Tuesday, November 19, 2024

14.7m Bangladeshis lose jobs during Covid pandemic: study

The Covid pandemic left a serious impact on the national employment and income situations, especially among the country’s lower socio-economic segments. At least one person in an estimated 14.7 million households lost their job during the pandemic, finds a survey. Advocacy groups Centre for Governance Studies and the Center for

HC orders NTRCA to recommend recruiting 2,500 candidates as teachers

The High Court today (June 1, 2022) directed the Non-government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend to the authorities concerned to recruit around 2,500 candidates, who qualified relevant exams as teachers of private educational institutions in 2016. The bench of Justice Kashefa Hussain and Justice Fatema Najib delivered the

Bangladesh exports charcoal of Tk 40 crore yearly

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh is currently earning Tk 40 crore by exporting charcoal to different countries annually. At present, around 7,071 tonnes of charcoal are produced in about 40 factories in several districts in the country including Faridpur, Rajbari, and Magura, the textiles and jute ministry said in a press release yesterday. In addition ... Read more

Rain likely on Eid day

Met official says mild heatwave may continue till tomorrow It could rain on Eid Day in many areas across the country as the current mild heatwave is likely to stay until tomorrow, said a meteorologist yesterday. Rainfall is likely on Monday and Tuesday, said Bazlur Rashid of Bangladesh Meteoritical Department. The Met office will release ... Read more

SSC exams 2022 from June 19

This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams will begin on June 19 and end on July 6. The SSC exams 2022 routine has been released by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education. The schedule, signed by Professor SM Amirul Islam, convener of the board’s Examination Regulatory Committee and controller of examinations of Dhaka Education Board, was

Bidyanondo founder Kishore gets Commonwealth Points of Light award

By Dhaka Mirror : dhakamirror.com Bangladeshi charity leader Kishore Kumar Das has been recognised as the 223rd Commonwealth Point of Light by Queen Elizabeth II in honour of his exceptional voluntary service providing education to over 1,200 children from marginalised backgrounds, says a press release. Kishore, aged 40, set up ‘Bidyanondo’ in 2013, which

Walton logs record Tk 127cr sales in March

Walton Hi-Tech Industries recently announced selling about Tk 127 crore worth electrical appliances of its Walton, Marcel and Safe brands in March, which the company said was its highest ever for a single month. Walton earlier registered a 52 per cent sales growth in electrical appliances including elevators, fans, LED lights, switches and sockets in fiscal ... Read more

Walton wins bids to buy European brands

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC said today it has won the tender to procure more than 50 years long-established European brands ACC, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE) from Italia Wanbao-ACC. It will also buy a fully automated inverter and non-inverter compatible compressor line with a capacity of 3.2 million units per year, according to a regulatory ... Read more

Chhayanaut to celebrate Pahela Baishakh at Ramna Batamul

Chhayanaut will celebrate Pahela Baishakh organising cultural programmes at Ramna Batamul in the capital on April 14 after a two-year hiatus. The cultural organisation celebrated Pahela Baishakh in 2020 and 2021 organising online programmes due to the Covid situation. This year, the celebration programme will begin at 6:15 am. The announcement was made at a ... Read more

Climate Change : National adaptation plan in offing

Bangladesh in a draft National Adaptation Plan has proposed TK 7,306 billion investment in 15 climate programmes till 2050. The programmes included nature-based and eco-engineering interventions, agricultural investment, water sector and marine resource management in short, medium and long