 15 June, during ... Read more
Climate change causes Bangladesh loss of $3.72 billion in 20 years
The finding of the Swiss Embassy’s Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Program News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh has suffered US$3.72 billion in economic losses over the past 20 years from climate change, an expert at the Swiss embassy in Dhaka said yesterday. Bangladesh is the seventh-most vulnerable country in the world by climate change and ranks ... Read more
Hero Alom returns to Dhaka-17 by-polls
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ashraful Hossain Alom, known as Hero Alom, got back his candidacy to compete for the Dhaka-17 by-elec tion. Ashoke Kumar Debnath, additional secretary of Election Commission, confirmed it while talking to reporters at the commission office in Agargaon this afternoon. “The two appeals [against EC’s decision to scrap their nominations] by ... Read more
Humanitarian action must include people with disabilities: UN guidelines can promote inclusion at all levels
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Humanitarian responses in the context of natural or manmade disasters or protracted crises must ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities. In doing so, the humanitarian community encourages the Government of Bangladesh to systematically consider the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) guidelines for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action ... Read more
HSBC and DNCC continue to work together and deliver innovations for sustainable development
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in collaboration with Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has organised the second edition of their climate series events titled- Together for Climate on Wednesday ( 21 June), said a press release. As a part of HSBC’s sustainability efforts, the bank urged the key ... Read more