News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 55-year-old, Md Balayet Sheikh, has qualified in the admission test of Varendra University for the academic session — Fall-2022. Balayet proved that age cannot be a barrier to education as he got the successful passed the entry test of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies at the Varendra University. Balayet said, ... Read more
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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
Barind farmers at mercy of DTW operators
Ethnic minorities suffer more Suzon Ali . Rajshahi Farmers in the Barind region are held hostage by Barind Multipurpose Development Authority deep tube well operators. Some farmers in the region said that deep tube well operators did not irrigate their land properly while others said that operators extracted extra money and ‘undue benefits’ from them. Talking ... Read more
Rajshahi University offers 2nd chance for admission
Rajshahi University (RU) decided to offer the admission exam for the second time in the 2021-22 academic year. The decision was made at a meeting of the admission test sub-committee today at 11am on Thursday, reports our RU correspondent quoting Tareq Nur, RU’s student
City polls to augur well for the nat’l election?
Last-minute mass-contact by heavy weight leaders from both the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, marked the end of the campaign for the mayoral polls in the four city corporations –Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal- scheduled for June 15. Though officially political parties can not contest the city corporation election, it has turned into ... Read more
Adulteration in food rampant in Rajshahi
The sale of unhealthy and date-expired foods in fast food shops, confectionaries and hotels in Rajshahi has become rampant amid lax drive against food adulteration. Availing lack of monitoring by the Directorate of National Consumer Right Protection, the unscrupulous traders are selling date expired and spurious commodities.
Call to enhance commercial fruit gardening
Speakers at a training session in Rajshahi on Tuesday underscored the need for enhancing commercial fruit and vegetable gardens in the greater interest of eradicating rural poverty alongside meeting up nutritional demands. They said the farmers as well as the landowners should come
6 to vie for RCC mayoral post
Six candidates are going to vie for the mayoral post in the Rajshahi City Corporation elections scheduled to be held on June 15. Seven candidates had collected the nomination paper but six candidates submitted it on Sunday, the last day for nomination paper submission.
500 poor women become moneymakers in Rajshahi
More than 500 women have come together from the underprivileged communities like sweeper, chamarpara (tanner) and Jelepara (fishermen) for eradicating their long-lasting poverty and economical uncertainty in the city. Most of them have become moneymakers through
Severe heat scorches Rajshahi people
The mercury on Thursday rose to 40 degrees Celsius, the highest rise so far this season, sending the people on the streets panting for water and cool air in Rajshahi and the adjacent areas. Local met office said a mild heat wave hit most of the northern districts, restricting people’s movement particularly during mid-day when ... Read more
Slum dwellers to get solar street light in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi city slum dwellers are going to have improved housing and solar streets facilities. The city mayor, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, revealed this while distributing bank chaques worth Tk 2.52 crore for eco-friendly infrastructural improvement for the slum communities. Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project
Kalir Baan staged at Rajshahi College
The newly formed Rajshahi University College based troupe named Rajshahi College Natya on Friday premiered its debut production Kalir Baan in presence of a houseful audience at the college auditorium. The programme began with a discussion session in which vice principal of the college professor Habibur Rahman, associate professor of management department Shah Alom,
4th RUET convocation on March 2
The fourth convocation of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology will be held on March 2. RUET vice-chancellor Professor Sirajul Karim Chowdhury informed newsmen of the convocation at a news briefing on the campus on Monday. The graduates were asked to register their names by February 10 to join the
Adivasi long march concludes
Hundreds of Adivasis participating in a two-day long march demanding a law and a national commission on indigenous affairs reached Rajshahi yesterday. The marchers headed for Rajshahi from Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. They pressed for a four-point demand, which also includes formation of a land commission for
People’s participation stressed to ensure civic services in Rajshahi
Participation of mass people is vital to ensure civic services for the poor and marginalised communities and children, said development activists and journalists at a workshop in Rajshahi on Wednesday. They viewed that participation of the mass people was essential for transparent and accountable delivery of the services. The district level workshop titled ‘claiming rights of ... Read more
Registration deadline for RU convocation extended
The Rajshahi University authorities have fixed October 18 as the deadline of registration for the 8th convocation of the university in spite of October 6, says a press release on Monday. Earlier, the registration began on September 7. The convocation was scheduled to be held on December 2. The authorities in a press release said ... Read more
Withdrawal of case against 13 RU students demanded
Rajshahi University teachers and students observed “Student-Teacher Repression Day” yesterday, calling upon the government and authorities concerned to withdraw the case filed against 13 RU students over the August 22, 2007 unrest on the campus. That day, law enforcers assaulted RU teachers, students and staff who were protesting
Rajshahi silk showrooms draws huge crowd
Silk fabrics, weaved and designed by local artisans, are on tremendous demand in the Eid markets of Rajshahi city, with the moneyed people rushing to the city silk showrooms every day. After a lull in trade and commerce in the city due to a week-long drizzling, shopping in Eid markets has gained momentum as the ... Read more
Char dwellers denied health, edn services
Education for the children of the people of chars (landmasses that has emerged from the riverbed) of the Godagari upazila of northern Rajshahi district ends at the primary level as they cannot go to high schools located in other places due to risky and troublesome communication. Besides, health services remain elusive for the people of ... Read more
Arsenic-free drinking water in Rajshahi
The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free drinking water among people in some parts of the dried tract for the last couple of years. Sources said the BMDA has a target to construct 620 more installations to supply the safe drinking water through pipeline by the forthcoming June. The initiative was taken ... Read more