News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court today directed the government to take necessary steps to set up breastfeeding corners at all work places, shopping malls, airports, bus stops and railway stations across the country. The court delivered the verdict following a writ petition filed by Advocate Ishrat Hasan on October 24, 2019. The name ... Read more
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Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF along Lalmonirhat border
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila last night. The deceased is Rabiul Islam, 54, of Kalabagan area undar Patgram upazila and the injured one who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lalmonirhat is Shahidul Islam, 30, ... Read more
ActionAid Bangladesh and Asian Paints begin working with underprivileged street girls
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Global non-governmental orgazisation ActionAid Bangladesh started their project ‘Happy Home’ in 2006 to stand by the underprivileged street girls. Innovative and consumer centric paint manufacturer company Asian Paints Bangladesh started a campaign to inspire a colorful world for the girls at Happy Home. Asian Paints wanted to bring hassle-free, safe and ... Read more
Maize farming leading char farmers to financial stability
Mostafa Shabuj About two decades ago, farmers in remote char areas of northern Bangladesh were quite impoverished due to the consequences of repeated flooding and other natural disasters. Now though, these farmers have achieved financial stability by growing maize, which is more suitable for the region compared to other crops. For example, more profitable crops ... Read more
All 9 stations along Uttara-Agargaon line of Dhaka metro rail are now operational
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Two more stations have been added to the MRT-6 route, Dhaka’s first metro rail, which now connects all of the stops along the Uttara-Agargaon line. On Friday at 8:30 am, the Shewrapara and Uttara South platforms opened for service. All stops along the route are now accessible to travelers. “Passengers began ... Read more
2 companies will provide internet service to 2,600 unions
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to provide high-speed internet links in 2,600 unions throughout Bangladesh, the government has given the jobs to Summit Communications and Fiber@Home. A draft public-private partnership deal for revenue sharing with the providers of internet infrastructure was approved yesterday by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The ... Read more
Brac Bank, Nucleus Software win fintech award
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank and Nucleus Software Exports Ltd have jointly won a “Best Implementation in Transaction Banking” award at IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2022 for FinnAxia, a transaction banking and supply chain finance solution for small and medium enterprises. The award recognised the rapid implementation of FinnAxia to support the ... Read more
Huawei, bKash make an agreement on financial inclusion
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Huawei has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with bKash over enabling more people to participate in financial inclusion and benefit from the digital economy in Bangladesh. Pan Junfeng, president of Huawei South Asia region and CEO of Huawei Bangladesh, and Kamal Quadir, founder and CEO of the mobile financial service ... Read more
Brac Bank adopts digital processes to promote sustainability
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank’s SME business is taking steps towards reducing paper usage and promoting environmental sustainability by adopting various digital processes. The bank now digitally conducts the performance management of 2,800 field-based business development managers (BDMs) and relationship officers (ROs) instead of traditional paper-based methods, said a press release. “The bank strives ... Read more
‘Protect children and their rights’
Say speakers, demanding implementation of Children’s Act-2013 News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Children’s Act-2013 needs to be implemented as soon as possible, along with creating a separate commission, to ensure the rights of children, said speakers at an event yesterday. They said although it has been required by law, since 2001, to obtain birth certificates, ... Read more
UNOs can’t serve as upazila chief executive officer
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday scrapped the provisions in a law that gave sweeping powers to upazila nirbahi officers to act as the chief executive officer and secretary of upazila parishads. Delivering a verdict on two writ petitions, the HC at the same time ruled that the terminology “Upazila Proshason” cannot be ... Read more
Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh: WB
Air pollution is responsible for about 20 percent of the total premature deaths in Bangladesh, says a World Bank report. The report titled ‘Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia’ mentions that air pollution is liked to 20 per cent or one in every five of total premature deaths in ... Read more
‘Muktir Shobujayon’ project undertaken to create green public spaces in Dhaka
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), in collaboration with Shakti Foundation and MetLife Foundation, has initiated the Muktir Shobujayon (Greening for Liberation) Project with an aim to transform the abandoned land opposite the Jallad Khana Memorial into a modern, green and child-friendly public space. A total of 1,000 trees have been planted ... Read more
Ranks FC hands over green building ‘White Oak’ at Mehedibag in Ctg
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Ranks FC Properties, a subsidiary of Rankon Group, has recently handed over its green project “White Oak” at Mehedibagh in Chattogram city to the apartment owners. On the occasion, the developer company organised a welcome party at the project premises. High officials of Ranks FC Properties, landlords, and apartment owners celebrated ... Read more
IBBL pays tribute on Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has paid tribute at the National Memorial on the occasion of Independence Day 2023 on Sunday (26 March). Md Joynal Abedin and Mohammed Nasir Uddin, directors and Muhammad Qaisar Ali, additional managing director of the bank, placed floral wreath on behalf of the bank, said a press ... Read more
Chattogram Port Authority observes Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has observed the Independence Day today with dignity and solemnity. The celebration began with hoisting the national flag and placing wreath at the martyrs’ memorial in the port republic club premises on Sunday morning, read a press release. Members, officers and employees of all departments including ... Read more
Sonali Bank celebrates Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sonali Bank Limited organised different programmes to celebrate Independence Day 2023. Sonali Bank CEO and Managing Director Md Afzal Karim along with other officials and employees placed floral wreath at the National Martyr’s Memorial in Savar and the portrait of Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 this ... Read more
Titas Gas celebrates Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Company observed the country’s 53nd Indepencence Day on Sunday. On the occasion, Titas Gas Managing Director Md Harunur Rashid Mollah inaugurated the mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the company’s head office today, reads a press release. After the inauguration, senior ... Read more
Karmasangsthan Bank pays tribute on Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Karmasangsthan Bank paid tribute to laid a wreath at National Memorial, Savar on 26 March to all the freedom fighters on the occasion of Great Independence and National Day celebrations. The event was led by the bank’s Managing Director Shirin Akhter, reads a press release. Deputy Managing Director Meher Sultana, General ... Read more
Nation celebrates Independence Day
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The nation is celebrating 53rd Independence and National Day today in a befitting manner. The government has undertaken elaborate programmes marking Independence and National Day, reports UNB. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to the martyrs of Liberation War — placing wreaths at the National Memorial in ... Read more