Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Shams Mahmud has been elected as the president of the Bangladesh-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI) for 2023-2025. The appointment was made in the 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BTCCI held yesterday in Dhaka Club Ltd, reads a press release. Md Munir Hossain and Md Salem Sulaiman have been ... Read more
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BTI, Shimizu Corporation sign MoU
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Building Technology and Ideas (BTI) Limited, the leading real estate company of Bangladesh, and Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese construction company, signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the BTI corporate office in Dhaka recently. FR Khan, managing director of BTI, and Manabu Hirose, general manager, Bangladesh Branch Office of Shimizu Corporation, ... Read more
Nazeem A Choudhury appointed Deputy Managing Director of Prime Bank
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Nazeem A Choudhury has joined Prime Bank Limited as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD), reads a press release. Choudhury has more than 22 years of diversified experience in business development, sales and marketing and communications. Prior to his joining Prime Bank Limited, he served in multiple capacities with Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Metlife, ... Read more
Heat wave continues after a short break
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A mild heatwave set in again on Saturday with chances of it continuing and intensifying in parts of Bangladesh over the next couple of days, according to the Met Office. The cyclonic circulation formed in the Bay of Bengal, likely to develop into a low pressure with potentials of a cyclonic ... Read more
Electric vehicle registration gets lukewarm response
News Desk : dhakamirror.com People are taking little interest in electric vehicles as the government has framed a policy to introduce the vehicles as these are environment-friendly. After introducing the registration of these vehicles, till mid-April about 10 electric vehicles got registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, the BRTA officials said. Different incentives are ... Read more
DSCC urged to plan dev projects felling no trees
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Green activists, students and local residents in Dhanmondi on Saturday asked the Dhaka south city authorities to plan development projects without cutting trees in the capital in the name of development. They also demanded the authorities stop cutting trees immediately, otherwise, they would start planting trees in the middle of the ... Read more
Fake doctor sent to jail, clinic sealed off
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A mobile court yesterday sentenced a fake doctor to two-year imprisonment in Thakurgaon town. The convict is Shariful Islam, 39, of South 24 Parganas district in India’s West Bengal, he claimed. Mohammad Samsuzzaman, executive magistrate and assistant commissioner, led the mobile court. The court also fined the convict Tk 1 lakh. ... Read more
Gonoshasthaya Kendra to operate based on Zafrullah’s ideology
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gonoshasthaya Kendra trustee board members and executive council members of its sister concerns at a joint meeting on Saturday reiterated that all the Gonoshasthaya Kendra institutes would operate on the basis of the ideology of its founder Zafrullah Chowdhury, who died past month. The meeting was held at Savar Gonoshasthaya Samaj ... Read more
New students’ orientation held at AUST
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Reception and orientation of newly enrolled students for the Fall 2022 semester were held at the MH Khan Auditorium of the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka on Saturday. Engineer Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, attended the programme as chief guest, while professor Mohammed ... Read more
Engineers demand top posts in engineering organisations
Engineers’ day today News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Saturday said that engineers should be appointed to top posts at engineering organisations to ensure smooth planning and implementation. Engineers made the demand at a press conference marking the IEB’s 75th founding anniversary and engineer’s Day at the IEB office in the ... Read more
Tushar Abdullah addresses seminar at Canadian University of Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) Media Communication and Journalism Department (MCJ) has organised a seminar on 3 May titled “Transformation of Mass Media”. The seminar started with an opening speech from the preeminent Vice Chancellor of CUB, Prof HM Jahirul Haque, reads a press release. Tushar Abdullah was the keynote speaker ... Read more
Elephant ‘electrocuted’ to death in Sherpur
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The forest officials and police yesterday recovered the body of an elephant from Bakakura area of Garo Hills in Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila. A herd of elephants entered the area from across the Indian border and raided paddy fields, causing a lot of damage to the crops, said Monirul Alam Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge ... Read more
71 ponds in Dhaka filled up in last 5 years: Fire Service
News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to the fire service, there were 100 ponds in the capital Dhaka in 2018. This number has decreased to 29 in 2023. So, in the last five years, 71 ponds have been filled up in Dhaka. Fire Service and Civil Defense Director (Operation and Maintenance) Lt Col Tajul Islam Chowdhury ... Read more
Man arrested with 700gm gold in Dhaka airport
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Armed Police Battalion arrested a man along with gold worth around Tk 54 lakh at Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport premises early today. A team of APBn arrested Billal, 53, from the car park area at the Arrivals Canopy: 2 around 12:30am, said SM Mizanur Rahman, an additional superintendent of Airport APBn. ... Read more
Mastercard introduces first-ever multi-currency Platinum Debit Card with National Bank Limited
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mastercard and National Bank Limited (NBL) together are bringing a multi-currency Mastercard Debit Card, making it the first time that Mastercard is launching a Debit Card for NBL’s customers. The multi-currency debit card allows cardholders to make purchases in multiple currencies, providing a seamless and convenient way to manage funds while ... Read more
bKash app becomes more user-friendly with new features
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com bKash customers will no longer need to keep track of when to pay their electricity bill. Availing auto pay option from bKash app to pay for utility services like electricity, gas, water etc. is now a reality. To facilitate more convenience to the customers like this, bKash app has been enriched ... Read more
Anti-bullying guidelines issued for educational institutions
World Desk : dhakamirror.com The government of Bangladesh has formulated a new policy titled “Policy for the Prevention of Bullying and Ragging in Educational Institutions 2023”, according to an education ministry notification. Actions will be taken as per existing criminal law under the policy which will be applicable to all educational institutions across the country, ... Read more
Heatwave will impact livelihoods of 3.5 billion people by 2050: study
News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to a recent study, by 2050, searing heat waves will affect the lives and livelihoods of more than 3.5 billion people worldwide, half of whom live in urban areas. Extreme heat poses major risks to cities and is becoming more dangerous every year, according to the study Building Urban Heat ... Read more
Energypac bags JAC Digital Marketing Partner Award
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Owing to their unparalleled efforts in Digital Marketing at the JAC Distributor Conference in Hafei, China, Energypac Power Generation Limited (EPGL) has received a prestigious accolade, as the winner of the JAC Day and Digital Marketing Partner Award 2022, said a press release. Energypac is the sole distributor of JAC Motors, ... Read more
OPPO ColorOS 13 wins 6 awards at 2023 iF Design Awards
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com OPPO’s latest operating system, ColorOS 13, was honored with six prestigious awards at the 2023 iF Design Awards. Competing against 11,000 entries from 56 countries, ColorOS 13 received five awards in the User Experience (UX) category for its Aquamorphic Design, Multi-Screen Connect, Smart Sidebar Suggestions, Game Assistant, Smart Wallet, and one ... Read more