News Desk : dhakamirror.com The registration for Hajj under public and private management will get underway on Wednesday. According to the religious affairs ministry and the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh, depositing money for the Hajj registration will also begin on that day and continue till February 23, 2023. Aspirant pilgrims must abide by a ... Read more
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Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise arrives in Mongla
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ganga Vilas, the longest river cruise in the world, which will connect the Indian town of Varanasi with Diburgarh town in Assam with nearly half of the journey through Bangladesh territory, has reached Mongla Port in Bagerhat. On its arrival at the port yesterday, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury ... Read more
Tigers take control of forest station for 20 hours!
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Forest guards were restricted to their station in the Sarankhola region of the Sundarbans for 20 hours while three tigers roamed the land. The big cats were initially spotted in the Supati Station area around 3:00pm on Friday and remained there until 11:00am yesterday. A wildlife expert said this was quite ... Read more
First convocation held at Canadian University of Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The first convocation of Canadian University of Bangladesh was held on Tuesday. President Md Abdul Hamid, also chancellor of the universities, was present as chief guest of the programme at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and children’s rights activist was the convocation speaker on ... Read more
Dhaka Commerce College gives its 31st annual awards
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka Commerce College organised the prize distribution ceremony of the 31st annual cultural and sports competition 2022 at the college auditorium on Monday. Bangladesh University of Business and Technology Trust chairman Md Shamsul Huda, also one of the founders, the first principal and member of the governing body of the college, ... Read more
DITF concludes with export orders of around Tk 300 crore
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The 27th Dhaka International Trade Fair-2023 ended on Tuesday with businesses receiving export orders worth about $30.38 million (about Tk 300 crore) while goods worth Tk 100 crore were sold in the month-long exhibition at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal in Dhaka. A total of 47 businesses received ... Read more
Belal Ahmed now SIBL’s acting chairman
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) has appointed Belal Ahmed as the acting chairman of its board of directors after Md Mahbub Ul Alam resigned. Previously, he served the bank’s board as vice-chairman. Ahmed is the son-in-law of Mohammed Saiful Alam, the chairman of Chattogram-based S Alam Group. He represents Unitex Steel ... Read more
Bangladesh hikes power price again in just 3 weeks
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has increased the retail power price again — by 5 per cent — along with an increase in the bulk price by over 8 per cent just 18 days after it had hiked the retail price on January 12 this year. The new retail prices and charges, announced for ... Read more
12 NSU faculty members received award for research
News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University yesterday awarded 12 faculty members for their research excellence during 2021 and 2022, said a press release. The awards were given through a ceremony held at NSU auditorium in the afternoon, chaired by NSU Vice Chancellor Prof Atiqul Islam. Organised by NSU’s Office of Research, the event was ... Read more
Achol Foundation reported 585 student suicides in 2022
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A survey by the Achol Foundation found that 585 students from schools, colleges, universities, and madrasas died by suicide in 2016. Among them, 340 were in school, 106 were in college, 85 were in university, and 54 were in a madrasa. The foundation revealed the information through a press release sent ... Read more
Walton sees Tk 566cr sales drop in six months
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC, the largest electrical, electronics and home appliance manufacturer in Bangladesh, posted lower sales and profits in the first half of the current financial year due to higher inflation and the dearer US dollar amid the ongoing global economic crisis. The sales dropped by Tk 566 crore, or ... Read more
Mother, kid reunited by cop’s brave act
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A mother sold her two-month-old infant for Tk 30,000 to pay off debts. A police team reunited the mother and kid yesterday, three days after the terrible tragedy. The mother, Lima Hanufa, said her husband hasn’t worked in five years since a road accident incapacitated him. Lima, her family’s sole breadwinner, ... Read more
Phone producers must preinstall Bijoy app, although users are under no obligation: Jabbar
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Preinstallation of Bijoy app on android phones is still mandatory for the importers and manufacturers of the devices, but it is not obligatory for the users to use the Bangla writing software, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has not changed its stance over the ... Read more
IUB collaborates with Sweden on climate change
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sweden and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) have launched a four-year partnership to strengthen climate action in Bangladesh, said a press release. Tanweer Hasan, vice chancellor of IUB, and Maria Stridsman, head of cooperation and deputy head of mission of the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, yesterday signed the agreement on behalf ... Read more
NSU enrolls 2,000 spring semester students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The orientation programme of spring semester of North South University was held on its campus yesterday, said a press release. Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was present on the occasion. The event was presided over by NSU Vice Chancellor Professor Atiqul Islam. Seema Ahmad, Shahriar Kamal, and ... Read more
Taslima Nasreen claims she became a big victim of medical crime
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin has accused a hospital in India of committing a “medical crime” by providing wrong treatment to her after she reportedly broke a bone in her leg. She claimed that doctors at the hospital conducted a total hip replacement surgery on her even though the X-ray report ... Read more
Boy found in the cargo container calls himself Fahim
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The boy found in a cargo container in Port Klang of Malaysia on January 17 calls himself Fahim and he could be Bangladeshi or Rohingya. A video clip of the boy, aged between 11 and 15, being rescued from the empty container went viral and in several clips the boy calls ... Read more
Sreemangal became cool at 5.6 degrees Celsius
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sreemangal of Moulvibazar ha the lowest temperature of the season at 5.6 degrees Celsius in the 24 hours preceding friday morning. Mujibur Rahman, a Srimangal weather monitoring station officer, told UNB that the lowest temperature at Sreemangal was 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4, 1968. Sreemangal is struggling with severe cold, ... Read more
US embassy is going to organize the University Spring Fair in Dhaka and Ctg
News Desk : dhakamirror.com US University fairs and tours organized by the US Embassy through its EducationUSA platform in collaboration with EdPrograms will be held in Dhaka and for the first time in Chattogram. The program aims to provide prospective students, teachers, and college counselors with a unique opportunity to learn about the US higher ... Read more
NSU, University of Kolkata sign MoU for research collaboration
News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University (NSU) and the University of Kolkata have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for research and academic collaboration. The MoU was signed by NSU’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Atiqul Islam, and the University of Calcutta’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, on January 13, said a press release. The agreement aims ... Read more