News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Open University on Friday celebrated its 30th founding anniversary on its campus in Gazipur. The celebration began with hoisting the national flag at Swadhinata Chirantan memorial sculpture on the campus by the university vice-chancellor Professor Dr Syed Humayun Akhter in the morning, said a press release. Office chiefs of ... Read more
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Bangladesh attends Fashion World Tokyo
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh attended Fashion World Tokyo Autumn 2022 on October 18-20 in Tokyo, Japan. Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed opened the Bangladesh Pavilion at Tokyo Big Sight on 18 October 2022, according to a release issued by the embassy there. This is the largest trade show for the fashion industry in ... Read more
StanChart and Brac University to establish curriculum
Business Desk: dhakamirror.com Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Brac University signed a memorandum of understanding recently to develop a curriculum on financial crime and compliance for both undergraduate and graduate students. The aim is to develop professionals trained to prevent financial crime while following both local and international standards of compliance, the lender said in a ... Read more
Singer’s profits drop despite rising sales
Business Desk: dhakamirror.com Although Singer Bangladesh logged higher sales between July and September this year, the company still incurred losses in the quarter, according to a press release. Sales of the multinational electronic and home appliance company were 12.8 per cent higher at Tk 520 crore in the July-September quarter compared to the same period ... Read more
Fall 2022 orientation held at UIU
News Desk: dhakamirror.com United International University (UIU) organized the Orientation Program for the newly admitted students of the Fall 2022 semester on 21 October at the UIU playground. Students from School of Science and Engineering (SoSE), School of Business and Economics (SoBE) and School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS) took part in the orientation ... Read more
Foodpanda sponsored Bangladesh’s Street Child World Cup team
Business Desk: dhakamirror.com Foodpanda donated €5,000 to the LEEDO squad representing Bangladesh at the Street Child World Cup 2022 in Doha. A Jersey Handover Ceremony was recently held at foodpanda headquarters. The Street Child World Cup Doha 2022 took place 8-15 October and brought impoverished children from around the world together for a football game, ... Read more
bKash partners with wagely to make it easier for RMG workers to access their earned wages
The facility will help RMG employees handle their emergency fund Business Desk: dhakamirror.com Wagely Bangladesh Ltd (wagely) will give Earned Wage Access (EWA) to garment workers who use bKash’s payroll system. With this feature, employees can get already-earned income before payday through their bKash account, helping them handle emergency money, according to a press release. ... Read more
Veritas Academy to host an event centered on innovative education
News Desk: dhakamirror.com Veritas Academy, a Dhaka tertiary and professional training college, will conduct an event for educators on Friday (21 October) in Gulshan to promote innovation in technology and pedagogy. Academics from North South University, IBA, and Brac University will participate, according to a news release. Zeeshan Kingshuk Huq, founder and former CEO of ... Read more
NSU pleased with its worldwide university ranking
Daylong celebration held on NSU campus in Dhaka as it ranked top among all universities in Bangladesh by Times Higher Education News Desk : dhakamirror.com On Thursday, North South Institution celebrated becoming Bangladesh’s top-ranked university on its Dhaka campus. According to a news release, the daylong celebration included a rally, human flag formation, balloon release, ... Read more
Apex Footwear announces offers on anniversary
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Apex Footwear yesterday launched its 25-year celebration campaign at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka, where the company announced some offers and customer engagement activities that will be available at each outlet across the country till the end of December. Conditions apply on all the offers, which include lucky 25, spin ... Read more
Concern as vehicle fitness clearance hits a seven-year low
News Desk : dhakamirror.com While vehicle registrations increased significantly in the previous fiscal year, the number of fitness certifications decreased to a seven-year low, creating more concerns about road safety. At least 5.42 lakh registered vehicles have been functioning on the roads without the required fitness approval, owing to insufficient monitoring by authorities. The decision ... Read more
Grameenphone reported 5.7% revenue increase in Q3 2022
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Telecom operator Grameenphone has reported revenues of Tk11,286.75 crore for the first nine months of 2022, registering a growth of 5.7% from the same period last year. In the third quarter, the company lost some 2.9 million subscribers owing to a ban on SIM sales imposed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory ... Read more
Unilever Consumer Care profit increased by 15% in the third quarter
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Unilever Consumer Care Limited posted 15 per cent higher profit in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlier. The multinational company made a profit of Tk 18.72 crore in the July-September period, up from Tk 16.28 crore in the identical period in 2021. Its earnings per share were ... Read more
Heidelberg Cement continues to incur losses
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh Limited suffered losses in the third quarter of 2022. The multinational cement manufacturer incurred a loss of Tk 3.61 crore in the July-September quarter. It made a profit of Tk 10.79 crore during the same period a year earlier. Thus, the earnings per share of the company were ... Read more
Shafiqul Islam, DMP commissioner to retire Oct 30
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam is retiring on October 30. A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Home Ministry’s Public Security Division on Wednesday. Deputy Secretary Dhananjay Kumar Das signed the notification on the orders of the President. The announcement states that retired Commissioner of Police ... Read more
BGMEA, Fashion Design Council to promote khadi worldwide
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters (BGMEA) and the Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh (FDCB) intend to forge collaboration to promote and develop high-end fashionable garments using home grown fabrics and materials. The willingness was expressed when FDCB President Maheen Khan and Vice President Emdad Haque met with BGMEA President Faruque ... Read more
Among 20 most unsustainable cities, Dhaka comes in at number four
News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to a global research released on Wednesday, Dhaka is ranked fourth among the 20 unsustainable megacities in the world. Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Dhaka, Baghdad, Lahore, Kolkata, and New Delhi are all expected to have rapid population increase of over 50% by 2050, according to the Ecological Threat Report (ETR) 2022. ... Read more
Danish embassy hosts 5-day exhibition ‘Going Green’
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh is hosting a 5-day exhibition titled ‘Going Green’ from 16-20 October to highlight green solutions that can support sustainable and inclusive economic growth at Bay’s Edge Gallery in capital’s Gulshan. The exhibition has focused on sustainable and green development, digital and physical connectivity to energy ... Read more
DU Research, Publication Fair to begin Oct 22
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Dhaka University authorities on Wednesday said that a two-day Research and Publication Fair in the central playground of Dhaka University would begin on October 22. The fair, the first time of such kind in the history of the university, will showcase the innovations, research and publications of various departments, institutes, ... Read more
Fresh Tissue observes Pink Day for breast cancer awareness
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Fresh Tissue observed ‘Pink Day’ on Tuesday with the theme of spreading breast cancer awareness to the people of all spheres. All of the employees from MGI wore a pink T-shirt at work to observe the ‘Pink Day’. A rally was also organised from MGI to spread breast cancer awareness to ... Read more