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
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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
Wamy awarded scholarship for IIUC students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A full-free scholarship was given to 20 students at the International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC) on Thursday by the international organization World Assembly of Muslim Youth (Wamy), which has its headquarters in Saudi Arabia.The ceremony was presided over by IIUC Vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Md Anwarul Azim Arif, while IIUC Board ... Read more
DU’s IBA team crowned Battle of Minds champion
News Desk : dhakamirror.com This year’s Battle of Minds (BOM) competition was won by Team Drogo from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) under the University of Dhaka.Battle of Minds considered as the most highly anticipated talent competitions of the country.According to the press release, the winners, Team Drogo (Syed Shadab Tajwar, Tasmim Sultana Nawmi ... Read more
Teacher-couple found dead in car
On Thursday, a teacher couple was discovered dead inside their own vehicle in the Borobari neighborhood of the Gazipur district.The deceased were named as Tongi Shaheed Smriti High School headmaster AKM Ziaur Rahman Mamun and his wife Mahmuda Akter Joly, an assistant teacher at Tongi Amzad Ali Sarkar Pilot High School and College.The couple’s son ... Read more
IQAC holds workshop on ‘Etiquette in Teaching’ at NSU
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell at the North South University organised workshops on ‘How not to Teach: Etiquette in Teaching’ for the faculty members of NSU on July 28 and August 11, said a press release.The workshops were conducted school wise, in two sessions and were well attended by the faculty ... Read more
Tea garden workers still stay with strike for salary hike
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Yesterday, a government-convened meeting to consider raising the pay of workers in tea gardens came to an end without making a decision.At the Sreemangal office in Moulvibazar, the Department of Labor held a day-long meeting with tea gardens employee yesterday.The department will have another meeting with both workers and tea garden ... Read more
Norway’s Jotun inaugurates its first factory in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A subsidiary of the Norwegian-based Jotun Group, which produces paint and coatings, Jotun Bangladesh Limited (JBL) has invested $7.6 million to open its first plant inside the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ).Jotun Group, with operations in more than a hundred countries is one of the top manufacturers of paints and coatings ... Read more
Biman to fly to China for first time tomorrow
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start running flights on the Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route from tomorrow, expanding its list of overseas destinations having included China. Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Md. Zahid Hossain and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming met on Tuesday at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka to discuss ... Read more
College teacher’s death: Husband sent to jail
A Natore court yesterday sent to jail Mamun Hossain, husband of college teacher Khairun Nahar whose body was recovered from her home on Sunday. Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of the Natore sadar police station, said that Saber Hossain, a cousin of the deceased, filed the case with the police station. Though, none was accused in the ... Read more
Five dead as segment of viaduct of BRT falls on car in Uttara
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of five people were killed and two others injured after a segment of a viaduct meant for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a private car at Uttara in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday. The accident happened around 4pm at Jashim Uddin area, said ... Read more
New MD appointed to state-owned Sonali, Agrani, Rupali banks
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The government appointed new Managing Directors to Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank and Agrani Bank. The Ministry of Finance’s Financial Institution Division issued three separate circulars regarding the appointments on Sunday. Afzal Karim, managing director of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing ... Read more
Hasina pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungipara on his death anniversary. After arriving in Gopalganj around 11 am on Monday, Hasina placed a wreath on Bangabandhu’s grave and observed a moment of silence as an army contingent gave a guard of honour. Later, ... Read more
National Mourning Day today
The nation is set to observe National Mourning Day today. The government and numerous political, socio-economic and cultural organisations have chalked out programmes to mark the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. On this day in 1975, Bangabandhu was brutally assassinated by a group of ... Read more
120 hills disappeared from Chattogram in 4 decades
An environmental group called Bangladesh Environment Forum alleged Sunday that 120 hills had vanished from Chattogram city in the past forty years. The port city’s hills decreased from 32.37 square kilometers in 1976 to 14.02 square kilometers in 2008, according to a written statement from the forum’s general secretary, Aliur Rahman. He was addressing during ... Read more
Pacific jeans installs rooftop solar power plant
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A rooftop solar power plant with automatic cleaning system and a capacity of 3.5mw per day has been installed at Universal Jeans Ltd, a concern of Pacific Jeans, at the Chattogram EPZ, at a cost of $0.5 million as part of its green energy initiative. This 3.5mw electricity will meet 10% ... Read more
Natore teacher who married student found dead
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Police recovered the body of a female college teacher from a rented house in Balaripara of Natore town, who married a student after six months of a love affair, from home early today. Deceased Khairun Nahar was an assistant professor of Philosophy department of Khubjipur Mozammel Haque Degree College in Gurudaspur ... Read more
Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan kicked off
In recent times, the Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan (NBRJ) was formed in Tokyo. According to a press release, the NBRJ began its official voyage on August 12 during the “Multidisciplinary Research Workshop at 50 years of Bangladesh” event held at the Tokyo International Forum. The network comprises about 60 members working as faculty ... Read more