Business Desk : dhakamirror.com DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, announced price adjustments today that will take effect on January 1, 2023. The average increase in Bangladesh will be 7.9 %, compared to 2022. “So far, 2022 has been another turbulent year with a volatile market environment challenging global trade. However, we ... Read more
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TVS Motor launches new motorcycle
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com TVS Motor Company launched a 160cc motorcycle in Bangladesh yesterday bearing an anti-lock braking system J Ekram Hussain, managing director of TVS Auto Bangladesh, unveiled the TVS Apache 160 2V at a programme in Dhaka yesterday, said a press release. Rahul Nayak, vice-president of International Business of TVS Motor Company, Biplob ... Read more
Age limit eased for some government jobs
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has lowered the age requirement for applicants for some government jobs. According to a circular issued today by the Ministry of Public Administration, a candidate who turned 30 on March 25, 2020 is eligible to apply for a government post until June 2023. The circular, which was signed by ... Read more
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun made new IGP
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Mamun will replace the current IGP Benazir Ahmed who is going to retire on September 30, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in this regard. Mamun is currently the director general ... Read more
IGP Benazir Ahmed going on retirement
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has issued a gazette notification on Dr Benazir Ahmed’s retirement from the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Bangladesh Police (BP). The move comes as the senior cop will reach his retirement age on 30 September. According to government rules, an official goes into post-retirement leave (PRL) ... Read more
Dinajpur board’s postponed SSC exams from Oct 10-13
News Desk : dhakamirror.com SSC examinations on four subjects, which were postponed by Dinajpur Education Board, will be held from October 10 to 13. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting chaired by the education board’s chairman Prof Md Kamrul Islam. A routine in this regard has been published on the website of Dinajpur ... Read more
SSC question paper leak: Dinajpur Board postpones 4 exams
The four subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural Science and Chemistry News Desk : dhakamirror.com Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams on total four subjects, scheduled to be held under the Dinajpur Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, have been postponed. A notification, signed by the board’s Chairman Professor Md Kamrul Islam, was issued in this regard ... Read more
Japan allocates $3.5 mn for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Japan will disburse $3.5 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh. The Japanese government and the UNHCR have signed an agreement regarding the assistance that would be used to maintain access to critical and life-sustaining services for Rohingyas living in ... Read more
UNFPA discusses child marriage, menstrual health situation
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Knowledge sharing event on child marriage during the Covid pandemic and menstrual health management in urban slums, organised by UNFPA was held on Sunday. UNFPA arranged the programme to disseminate and discuss the findings of the two studies — one to shed light on the situation of child marriage during covid-19 ... Read more
75pc fishermen face hardship during hilsa ban: study
News Desk : dhakamirror.com 75 per cent fishing workers face financial hardship during the days of hilsa ban while 79.8 per cent of the workers that face economic problem have only one earning member in their families, according to a study. The study found that those who live on fishing did not receive adequate amount ... Read more
CPA to start construction works of Bay Terminal in 2023
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Chittagong Port Authority on Wednesday informed that they had completed all the preparations, including land acquisition and design, to start the construction works of the Bay Terminal in Chattogram from January 2023. CPA chairman rear admiral M Shahjahan disclosed the information at a press conference at Munshi Fazlur Rahman auditorium ... Read more
UGC training on Citizen Charter held
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A training session on the review of the Annual Evaluation Report of the Citizen Charter Action Plan for the fiscal 2021-2022 of public universities was held at the University Grants Commission office in Dhaka on Tuesday. The annual evaluation report of the citizen charter action plans of 15 universities were presented ... Read more
Nurjahan group chairman jailed 1 year for selling substandard edible oil
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Chattogram court today (September 20, 2022) sentenced Nurjahan group Chairman and Managing Director Zahir Ahammed to one year in jail and fined him Tk 2.5 lakh in a case filed by BSTI for marketing low-quality edible oil. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam passed the order today, our Chattogram staff ... Read more
Tri-nation firm Gava to invest $25.62m in Dhaka EPZ
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Gava Private Limited, a company owned by Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Switzerland, is going to invest $25.62 million at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) to set up a garment manufacturing industry. The company will produce annually 4.4 million pieces of jackets, fleece jackets, t-shirts, polo shirts, sweaters, trousers, coverall, stretch ... Read more
DUJA celebrates 37th anniv
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Dhaka University Journalists’ Association, one of the oldest organisations of campus journalists in the country, observed its 37th founding anniversary with festivities and different programmes on Monday. DU vice-chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the celebration programme by cutting a cake at the games room of the university’s Teacher-Student Centre in ... Read more
Milestone KG School holds debate contest
News Desk : dhakamirror.com An inter-class English debate competition was held at Milestone Preparatory KG School at Diabari on the outskirts of the capital. The topic of the debate was ‘Facebook or Social Media Playa a Vital Role in The Education’. The English version students from Class VI to VIII participated in the competition on ... Read more
SCC announces Tk 1,040 crore budget for FY23
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Sylhet City Corporation on Monday placed a budget of Tk 1,040.2 crore for the ongoing financial year 2022-23 – a Tk 191 crore more than what was budgeted a year ago. SCC mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury announced the budget in a press conference held at a party centre in the ... Read more
Bangladesh plans to hire 6,000 social workers to improve child protection services
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh plans to hire 6,000 additional social workers to improve the effectiveness of the provision of child protection services at the local level. This hiring will increase the workforce from the current 3,000 social workers to 9,000, representing a 200% increase in the number of social workers. The statement was made ... Read more
55-year-old Balayet gets chance to study journalism in Varendra University
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 55-year-old, Md Balayet Sheikh, has qualified in the admission test of Varendra University for the academic session — Fall-2022. Balayet proved that age cannot be a barrier to education as he got the successful passed the entry test of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies at the Varendra University. Balayet said, ... Read more
BADC, IRRI hold workshop on Sustainable Crop Production
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation and the International Rice Research Institute jointly organised a workshop on ‘Sustainable Crop Production’ at a hotel in the capital on Sunday. The agriculture secretary Md Sayedul Islam was present as chief guest in the workshop presided over by BADC chairman AFM Hayatullah. Higher officials from agriculture ... Read more