News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Department of Life Sciences under the School of Environment and Life Sciences of Independent University, Bangladesh has organised a two and half day long technical skills development workshop titled ‘Hands-on training: Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology’ during May 11-13. The inaugural ceremony of the event was open for all which started ... Read more
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Fire hydrants will be installed in all DNCC markets, slums: mayor
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mayor Atiqul Islam said fire hydrants will be installed in every slum and market under the jurisdiction of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to deal with fire incidents. He made the announcement while inaugurating a fire hydrant in Sattala slum of Mahakhali in the capital on Thursday (18 May). He stressed ... Read more
Metro will operate from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, effective from May 31
Weekly closure on Friday News Desk : dhakamirror.com Beginning May 31, the metro rail will operate six days a week from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, said during a briefing Thursday. He also said that the weekly closure will be changed from Tuesday to Friday ... Read more
29 star hotels and resorts from Bangladesh participating in South Asian Travel Awards 2023
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 29 star hotels and resorts from Bangladesh have been nominated this year in the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) which is recognised by Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA), said a press release. The South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) is an annual competition that recognizes the achievements of the ... Read more
Canadian University of Bangladesh collaborates with Pune Institute of Business Management
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) and Pune Institute of Business Management (PIBM) have collaborated to enhance the opportunities for students by fostering skill development. The promising partnership between these two prestigious institutions was inaugurated with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony held on 14 May, said a press release. ... Read more
IDLC launches new branch in Dinajpur
News Desk : dhakamirror.com IDLC Finance Limited, the largest non-bank financial institution, launched a new branch in Dinajpur. On 18 May, the company inaugurated this new branch with the commitment to serve the people by providing the necessary financial services to the customers and making a significant contribution to socio-economic development, reads a press release. ... Read more
NCC Bank celebrates 30th anniversary
News Desk : dhakamirror.com NCC Bank celebrated its 30th anniversary on 17 May through various events. NCC Bank Chairman Md Abul Bashar inaugurated the anniversary programme. Vice-Chairman Sohela Hossain, Director and Past Vice-Chairman ASM Mainuddin Monem, Past Chairman and Chairman of the Risk Management Committee Alhaj Md Nurun Newaz and Managing Director and CEO Mohammad ... Read more
Walton provides up to 40% discount on computer items
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited has announced 40% special discounts on the purchase of its desktops, laptops, all-in-one PCs, tablets, printers, monitors and speakers along with other computer items and accessories. The benefits are being provided under ‘Walton Computer Summer Fest’ campaign on the products bought from Walton Plaza, Walton e-Plaza or ... Read more
ULAB ranks 75 in WURI’s global top 100 innovative universities
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has moved up 21 notches in the coveted Global Top 100 Innovative Universities in the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking – from 96th position in 2022 to 75th in 2023. In ceremonies held on 17 May in Fort Myers, Florida, WURI project ... Read more
Gold bars worth Tk 25cr recovered from cargo hold of Biman plane
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Customs officials seized 204 gold bars weighing over 23kgs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this morning. The gold was left abandoned at the cargo hold of a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines that landed at the airport around 11:30am from Muskat, Oman via Chattogram. Officials searched the aircraft and recovered the ... Read more
Novoair offers a 15% discount on all ticket prices
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Novoair, a private airline in Bangladesh, has announced a 15 per cent discount on the ticket fare on all routes. To enjoy the offer, the passengers will have to purchase tickets from the Novoair pavilion at the Dhaka Travel Mart-2023, which is scheduled to kick off at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon ... Read more
A lucky escape
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, weakens; causes no serious damage in Bangladesh Cyclone Mocha veered towards Myanmar and eventually made landfall there a few hours earlier than forecast and it did not cause massive damage that many in Bangladesh feared. Around 13,500 houses were affected by the cyclone in Cox’s Bazar, ... Read more
Bangladesh becoming a very unequal country
Says Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh is increasingly becoming a very unequal country as the disparity between income distribution and consumption has been growing for years, said the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh today. The concerns come as income inequality rose to 0.499 on the Gini coefficient scale, which measures the ... Read more
Budget has become an orphan, IMF its foster father: Debapriya
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The budget of Bangladesh has become an orphan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now the foster father of it, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). “When the IMF goes to a country with their programme, it establishes a singular authority over economic ... Read more
Cyclone Mocha: Water vessel movement resumes
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A day after cyclone Mocha made landfall, movement of all types of water vessels resumed across the country this morning. The water transport movement began around 9:30am, Mobarak Hossain Majumder, public relations officer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), told The Daily Star. BIWTA suspended operations of all types of ... Read more
Postponed SSC exams to be held after May 23: Dipu Moni
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Education Minister Dipu Moni today said the postponed SSC and equivalent examinations, which were scheduled for May 14 and 15, will be held after the theoretical examinations end on May 23. The education minister told reporters of the development while answering a question during a programme in the capital. Theses exams ... Read more
Bangladesh escapes worst of Mocha impacts
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh largely escaped the worst impacts of very severe cyclone Mocha, as the storm barely touched the country’s southeastern tip while making landfall on Sunday afternoon on the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast. The cyclone, however, made a mess of St Martin’s island, about 9km south of the southeastern tip of mainland Bangladesh, with ... Read more
Monday’s SSC, equivalent exams in all boards postponed
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government on Sunday postponed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations scheduled for Monday in all boards for the situation due to cyclone Mocha. The National University authorities also cancelled its B.Ed examinations across the Bangladesh scheduled for Monday for the cyclone. Earlier, the government postponed the SSC and equivalent ... Read more
IFIC Banker awards employees’ children
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Employees of IFIC Bank were felicitated by giving gold coins to newborns and children of different ages. On the occasion, an award giving ceremony was organised at Sena Malanch in Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday, reads a press release. Shah A Sarwar, managing director and chief executive of the bank, attended as ... Read more
EBL hosts AML and CFT conference in Sylhet
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com To enhance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) knowledge and skill of its employees, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) organised a day-long conference for BMs and BAMLCOs of Sylhet zone at Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf on Saturday. Masud Rana, additional director, and Md Rokon-Uz-Zaman, joint director of ... Read more