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
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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
Depression may turn into cyclone today
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com The well-marked low over the Bay of Bengal gathered strength and intensified into a depression last night and it could turn into a cyclone by today, the Met office said. “The depression may turn into a cyclonic storm tomorrow [Wednesday] or the day after,” said Bazlur Rashid, meteorologist, Bangladesh Meteorological Department, ... Read more
Low-pressure area over Bay could intensify further: Met office
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has now turned into a well-marked low pressure, and could intensify further, the Met office said today. A bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said, “The low-pressure area over the Southeast Bay and adjoining south Andaman Sea has intensified into a well-marked ... Read more
Air Astra to expand its route network to Saidpur
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Air Astra, a new commercial airline in passenger service, has begun to operate two flights between Dhaka and Saidpur every day from Sunday (9 May). The one-way fare of an Air Astra flight on this route will cost Tk3,490 and above including all taxes, reads a press release. After Chattogram, Cox’s ... Read more
Mahbub Alam promoted to BB director
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mohammad Mahbub Alam has been made Director of the Bangladesh Bank on 3 May. He was promoted from Additional Director of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), reads a press release. Mohammad Mahbub Alam joined the Bangladesh Bank in 1999 as Assistant Director. He earlier served in the Bangladesh Bank’s Forex Reserve ... Read more
South Korean company to set up jewelry industry in Uttara EPZ
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com South Korean company M/s Smile Arts Co, Ltd. is going to set up a Jewelry manufacturing industry in Uttara Export Processing Zone (Uttara EPZ). Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) signed an agreement with the company to this effect at BEPZA Complex on Tuesday (9 May), said a press release. Ali ... Read more
Amari Dhaka to lunch ‘eat 3 pay 1’ Saturday brunch
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Amari Dhaka is going to introduce a new kids’ eat-free brunch where families have a chance to enjoy a leisurely Saturday brunch while their children have fun with a range of activities from 13 May. The “Eat 3 Pay 1” offer is limited to certain cards and allows guests to indulge ... Read more
Bengal Group’s retail chain ‘Happy Mart’ now in Bashabo and Mymensingh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Recently two new outlets of Happy Mart have started its journey in Bashabo and Mymensingh’s CK Ghosh Road on the 3rd and 7th of May with an initiative to reach every corner of Bangladesh while creating a bond with its customers. Happy Mart is a place that not only offers plastic ... Read more
Praava Health partners with PHWC to offer affordable mental health counselling
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Praava Health, a healthcare brand in Bangladesh, recently announced its partnership with Psychological Health and Wellness Clinic (PHWC) to offer mental health counselling services. The partnership aims to make mental health counselling accessible and affordable to everyone, reads a press release. As part of the collaboration, Praava Health and PHWC are ... Read more
Google, Facebook to face 15% tax on digital ad income
The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Global tech giants such as Google and Facebook will face 15 per cent withholding tax deduction from payments made by local companies against advertisements given in the digital sphere, said the National Board of Revenue (NBR). And in case of payments ... Read more
National advisory committee for relaxing Covid rules
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 on Saturday opined that the pandemic guidelines – social distancing, wearing mask and the like – be relaxed as the infection rate in Bangladesh was under control for some days. The committee made the opinion at its 63rd meeting held virtually. The meeting was ... Read more
24kg crystal meth seized in biggest haul
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Rapid Action Battalion seized over 24 kilograms of crystal meth, known as Ice, from Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia on Saturday night, in the biggest ever seizure of the drug in the country. The latest seizure took place within 10 days of the previous biggest seizure of 22 kilograms by the Border ... Read more
Tourism center opens at Madan
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A tourism center cum rest house has been inaugurated at Uchitpur, popularly known as mini Cox’s Bazar, at Madan in Netrakona. Netrakona deputy commissioner Anjana Khan Majlis formally inaugurated the tourism centre on Sunday. Madan upazila chairman Habibur Rahman, UNO Tanzina Shahreen, assistant commissioner Shah Noor Alam, Madan mayor Saiful Islam ... Read more
Career talk held at DIU
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Daffodil International University’s Career Development Centre organised a ‘Meet the Leader, Career Talk’ event to help students develop their professional skills, receive career guidance and counseling, and become competent to face future employment challenges. The event featured chief executive officer of bdjobs.com AKM Fahim Mashroor as keynote speaker, who emphasised the ... Read more
DU student pushed from running train
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Dhaka University student has allegedly been pushed from a running train following an argument with a fellow passenger. The incident took place on Saturday evening at Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur in the intercity train Silkcity Express heading towards Dhaka from Rajshahi. Mirazul Islam Sheble, a fourth-year student of theatre and ... Read more
PriyoShop becomes first runner-up at Sankalp Dhaka Award 2023
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com PriyoShop, a B2B marketplace in Bangladesh that enables micro merchants to connect suppliers and brands directly to bypass the fragmented supply chain, has been announced as the first runner-up in the prestigious ‘Sankalp Dhaka Award 2023’. The award recognises businesses that have made a remarkable impact on the country’s economy and ... Read more