News Desk : dhakamirror.com The daily wage of tea workers has been fixed at Tk 170. Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus briefed the media after a meeting of tea garden owners with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting began at 4:00pm at Gono Bhaban. After the meeting, Ahmad Kaikaus said, “The prime minister has ... Read more
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Gems of Nazrul honours national poet
City Desk : dhakamirror.com Marking the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 46th death anniversary, Gems of Nazrul has released their 22nd production titled “Dhrubojoti” on August 27 on Channel-i and their official YouTube channel, said a press release.
Former election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar dies at 80
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar passed away today. He was 80. “He started feeling sick around noon. He was sent to the city’s United Hospital. Doctors said he had a massive heart attack. Around 1:00 pm, he passed away “Irene Mahbub, the daughter of Mahbub Talukdar, told the media. He had ... Read more
First ever, South Asia rally of Int’l Inner Wheel to be held in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 5th South Asia Rally of International Inner Wheel, one of the largest women’s service voluntary organisation, will be held on 26-27 August at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka. The two-day rally, hosted by Inner Wheel Districts 345 and 328, is being held for the first time in Bangladesh and ... Read more
CUET inaugurates SCIP Plastics Project
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Department of Civil Engineering of the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology inaugurated a SCIP Plastics Project under the Sustainable Capacity Building to Reduce Irreversible Pollution by Plastics research project. Vice-chancellor Mohammad Rafiqul Alam was chief guest at the event held in the seminar room of Civil Engineering Department on ... Read more
UNDP, UNCDF collaborate to improve Bangladesh’s digital financial system
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have joined hands to strengthen Bangladesh’s digital financial ecosystem through interventions in policy and regulation, innovation, infrastructure, and skills to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). a2i will play a strategic role in implementing the activities of ... Read more
StanChart ‘Market Leader’ for CSR
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Standard Chartered Bangladesh was recently named “Market Leader” in Bangladesh for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a survey key banking categories and markets by financial publication Euromoney. CEO Naser Ezaz Bijoy said the true impact of CSR and community activities cannot be quantified. “It is about the lives that we can ... Read more
United States donates Bangladesh another 1 crore doses Pfizer Covid vaccine
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The United States has contributed an additional 10 million (1 crore) doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility in order to aid the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in continuing to expand its immunization programs for adults and teenagers throughout the nation With the most recent delivery, ... Read more
RFL holds dealer conference in UAE
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com RFL Group recently organised a dealer conference in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates . The top 70 dealers of three subsidiaries of the group – Rangpur Metal Industries Limited, Regal Furniture and Bizli Cables – took part in the conference at a hotel on August 18, according to a press ... Read more
Hotels, restaurants to remain closed after 10:00pm: DSCC
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Shopping malls, shops, kitchen markets and business establishments under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will be closed by 8:00 pm while restaurants and hotels by 10:00 pm to save power. This order will be enforced from 1 September and it will remain in force until further notice, said a public ... Read more
Govt offices from 8am-3pm, banks 9am-4pm from Aug 24
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The cabinet has rescheduled the office hour of government and autonomous institutions from 8am to 3pm to save electricity and reduce traffic jam. All the banks across the county will remain open from 9am to 4pm. The new timings will come into effect from Wednesday (24 August), said Cabinet Secretary Khandker ... Read more
Tea workers to join work at the current daily wage of Tk 120
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Workers in the tea industry, who had been on a nationwide, indefinite work stoppage in favor of a pay raise, have decided to resume their jobs at the Tk 120 daily rate that they are currently earning. Following a meeting between district officials and representatives of the Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Union ... Read more
Qatar to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dr. Ali bin Saeed bin Al Samikh Al Marri, Qatar’s minister of labor, said Wednesday that Qatar wants to hire skilled and semi-skilled people from Bangladesh in the industries of medicine, hospitality, driving, and information technology. He made this statement while speaking with Minister Imran Ahmad of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas ... Read more
SIBL inaugurates Asset Development Campaign
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has launched a three-month special campaign, styled “Asset Development Campaign”, with the aim to create awareness about quality investment and timely repayment for the socio-economic development of the country. Zafar Alam, managing director and chief executive officer of SIBL, inaugurated the campaign as chief guest at ... Read more
Job offered to Santosh following emotional Facebook post about tea labourer mother
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sifat Uddin, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Kamalganj, said Santosh Ravi Das of Kamalganj in Moulvibazar district who gave an emotional post about his tea-worker mother, would obtain a part-time job at a public high school. “Santosh has been assigned a part-time teaching position at Kamalganj Government Model High School. On ... Read more
Countrywide “DDoS” cyberattack warning issued
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A government agency has informed all significant organizations, including information infrastructures, to take the required precautions to prevent Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) cyberattacks. The attacks were discovered during routine monitoring by the Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT), which is in charge of safeguarding cybersecurity in the country, according ... Read more
Shohoz claim to issue 1cr Bangladesh Railway tickets in 4 months
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In the last four months, Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV, Bangladesh Railway’s ticketing partner, issued about one crore train tickets.According to a news statement issued on Thursday, Shohoz on an average issued 80,000 to 1 lakh tickets each day, both online and at counters in the stations.Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV, the ticketing service provider, began issuing train tickets ... Read more
Impact of climate change: 14.8 million people at danger of starvation by 2030
News Desk : dhakamirror.com According to the Global Food Policy Report-2022, 14.8 million people would be at danger of becoming hungry by 2030 as a result of climate change. The analysis, created by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says, 11.3 million people would go hungry in 2030 if climate change had no effect. ... Read more
Chattogram port became 64th busiest port in the world
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com According to Lloyd’s List, one of the oldest shipping periodicals in the world, the Chattogram port has advanced three spots to become the 64th busiest port among the top 100 container ports in the world in terms of yearly container transport in 2021.The port occupied the 67th spot on the list ... Read more
The Orion Medical Scholarship goes to six students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 6 medical students from different medical colleges have been given the Orion Pharma Medical Scholarship at an inaugural ceremony for the scholarship programme on Thursday.The Company Director and Trustee of Orion Pharma Welfare Trust Arzuda Karim and Orion Pharma Managing Director Zareen Karim presided over the ceremony at ... Read more