Road Safety Foundation says At least 641 people were killed and 1,364 injured in 528 road accidents across the country in May, according to Road Safety Foundation. In a press release issued today (June 6, 2022), the non-government organisation said 84 among the deceased were women and 97 were
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Phones, cash, keys topped the list of items Uber users left behind
Uber says in its Lost and Found Index for 2022 Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladeshi customers after their rides with ridesharing giant Uber are leaving three important accessories – phones, cash and keys. While phones top the list of the most forgotten items in Bangladesh, Fridays and Sundays were the most common days to ... Read more
BUP celebrates 14th anniversary
The 14th founding anniversary of Bangladesh University of Professionals was celebrated on Sunday with the buildings illuminated and the corridors decorated colorfully. The celebration programmes were arranged in two phases. The first phase included flag hoisting, inauguration of tree planting and release of fish fry at BUP Lake by
Unilever launches sustainability report
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Unilever Bangladesh unveiled its sustainability report for the year 2021, titled ‘Partnering Bangladesh’. The report demonstrated the company’s work and impact on the health, environment, and society, said a press release on Saturday. Unilever Bangladesh has saved around 3.3 lakh megawatts per hour on energy consumption
Families gather in front of CMCH in search of missing victims
Most of the bodies remain unidentified News Desk : dhakamirror.com Family members of unidentified victims during a fire and massive explosion at privately-run inland container depot, BM Container Depot, at Sitakunda on the outskirts of the country’s port city Chattogram on Saturday night gathered in front of Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. While ... Read more
Spectacular arrangements surrounding the opening of Padma Bridge
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Last minute preparations are underway in the bridge area. The Padma Bridge is going to be opened on 25 June. The inauguration of the Padma Bridge on June 25 will be celebrated in a manner that will truly let the general public be a part of the achievement – Bangladesh’s first independently ... Read more
No JSC, JDC exams this year: Education Minister
Students to be evaluated at educational institutions, she says There will be no Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exams this year, Education Minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday. Since no JSC and JDC exams will be held, the respective educational institution will evaluate its students, she said this at ... Read more
Ecommerce summit held in Dhaka
News Desk : dhakamirror.com To unlock the true potential of Bangladesh’s e-commerce market, trends and practices, Bangladesh Brand Forum organised the country’s first-ever Bangladesh E-commerce Summit 2022, presented by Daraz, powered by Dotlines, and in association with eCourier and The Business Standard, under the theme of revitalising the e-commerce industry
At least 49 killed, over 200 injured in Ctg container depot fire
News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 49 people were killed and over 200 people were injured in an explosion as a fire broke out in a privately-run inland container depot at Sitakunda in Bangladesh’s southeast district of Chattogram at the night following Saturday. Officials said that the victims in the fire at BM Container Depot ... Read more
‘Sexual harassers’ stab student to death
A 22-year-old polytechnic student was stabbed to death on Friday by what police said were sexual harassers in Bogura town. Alzamiu Boni, 22, a computer technology student of Bogura Polytechnic Institute, died while being treated at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital with a stab injury above
4 killed in Narsingdi as train hits truck
Four people were killed and another was injured as a small truck collided with a train in Hasnabad area in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila around 12:00 noon yesterday. The dead are Shahin Alam Khan, 18, Sujath Mia, 25, and Anisur Rahman, 24, all residents of Mayezpara village in Netrakona’s Purbodhala upazila, and Anuwarul Islam, 27, of ... Read more
Mobile subscribers increase in April, internet users decrease
The number of mobile network subscribers in Bangladesh rose for three consecutive months to reach an all-time high in April while internet usage slipped that same month. Local network operators collectively added about 4.6 lakh customers in April from that a month earlier to reach 183.3 crore subscribers
47pc young women face sexual harassment
46.5pc experience sexual harassment More than 63 per cent of adolescent girls and young women in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka face various types of harassment, mostly sexual, in public transports, said a survey report published on Friday. Among the victims covered by the survey, 46.5 per cent experienced sexual harassment in such transports ... Read more
BB lines up Tk 100cr for digital nano loans
Bangladesh Bank introduced a Tk 100 crore refinance scheme for “digital nano loan” disbursements with an aim to expand the financial inclusion of marginalised people. Participating banks will be able to disburse loans of Tk 500 to Tk 50,000 to individual customers with up to 9 per cent interest under the scheme
KFC aids underprivileged kids of Mojar School
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has recently has facilitated and enriched the learning environment of 250 underprivileged children studying in ‘Mojar School’ located at Agargaon in Dhaka, according to a press release. The initiatives that KFC has taken to enrich the learning at Mojar School are new school uniform, shoes and bags for the students, new ... Read more
Bangladeshi missing from Kuakata beach found alive in Chennai
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The tourist who went missing a week ago from Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach has been found in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state of India. Seven days after his disappearance, Firoz Sikder called his family from Chennai at noon today (June 4, 2022). His elder brother Masud Sikder confirmed the matter ... Read more
4 friends among 6 dead in road accident on the way to see Padma Bridge
Four friends – on their way to see the newly constructed Padma Bridge – were among six persons dead in a tragic road accident in Munshiganj early today. Three of the deceased were identified as Samad Gazi (24), Ahad (20), and Sifat (20), all hailing from Ichli upazila of Chandpur. Identities of the three other ... Read more
BIT signs deal with US firm on internet coverage
Business Information Technology Ltd (BIT) has teamed up with US-based ARRA Networks to introduce their new internet last-mile technology in Bangladesh. BIT and ARRA hosted presentation sessions to a number of companies, community leaders, and the military during the week of May 29 – June 2, 2022. They even invited a number of
DU ‘Ga’ unit admission test held
Dhaka University on Friday held the admission test of the ‘Ga’ unit under the Faculty of Business Studies for the 2021-22 academic session. The admission test for one-and-a-half hours began at 11:00am in eight divisions across Bangladesh. ‘This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to
Toxic Paracetamol Syrup: Pay each victim’s family Tk 15 lakh
HC tells DGDA on deaths of children between 1991 and 2009 News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday ordered the Directorate General of Drug Administration to pay Tk 15 lakh each to the families of 104 children who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009. It also asked the DGDA to ... Read more