Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Saturday that veteran New Zealand batter Grant Bradburn has been appointed as the head coach of the national men’s side for the next two years, following a robust recruitment process. The New Zealander also served as the head coach of the side during the recently-concluded ... Read more
Month: May 2023
Mocha approaches coast with 200 kmph speed
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Cyclone Mocha is approaching the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar with a maximum wind speed of 200 kmph, said the latest weather bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. According to the bulletin, at 6:00pm, the very severe cyclonic storm was centred about 605km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 525km south-southwest of ... Read more
Shanto appreciates Domingo and the selectors for their support
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The most remarkable thing in the second ODI was to see Najmul Hossain Shanto come of age. Touted as one of the best young players, Shanto failed to live up to the expectation on most of the occasions but on a day when it mattered the most, he delivered to give ... Read more
Wild lion Loonkiito, ‘one of the world’s oldest’, killed by humans in Kenya
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A wild male lion believed to be one of the world’s oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said. The 19-year-old lion had lived in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, but died when he went alone to a nearby village in search of food and attacked livestock. ... Read more
Alia Bhatt becomes Gucci’s first Indian global ambassador
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Ever since Alia Bhatt made her Met Gala debut this year, she has been dominating the headlines. Bhatt has added another feather to her shining cap. The 30-year-old actress has become the first Indian global ambassador for the luxury fashion brand Gucci. Not only this, but she will make her first ... Read more
Elon Musk names former advertising chief of NBCUniversal as new Twitter CEO
News Desk : dhakamirror.com US business tycoon Elon Musk has appointed former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of social media platform Twitter. Musk announced the appointment on Twitter on Friday and said he is excited to welcome Yaccarino as the new CEO of the platform. He said she will focus primarily ... Read more
What do the storm-related port signals 1 to 11 mean?
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Cyclone Mocha has been dominating discussions in last few days, cautionary, warning and danger signals, which the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) is urging ports to hoist, have become a foremost of the news. The following is a look at what each of the signal means, according to BMD: Distant Cautionary Signal ... Read more
Cyclone Mocha intensifies into ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’: IMD
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Mocha has intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over east central Bay of Bengal and was 760km south southwest of Cox’s Bazar at 2:30am (local time) today, according to the Indian Met Department’s last update. It is moving north-northeastwards and likely to intensify further and cross Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts ... Read more
Women’s team loses 3rd T20I and series against SL
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team were outplayed by their Sri Lankan counterparts in the series-deciding third Twenty20 international, losing the match by 44 runs to lose the series 1-2 at the SSC Ground in Colombo on Friday. Asked to bowl, Bangladeshi bowlers failed to contain the Sri Lankan batters as Nilakshi de Silva ... Read more
BINA Dhan-25 shows hope
Farmers get higher yield from newly developed rice variety Sajjad Hossain Mannan Joaddar cultivated BINA Dhan-25, a newly developed variety of paddy, on one bigha of land in Moghi village of Magura 93 days ago. The 55-year-old farmer is now over the moon. He had not seen such thin and long grain in his 20 ... Read more
Bangladesh coastal areas are under danger signal number 8
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh is ready to evacuate about a million people in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar as the very severe cyclonic storm over the east central Bay of Bengal looked ferocious with rapid intensification and is forecast to begin to have impacts on the south-east coast of the country from Saturday night. The ... Read more
Deepika Padukone features on Time magazine cover as ‘global star’
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Bollywood Diva Deepika Padukone has appeared as The Global Star on the cover page of the famous Time magazine. She is credited with ‘bringing the world to Bollywood’ with her work. In 2018, she was among the 100 people honoured by the magazine on their 100 Most Influential list. Proud husband ... Read more
Rooftop solar panels a contemporary necessity
Speakers tell webinar In December 2020, a knitting factory in Kashimpur in Gazipur had a rooftop solar panel installed for 19.89 crore Tk, saving the company 3.19 crore Tk per year, according to a study. The investment will be returned by 6.23 years, according to the study, after analyzing the electricity production data for the ... Read more
Women’s team suffer crushing defeat
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team suffered a thrashing seven-wicket defeat against their Sri Lanka counterparts in the second game of the three-match Twenty20 International series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Thursday. With the win, the home side levelled the series 1-1 as Bangladesh earned a six-wicket victory in the ... Read more
Bangladesh Railway will conduct special mango train
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Railway will operate a special Mango train on the Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi this season for the fourth consecutive year. Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager of the western zone of the railway, said that they have already started preparations for deploying two trains to transport mangoes at a lower cost ... Read more
Half-yearly exams, pre-test deferred for secondary students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government deferred the schedules of the half-yearly and pre-test examinations for a week for students of the government and non-government secondary schools across the country. The decision was made to facilitate the implementation of the new national curriculum in the Classes of VI and VII, said a notice issued by ... Read more
Ticket price for Anuv Jain Live in Dhaka announced
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com After much anticipation, “Anuv Jain Live in Dhaka” concert ticket prices have been announced through a joint statement by Adventure Communications and Triple Time Communications. The announcement was made through Adventor Communications official Facebook page Wednesday night (10 May). Triple Time Communications and Adventor Communications will jointly organise the event. “The ... Read more
Deep depression over Bay has intensified into Cyclone Mocha: IMD
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal today intensified into Cyclone Mocha and headed in a north-northwest direction at a speed of eight kilometres per hour, the Indian Met Department said. The cyclone lay centred 1,210km from Cox’s Bazar, it added. Mocha is very likely to intensify into a very ... Read more
No exams for pre-primary students, only assessment for Class I
News Desk : dhakamirror.com No examinations will be held to evaluate the pre-primary level students in the current 2023 academic year following the new national curriculum. Class I students will be fully evaluated through continuous assessment while no marginal/annual examination will be held and no fees can be charged from the students or the guardians ... Read more
Grameen UNIQLO announces closure of its operations in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Grameen UNIQLO, social business of Fast Retailing Co Ltd in Bangladesh, is set to close all 10 of its stores in the country by June 18, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. Japan-based Fast Retailing Co Ltd established the clothing business in 2010 in partnership with the Grameen Bank ... Read more