Friday, March 29, 2024

Submit list of railway land grabbers in 30 days: HC

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The High Court yesterday sought a list of people who have illegally grabbed lands of Bangladesh Railway across the country. The court ordered the authorities concerned of the government to prepare the list and to submit it in 30 days. At the same time, it issued a rule asking the authorities ... Read more

Do not reveal sex of foetuses

News Desk : dhakamirror.com In order to prevent gender-based sex selection, a national guideline based on a study of gender preference and the associated risks was presented yesterday. Entitled “National Guideline for Prevention of Son Preference and the Risk of Gender-Biased Sex Selection-2022”, it was presented at an event jointly organized by the Ministry of ... Read more

Mild heatwave sweeping over Bangladesh

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mild heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Pabna, Feni and Chuadanga and it may continue, said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours begins 9:00am on Tuesday. Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places ... Read more

Pregnant govt official dies of dengue

News Desk : dhakamirror.com SM Nazia Sultana, senior assistant secretary (WTO Wing) of the Ministry of Commerce and a mother-to-be, died of dengue on Tuesday morning (25 July) at a capital hospital. She was eight months pregnant at the time of her death and was admitted to the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in ... Read more

‘80pc population to live in cities by 2041’

Study says this may increase risk of urban disasters News Desk : dhakamirror.com Around 80 percent of the country’s population will live in the cities by 2041, which could lead to an increased risk of urban disasters, according to a study. The study, “Disaster Risk of Bangladesh”, jointly conducted by Buet professors Raquib Ahsan and ... Read more

65-day ban on fishing in the Bay lifted

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The 65-day ban on all types of fishing in the country’s marine waters has been lifted as ban ended at 12:00midnight on Sunday. Public Relations Officer of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Iftekhar Hossain confirmed this to media. The government had imposed ban on all types of fishing in the country’s ... Read more

114 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died so far in Saudi Arabia

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A total of 114 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia till July 23. Of the deceased, 25 were female and 89 male, according to the hajj portal of the religious affairs ministry of Bangladesh. Age of most of the deceased pilgrims was between 50 and 71, according to the portal. ... Read more

Biman Bangladesh Airlines to enhance operations with SITA Connect Go

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd has partnered with SITA to adopt a suite of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions that will increase network speeds, optimise the airline’s operations, and reduce expansion costs, said a press release. SITA Connect Go is a new Secure SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) solution designed specifically for the air ... Read more

17 killed, 26 injured as bus plunges into pond in Jhalokathi

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured as a bus fell into a pond by the side of Khulna-Barishal highway at a location adjacent to Dhansiri Union Parishad under Sadar upazila in Jhalokathi district Saturday morning. Jhalokathi Civil Surgeon Jahirul Islam confirmed the casualties. Five of the deceased ... Read more

Gold price tops Tk 1 lakh a bhari on Bangladesh market

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Gold price has hit a record high of Tk 1,00,777 a bhari (11.664 grams) on the local market. According to a Bangladesh Jewellers’ Samity press release, the price of 22-carat gold was on Thursday raised by Tk 2,333 a bhari from Tk 98,444 a bhari in line with an increase in ... Read more

Barishal University student found dead in her dormitory

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A student of Barishal University was found dead in her room at a dormitory in Barishal city Wednesday night. The deceased is Ribna Shahrin, a first-year student of Botany Department and resident of Molla Chhatri Nibas, locally known as Rokeya Hall, near the university. She is from Pirojpur district. The university ... Read more

Six killed in Sylhet road accident

News Desk : dhakamirror.com At least six people were killed and three were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj Road at Salutikor under Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday. One of the deceased is Kazi Amir Uddin, a teacher of Anwar High School and College, while identities ... Read more

Channel 24 introduces country’s first AI news presenter

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Privately-run television network Channel 24 on Wednesday introduced Bangladesh’s first-ever artificial intelligence news presenter named ‘Aparajita.’ AI-generated news presenter Aparajita made a brief appearance in the prime-time news bulletin of Channel 24, one of the top news channels in the country, in the evening. Talat Mamun, executive director at Channel 24, ... Read more

Analysis suggests 46% decline in labour supply, productivity in Bangladesh under 3°C warming: Report

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A recently published report by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy suggests that labour supply and productivity are projected to decline by 46% in Bangladesh by 2080 under a 3°C warming scenario unless workers and employers are able to fully ... Read more