Speakers tell event News Desk : dhakamirror.com Safeguarding children from curses of child labour and early marriage has become a challenge in the aftermath of pandemic, said speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi yesterday. They suggested job creation and boosting up rural economy for resisting the families of low-income group from forcing their children into ... Read more
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Banana thrown at Richarlison during Brazil’s 5-1 friendly win over Tunisia
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) reported that Richarlison was hit with a banana during a friendly match between Brazil and Tunisia in Paris. Tuesday’s 5-1 victory for the Selecao at Parc des Princes was the result of Richarlison’s second goal. However, news of a racist gesture made against the Tottenham forward ... Read more
Brazil beats 10-man Tunisia 5-1 in Paris
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Brazil’s exhilarating 5-1 victory over Tunisia at the Parc des Princes in Paris continues its international football tour Five goals, a penalty, and a red card were all part of the action-packed first 45 minutes that the French fans witnessed. Brazil went ahead, Tunisia pegged them back very briefly, and then ... Read more
Tigers sweep T20I series against UAE
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Mosaddek Hossain played a key role with both bat and ball as Bangladesh beat United Arab Emirates by 32 runs at the Dubai international stadium on Tuesday to sweep the two-match T20 series. Bangladesh made 169-5 after opener Mehidy Hasan’s 46 off 37 balls provided a solid platform before Mosaddek (27) ... Read more
Newsweek report praises Walton
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com US weekly magazine Newsweek appreciates Bangladesh’s electric and electronics conglomerate Walton for its growing role in the economic growth and development of the country. The magazine highlighted the country’s development in their recent report, where it mentioned Walton is the corporate pride of Bangladesh whose spectacular growth runs parallel to that ... Read more
Karatoa boat capsizes, death toll rises to 65
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The death toll from the boat capsize in Karatoa river in Panchagarh rose to 65 after 16 more bodies were recovered from the river today (September 27, 2022). At least 15 people are still missing from the incident. Dipankar Roy, additional deputy commissioner of Panchagarh and head of the rescue operation ... Read more
BCB names team for Women’s T20 Asia Cup
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, to be held in Sylhet from October 1 to 15. The hosts, led by Nigar Sultana Joty, will play in the opening fixture of the competition against Thailand at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Ground 2 ... Read more
Excavated 1.4M-year-old bones in northern Spain have the potential to alter human prehistory
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The oldest human fossils ever discovered on the European continent are 1.4-million-year-old facial bones, which could change the course of human prehistory, according to the researchers involved in the historic discovery. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Aurora Martin, the archaeologist and general coordinator of the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, said: ... Read more
Bangladesh lifts ban on visiting tourists
World Tourism Day today News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government is set to withdraw embargo on the visit of foreign tourists to Bangladesh as the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 on Monday recommended doing so if the tourists can show their ‘full vaccine certificates’ on arrival. Civil aviation and tourism state minister Md Mahbub ... Read more
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi on 9 October
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Marking the day of birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed in the country on October 9 with religious solemnity. The decision was made at the National Moon Sighting Committee’s meeting held yesterday at the Islamic Foundation’s office in Baitul Mukarram. The meeting was ... Read more
Entrepreneurship Week begins on November 14
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Global Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in November 14-20 worldwide, said a press release. Under the initiative of GEN, Global Entrepreneurship Week will be held with the support of 20,000 partners from 200 countries around the world with the support of 40,000 activists to inspire and ... Read more
UGC prepares guidelines for new public universities
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh took an initiative to prepare a guideline on the introduction of academic activities in new public universities to ensure quality education. The guideline formation committee held its first meeting on Monday, where the participants observed that many public universities had been starting academic activities without ... Read more
RU music dept celebrates founding anniversary
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The music department of Rajshahi University on Sunday celebrated its 22nd founding anniversary amid enthusiasm and festivity on the campus. RU vice-chancellor professor Golam Sabbir Sattar inaugurated the day-long programme by lighting a lamp and rendering the national anthem in front of the Syed Ismail Hossain Siraji Academic Building at about ... Read more
NSU celebrates Pharmacists Day 2022
News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University Pharmaceutical Club conducted a rally on Sunday to highlight the unity among pharmacists and their relentless efforts to create a healthier world on the occasion of World Pharmacists Day 2022. The spirit of the rally was in accordance with this year’s theme, ‘Pharmacy United in Action for a ... Read more
Rubana Huq honoured with Human Right Award by CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com On the occasion of Milan Fashion Week, former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association Rubana Huq has been awarded the Human Right Award by CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022. The National Chamber of Italian Fashion, in collaboration with the United Nations Ethical Fashion Initiative, a programme of the International ... Read more
Registration for Banglalink’s ‘ennovators’ begins
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Banglalink has kicked off the registration process for the sixth season of ennovators, a digital idea-based competition in the country. Ennovators is a platform for creative young people of the country looking to showcase their ideas in the field of digital innovation against the challenges of today’s world. Over the course ... Read more
Ejaj Ahmad from Bangladesh finishes the BMW Berlin Marathon in 2022
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The founder of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC), Ejaj Ahmad, finished the 2022 BMW Berlin-Marathon in four hours, 55 minutes, and 18 seconds. Following a full marathon in San Francisco the previous year, he raced this marathon as his second race. The 42.195 km long BMW Berlin-Marathon 2022 is a race ... Read more
BPL names seven franchisees for the next three editions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Governing Council has asked seven companies to complete the process of acquiring franchise ownership for the next three (9th, 10th and 11th) editions of the league on Sunday, according to a press release from the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Although there were rumours, two of the ... Read more
Bangladesh wins the first T20I after a valiant effort, UAE just falls short
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Shoriful Islam picked up two wickets in consecutive deliveries in the final over as Bangladesh secured a hard-fought seven run win over the UAE in their first of the two-match Twenty20 international series in Dubai on Sunday. Trying to overhaul Bangladesh’s 158-5, the hosts started the final over needing 11 runs ... Read more
Bangladeshi women secure World Cup spot
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh defended a modest target of 121 runs and emerged unbeaten champions in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers, beating Ireland by seven runs in the final at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Irish all-rounder Arlene Kelly threatened to take the game away from the Tigresses ... Read more