News Desk : dhakamirror.com Cyclone Mocha has been dominating discussions in last few days, cautionary, warning and danger signals, which the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) is urging ports to hoist, have become a foremost of the news. The following is a look at what each of the signal means, according to BMD: Distant Cautionary Signal ... Read more
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Cyclone Mocha intensifies into ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’: IMD
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mocha has intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over east central Bay of Bengal and was 760km south southwest of Cox’s Bazar at 2:30am (local time) today, according to the Indian Met Department’s last update. It is moving north-northeastwards and likely to intensify further and cross Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts ... Read more
BINA Dhan-25 shows hope
Farmers get higher yield from newly developed rice variety Sajjad Hossain Mannan Joaddar cultivated BINA Dhan-25, a newly developed variety of paddy, on one bigha of land in Moghi village of Magura 93 days ago. The 55-year-old farmer is now over the moon. He had not seen such thin and long grain in his 20 ... Read more
Bangladesh coastal areas are under danger signal number 8
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh is ready to evacuate about a million people in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar as the very severe cyclonic storm over the east central Bay of Bengal looked ferocious with rapid intensification and is forecast to begin to have impacts on the south-east coast of the country from Saturday night. The ... Read more
Rooftop solar panels a contemporary necessity
Speakers tell webinar In December 2020, a knitting factory in Kashimpur in Gazipur had a rooftop solar panel installed for 19.89 crore Tk, saving the company 3.19 crore Tk per year, according to a study. The investment will be returned by 6.23 years, according to the study, after analyzing the electricity production data for the ... Read more
Bangladesh Railway will conduct special mango train
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Railway will operate a special Mango train on the Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi this season for the fourth consecutive year. Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager of the western zone of the railway, said that they have already started preparations for deploying two trains to transport mangoes at a lower cost ... Read more
Half-yearly exams, pre-test deferred for secondary students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government deferred the schedules of the half-yearly and pre-test examinations for a week for students of the government and non-government secondary schools across the country. The decision was made to facilitate the implementation of the new national curriculum in the Classes of VI and VII, said a notice issued by ... Read more
Deep depression over Bay has intensified into Cyclone Mocha: IMD
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal today intensified into Cyclone Mocha and headed in a north-northwest direction at a speed of eight kilometres per hour, the Indian Met Department said. The cyclone lay centred 1,210km from Cox’s Bazar, it added. Mocha is very likely to intensify into a very ... Read more
No exams for pre-primary students, only assessment for Class I
News Desk : dhakamirror.com No examinations will be held to evaluate the pre-primary level students in the current 2023 academic year following the new national curriculum. Class I students will be fully evaluated through continuous assessment while no marginal/annual examination will be held and no fees can be charged from the students or the guardians ... Read more
Grameen UNIQLO announces closure of its operations in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Grameen UNIQLO, social business of Fast Retailing Co Ltd in Bangladesh, is set to close all 10 of its stores in the country by June 18, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. Japan-based Fast Retailing Co Ltd established the clothing business in 2010 in partnership with the Grameen Bank ... Read more
Cyclone Mocha raises storm alert in Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The deep depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, confirmed Bangladesh Meteorological Department in a special weather bulletin issued at 8:30am on Thursday. The cyclone, named Mocha, moved north northwestard at about 6:00am, the BMD said. The cyclone was 1,295kms south southwest of Chattogram port, 1,220 ... Read more
Global Good Governance Awards honours MTB’s sustainability reporting
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has announced its recognition by the Global Good Governance (3G) Awards for the bank’s excellence in sustainability reporting. The 3G Excellence in Sustainability Reporting Award 2023 validates MTB’s dedication to sustainable practices and ethical standards within the banking industry, reads a press release. This recognition highlights ... Read more
Bangladeshi girl in winning team of Smart Cities Hackathon
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Thinking North Smart Cities Hackathon recently took place in Toronto, Canada where more than 700 participants competed in the hackathon for the top prize, making it one of the largest hackathons in the city. Amid the intense competition, team Foam on Latte took home the first grand prize under the ... Read more
Shahjalal Islami Bank celebrates 22nd anniversary
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited celebrated its 22nd anniversary on Wednesday (10 May). The bank has been operating banking activities by complying Islamic Shariah and has successfully completed 22 years. On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the bank, a special doa mahfil and Quran Khatam was organised on the day ... Read more
Sonali Bank donates mattress to Hajj camp
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sonali Bank Limited has donated 100 mattresses to Hajj camp for facilitating the accommodation of those who are going to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. Hajj Office Director (joint secretary) Md Saiful Islam received the mattresses from Sonali Bank Deputy General Manager Md Ferdous Serniabat at Ashkona Hajj camp on Wednesday, ... Read more
Sajida Foundation hosts webinar on impact of Covid-19 on low, middle-income countries
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sajida Foundation hosted an important webinar titled “Covid Landscape in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): Lessons Learnt from Experience and Impact of Covid -19′ on recently. The sessions were live on their Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube pages, reads a press release. Over the past few years, Covid-19 has had a significant ... Read more
Oxfam celebrates 50th anniversary in Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Oxfam, a global NGO dedicated to ending poverty and inequality, celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 10, Wednesday, with a daylong event that highlighted its achievements and showcased its future plans. The event at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka brought together Oxfam staff, partners, supporters, and beneficiaries to celebrate ... Read more
UN Women hosts event to prevent violence against women
News Desk : dhakamirror.com UN Women Bangladesh held a learning-sharing event at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) today showcasing the remarkable results achieved by the Combatting Gender-Based Violence (CGBV) project. Funded by the government of Canada, the project aimed to develop effective strategies for preventing violence against women (VAW) in the country. Through extensive ... Read more
CHT Bangladesh opens unit in Meghna economic zone
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com CHT Bangladesh, a subsidiary of German textile chemical manufacturer GmbH Group, yesterday inaugurated its first factory, which was set up on 2.2 acres of land at the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone in Sonargaon of Narayanganj. Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun inaugurated the factory as chief guest, according to a press ... Read more
Sweets, LPG cylinders come under BSTI’s mandatory certification
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Total 37 new products are brought under the authentication Consumers are expected to get better quality sweets, pressure cookers, LPG cylinders and microwave ovens as the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has brought these items under its mandatory certification rule. Companies will have to get certification marks compulsorily for the ... Read more