Thursday, December 5, 2024

519 people killed in road accidents in August

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 519 people died in 458 road accidents across Bangladesh in August, according to a report compiled by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).Among the deceased were 64 women and 69 children.Another 961 people were injured in the accidents last month.Meanwhile, 172 people have been killed in 183 motorcycle accidents – ... Read more

Snowtex Group receives ‘Bangladesh Business Award-2019’

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Snowtex Group, an export-oriented company in the apparel industry, has received the Bangladesh Business Award 2019. The company previously earned the award in the category for “Best Business Entrepreneur of the Year,” and on Friday, it was officially awarded to it at the “Bangladesh Business Award-2020” ceremony held at the ... Read more

Uttara Motors brings Suzuki XL6

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Uttara Motors Ltd, sole distributor of Suzuki vehicles in Bangladesh, recently launched the new Suzuki XL6, a premium sports utility vehicle, at its Uttara Centre in Tejgaon, Dhaka. Nayeemur Rahman, head of business planning of Uttara Motors Ltd, and Chiranjeev Roy, chief operating officer of Suzuki Car Bangladesh, jointly unveiled the ... 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

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

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

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

Sumi bags awards for Nodi Rocks

Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com The first-of-its-kind project “Nodi Rocks” by Salt Creatives to protect Bangladesh’s rivers has won the Bangladesh Brand Forum Award in the Social and Native categories. On August 13, the award presentation ceremony took place in a five-star hotel. The main goal of this exciting project was to use music as a ... 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

Tea garden workers begin strike for wage hike

Zaman Monir Bangladesh Cha Shramik Union, an organisation of tea garden workers, went on a countrywide strike from Saturday for an indefinite period demanding a hike in their daily wages. Leaders and activists of the organisation’s Sylhet and Chattogram divisional units expressed their solidarity on Friday night with the organisation’s Moulvibazar unit that the daily ... Read more

Bangladesh Brand Forum organises communication summit

Bangladesh Brand Forum, in collaboration with the Cannes Lions and in association with The Daily Star, hosted the 11th edition of the communication summit at the Sheraton in Dhaka on Saturday. This year’s summit was themed ‘creativity in challenging times’, said a press release. The summit brought together global & leading industry professionals, decision-makers, thought ... Read more

Bangladesh sets stagger industry holidays amid energy crisis

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com To lessen the frequency and duration of power outages in the midst of an ongoing energy crisis, the Bangladeshi government has established staggered weekly holidays for industrial hubs. A notification establishing the area-wise weekly off was published by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments under the Ministry of Labour ... Read more

Bangladesh to start Covid vaccine trial run for children aged 5-11 from August, 11

News Desk : dhakamirror.com On August 11, Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses will be administered to children aged 5-11 as part of a trial in Dhaka, Minister for Health and Family Planning Zahid Maleque said on Sunday. At the World Breastfeeding Week opening ceremony at the National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (Nipsom) auditorium in ... Read more

BUP film fest closing ceremony held

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The two-day BUP Film Fest-2022 was concluded and awards were given out on Wednesday in the university’s Bijoy Auditorium by the department of mass communication and journalism of Bangladesh University of Professionals. In the event, 277 competitors from 40 prestigious public and private institutions competed in the short film, cosplay, script ... Read more

DSCC approved Tk 6,741.28-crore budget for 2022-23 fiscal

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Yesterday, the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) approved a Tk 6,741.28 crore budget for the fiscal year 2022–2023. DSCC’s 15th board meeting, which took place in Nagar Bhaban, approved the budget. The DSCC Mayor, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, remarked at the meeting, “With the hard efforts of our councillors and officers, ... Read more

Nation celebrating Eid-ul-Azha

Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, is being celebrated across Bangladesh on Sunday with due solemnity, a sense of sacrifice and religious fervour amid the Covid outbreak for the second consecutive year.The celebrations began with Eid congregations all over the country followed by the sacrifice of cattle head in the name ... Read more