Road Safety Foundation and Jatri Kalyan Samity say Around 400 people were dead in accidents across the country during Eid-ul-Fitr journey, according to two platforms working for commuter rights. Road Safety Foundation said at least 376 people were dead and 1,500 injured in 283 accidents in Bangladesh in 14 days (April 25-May 8) during
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Special hajj packages can’t be below Tk 4.63 lakh: Agencies’ Association
Hajj agencies will be able to announce separate “special hajj packages” on their own but the pricing of any such package cannot go below the minimum set amount, Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh President M Shahadat Hossain Taslim said today. A Bangladeshi pilgrim will have to spend a minimum of Tk 4,63,744 for
TallyKhata selected for Visa Accelerator Programme
Digital payment service provider Visa has selected digital payments start-up TallyKhata from Bangladesh for the 2022 cohort of its Visa Accelerator Programme in the Asia Pacific. Joining a select group of five elite startups from across the region, TallyKhata is a leading digital payments platform with wallet and credit capabilities for small and
Modern approach to prevent lightning strikes
With the plan of planting palm trees to arrest lightning failing, the disaster management ministry is now taking up a project to set up shelter houses and arresters to curb deaths due to lightning strikes. Till May this year, 22 people died from lightning strikes. The death toll stood at 336 in 2021, according to ... Read more
Destiny scam: Rafiqul Amin gets 12 years of imprisonment, Harun 4 year
A Dhaka court today sentenced Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin to 12 years imprisonment in a case of embezzling customers’ money from Destiny Multipurpose Co-operative Society and money laundering. Destiny-2000 president Lt General (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid was also given 4-years imprisonment. He surrendered before the
Gwyn Lewis of Ireland appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh
By Dhaka Mirror : dhakamirror.com United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Gwyn Lewis of Ireland as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, with the host Government’s approval. Gwyn Lewis brings more than 20 years of experience in international development, peacebuilding, and humanitarian affairs to the position. Prior to her appointment as
Bangladesh Bank dismisses news of scrapping Tk 1,000 red-coloured notes as rumour
The central bank has brushed aside as simply a rumour the news that the Tk 1,000 red-coloured bank notes will be scrapped. The news to withdraw the red-coloured banknotes of Tk 1,000 denomination by the regulator that spread on social media is fake, the banking regulator made the
Shwapno clocks record sales growth
Shwapno, the largest retail chain in Bangladesh, posted the biggest growth in turnover in the last financial year, driven by higher sales through its e-commerce platform and teleservice amid the coronavirus pandemic. Turnover rose 18.7 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,375 crore in the last financial year that ended in June. It was Tk 1,156 ... Read more
Hajj package announced, pilgrims to pay Tk 1 lakh more
By Dhaka Mirror : dhakamirror.com The government has proposed two government-approved Hajj packages for 2022 that will have the pilgrims to count over Tk1 lakh more to perform the holy duty. Package-1 and package-2 will cost Tk5,27,340 and Tk4,62,000 respectively, State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan said in a press conference on
Int’l workshop on mathematics begins at DU today
A scientific research school, titled Mathematical Epidemiology/Biology, will begin at the Department of Mathematics of Dhaka University today. CIMPA, a nonprofit organisation working to promote mathematical research in developing countries, has organised the programme. France, Switzerland, Spain and
BRAC Bank introduces real-time cash deposit machine
Brac Bank has launched 39 real-time cash deposit machines (RCDMs) in Dhaka, Gazipur, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Bogura, Jashore and Pabna in the first phase. The machine allows customers to deposit cash any time and any day of a week to their Brac Bank accounts and pay credit card bills within minutes, a press
Cyclone Asani: 9.6mm of rainfall recorded in Patuakhali
The local met office in Patuakhali district recorded 9.6mm of rainfall in seven hours since 5am today. Patuakhali Met Officer-in-charge Mohammad Masud Rana said that the rain may continue for the next five days. Due to cyclone Asani, the met office asked all river ports including Payra to hoist distant warning signal number two, the official ... Read more
After delivery, the newborn was stuck in the commode pipe, then …
A newborn was rescued half an hour after she got stuck in the toilet pipe. The mother gave birth in the toilet of the maternity ward of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal. The incident occurred around 4pm yesterday (May 7), when Shilpi Begum accidentally delivered the baby girl on a high commode of ... Read more
After delivery, the newborn was stuck in the commode pipe, then …
A newborn was rescued half an hour after she got stuck in the toilet pipe. The mother gave birth in the toilet of the maternity ward of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal. The incident occurred around 4pm yesterday (May 7), when Shilpi Begum accidentally delivered the baby girl on a high commode of ... Read more
Low turns into depression in Bay
The well-marked low over the Southeast Bay and adjoining South Andaman Sea moved slightly north-westward and intensified into a depression. It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-westerly direction, said a Met office bulletin yesterday. The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised
AIUB student dead as truck runs over bike in Bogura
A private university student was dead and two of his friends were injured after a truck ran over his bike in Bogura’s Fuldighi area on Bogura-Dhaka highway this evening (May 6, 2022). The deceased is Md Nowaj Al Saiman Ibne Mojid alias Bappy (25), resident of Fuldighi area under Shajahanpur upazila, reports our Bogura correspondent ... Read more
People frightened of seeing tiger in fish enclosure at Bagerhat’s Sharankhola
Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night. The village is about two kilometres away from the Sundarbans with Bhola river and Dhansagar village in between. Shahin Khan, owner of the
Single-month RMG exports to US top $1b
Bangladesh’s single-month apparel export earnings from the United States topped the $1-billion mark for the first time in March as both export orders and unit prices witnessed a surge in the market. The export earnings almost doubled in March from the US compared with that of the same month of 2021, according to the US ... Read more
Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated across Bangladesh
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, is being celebrated today (May 3, 2022) across the country. This is the first Eid celebration without Covid-19 pandemic related restrictions. Eid jamaat (congregations) were held under public and private initiatives across the country, including in Dhaka. The country’s main Eid jamaat in Dhaka was held at the ... Read more
Shawwal moon not sighted, Bangladesh to celebrate Eid on May 3
By Dhaka Mirror : dhakamirror.com Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country Tuesday as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh this evening. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee this evening after Maghrib prayers. Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan, state minister ... Read more