News Desk : dhakamirror.com Climate experts and academics at a discussion on Sunday said that Bangladesh would require collective efforts, fund and skilled manpower to implement the National Adaptation Plan, once finalised, to combat the impacts of climate change. They also emphasised the need for smart technology, resilient infrastructures to mitigate loss and damage due ... Read more
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GP received approval to sell used recycled SIMs
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The telecom regulator recently permitted Grameenphone (GP) to sell unused pre-approved old numbers that had been out of service for more than 450 days, a Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) official said. Grameenphone has already started selling SIM cards against its suspended unused numbers, following regulatory approval. But, the ban on ... Read more
Maths should be presented more attractively to students: DU VC
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka University vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman on Saturday called upon the country’s mathematicians to present mathematics in a more attractive and easy way to the students. He made this call while attending an award-giving ceremony of senior mathematicians as the chief organised at AF Mujibur Rahman Ganit Bhaban on the occasion of ... Read more
Sabur Khan joins world rector’s forum in Kyrgyzstan
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The chairman of the board of trustees at the Daffodil International University of Bangladesh Md Sabur Khan attended the World Rectors Forum conference in Bishkek on an invitation by the Ministry of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan to present the keynote speech in a session and represent Bangladesh. The conference was ... Read more
SSC, HSC equivalent exams for 2023 will be held on all subjects
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations will be held on all subjects and with full marks from 2023, said a circular issued on Sunday. Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee released a circular in this regard that was signed by its chief, professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Sunday. The ... Read more
BTRC to disable additional SIMs under one NID by November 30
News Desk : dhakamirror.com BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) will disable more than 15 SIMs registered to a single national identity (NID.) There are a total of 3.13 million such SIM cards under 7.24 million NIDs, according to the telecom regulator, and they will all be terminated by November 30. A user may register a ... Read more
InterContinental Dhaka wins ‘World Travel Awards’
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com InterContinental Dhaka has been voted winner of a 29th Annual World Travel Awards 2022 in categories “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel 2022” and “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel Suite 2022 – Presidential Suite”. The Asia and Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 of World Travel Awards was organised in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam recently, said ... Read more
Brac Bank, BB hold training for entrepreneurs
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank conducted a training with technical assistance from Bangladesh Bank for 50 promising entrepreneurs. The “Entrepreneurship Development Programme” was held in two phases at the lender’s head office in Dhaka yesterday, said a press release. The programme is funded by Asian Development Bank and managed by Skills for Employment Investment ... Read more
Samsung launches new locally made models
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Samsung Electronics, a South Korean multinational electronics corporation, yesterday launched a new line of televisions in Bangladesh through an event in Dhaka. The latest models that come with cutting-edge technology, smart features and innovative designs are being locally manufactured by two companies, namely Transcom Limited and Fair Electronics. Shahriar Bin Lutfor, ... Read more
Frobel Academy holds reading fair
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Frobel Academy, a Cambridge associate school, organised a reading fair on their campus at Ananya Residential Area in Chattogram recently. The reading fair invited booksellers from Chattogram and Dhaka. Children bought the books based on their interest at the fair, said a press release. Frobel Academy believes in nurturing the minds ... Read more
Three prisoners sit SSC exams in Khagrachari Prison
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Three inmates from the Khagrachhari district jail are taking the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam. The three prisoners are taking exams in the jail’s office room, said AG Mahmud, jailer of the Khagrachari District Jail. SSC exams began across the nation today (September 15, 2022). One of the examinees, Sohag Alam, ... Read more
Police help lost SSC candidates reach exam centres on time in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday (September 15, 2022) helped two SSC examinees, who were lost after reaching the wrong examination centres by mistake on the first day of the exam, by dropping them off at their respective centres on time. The two incidents took place in the capital’s Shyampur ... Read more
SSC, equivalent exams begin today
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations for 2022 are going to start from today. Some 2,021,868 students are expected to take part in the examinations this year. Of them, 1,599,711 would participate in SSC, 2,68,495 in Dakhil, and 153,662 in vocational examinations. Some 3,790 centres were made available for ... Read more
Samsung Bangladesh launches new line of televisions
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics today launched a new line of televisions for the Bangladesh market through an event in Dhaka. The latest models that come with cutting-edge technology, smart features and innovative designs are being locally manufactured by two companies, namely Transcom Limited and Fair Electronics. Televisions were once ... Read more
RU cancels ‘controversial’ recruitment policy
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The authorities of Rajshahi University cancelled the ‘controversial’ teachers recruitment policy and formulated a new one to recruit meritorious students at the university. According to the new policy, a student must have a thesis for being eligible to apply for the post of a lecturer at the university. The teachers recruitment ... Read more
Ban on catching, selling hilsa from October 7-28
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government is going to impose a 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting of hilsa from October 7 across the country to protect safe spawning of the fish during its peak breeding period. This information was disclosed in a notification issued by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock today ... Read more
BNP Vice-Chairman Shah Moazzem Hossain no more
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Shah Moazzem Hossain, a veteran politician and deputy leader of the BNP, died on Friday at the age of 83. He died at 9:30 p.m. at his home in Gulshan, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell, who also noted that he had long-standing age-related health problems. ... Read more
Prof Nurul Alam new VC of JU
He has been the pro-VC of the university since August 14, 2016 News Desk : dhakamirror.com Prof Md Nurul Alam was appointed the new vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University yesterday for the next four years. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Education, President Abdul Hamid, also chancellor of the university, appointed him ... Read more
Charges pressed against Babul, 6 more in Mitu murder case
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Police Investigation Bureau yesterday filed charges against seven people, including former Police Superintendent Babul Akhter, in a case linked to the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. Abu Jafar Mohammad Omar Faruk, of the PBI metro unit and also the investigating officer on the case, filed the indictment in ... Read more
1,000 hawkers drove out in Gulistan
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A team from Dhaka South City Corporation evicted around 1,000 hawkers from sidewalks in Gulistan yesterday as it conducted a drive for the second time this week. Earlier Sunday, DSCC had evicted over 1,000 street vendors, but many of them returned to the sidewalks. MA Kashem, president of the Bangladesh Hawkers ... Read more