News Desk : dhakamirror.com Three Bangladeshi students have died, and another is in critical condition, after a “very violent” crash on Highway 427 in Etobicoke on Tuesday morning. Ontario Provincial Police said the crash happened on the Highway 427 southbound off-ramp to Dundas Street at around 11:23 p.m. Monday. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the ... Read more
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Sujon receives penalty for smoking in the dressing room
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Khulna Tigers head coach Khaled Mahmud Sujon was fined for violating the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) Code of Conduct after being caught smoking in the dressing room during his team’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) game against Fortune Barishan on Friday. “Mahmud was fined 30 percent of his match fees for a ... Read more
Pregnant Russian women reportedly flock to Argentina to obtain citizenship
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Argentine officials are expressing concern over the large number of pregnant Russian women who have recently entered the country to give birth as a way to obtain an Argentine passport. Argentina’s immigration office director Florencia Carignano on Friday said that they have launched a judicial investigation into what she called a ... Read more
OPPO introduces the ‘OPPO A77’
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com Smart device brand OPPO has unveiled its latest addition – OPPO A77. Premium features include OPPO Glow Flat-Edge Design, 33W SUPERVOOC charging, Ultra-Linear Stereo Speaker and up to 8GB RAM expansion, reads a press release. The device will be available at all OPPO stores from 9 February. Damon Yang, managing director ... Read more
BRAC Bank partners with BGBA on an apparel show in New York
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com BRAC Bank has joined hands with the Garment Buying House Association (BGBA) to represent Bangladesh in Texworld, Apparel Sourcing Trade Show in New York. Texworld, Apparel Sourcing USA Trade Show is the largest apparel sourcing event on the East Coast, USA, where thousands of international exhibitors gather to connect with buyers, ... Read more
Toronto mayor John Tory quits over affair with ex-staffer
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The mayor of Canadian city Toronto has resigned unexpectedly after admitting to a relationship with a former staff member. The announcement came shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper published an article revealing the affair with the unnamed 31-year-old woman. He said the affair started during the Covid-19 pandemic and was “ended ... Read more
Tiger Woods return! will play at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational next week
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Tiger Woods will play in his first official PGA Tour event since his horrific 2021 car crash This Friday Tiger Woods announced he’s ready to take on another golf course during a tournament next week when he takes part of the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. It will ... Read more
SAFF U-20 Women’s championship: Bangladesh emerged unbeaten champions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh clinched the four-nation SAFF Under-20 Women’s Championship title with a 3-0 win over Nepal in the final at the Birshrestha Shaheed Sepahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday. The hosts went to halftime with a 2-0 lead, with forward Shaheda Akter Ripa and midfielder Shamsunnahar Jr scoring one ... Read more
Legendary US songwriter Burt Bacharach dies at 94
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Burt Bacharach has died, it has been confirmed by his family. Burt Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, producer, and pianist, who wrote hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s to the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Burt Bacharach’s songs were recorded by over 1,000 artists, he ... Read more
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Cryptocurrency firms vow millions in donations
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Several cryptocurrency companies have pledged millions of dollars in donations to earthquake-ravaged Turkey and Syria, where the combined death toll has now surpassed 16,000 people. According to a report by Decrypt on Wednesday (February 8), the companies, which include Tether, OKZ, and Kucoin, will donate more than $9 million to aid ... Read more
Shane Warne’s $21 million will revealed
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Celebrated Australian cricketer Shane Warne who died last year has left vast wealth for his children. Warne’s will was revealed on Wednesday where he handed almost $21 million of his estate to the three children. Warne, who suddenly died last March left his vast assets to his children Summer, Jackson and ... Read more
Rihanna to appear at Super Bowl halftime show, her first live performance in six years
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Rihanna will make her stage return on February 12 with a performance at the Super Bowl half-time show. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the singer’s performance, as she has not toured or released an album in 2016. Rihanna will perform during the break of the Philadelphia Eagles’ game against the Kansas ... Read more
Wednesday saw a widespread outage across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com On Wednesday, netizens experienced difficulty accessing various apps and platforms due to outages at several prominent ones. Alphabet Inc’s YouTube was unavailable to certain users, as were Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter. Outage tracking website Downdetector showed that at the peak of the YouTube outage, more than 60,000 ... Read more
Man City’s Erling Haaland delivers a message of support to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
‘Our hearts are with you,’ 22-year-old says on Instagram Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Manchester City’s Norwegian star Erling Haaland on Wednesday shared a message of support on social media for earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria. “Our hearts are with you,” Haaland said on Instagram, and put a photo of a building damaged in the ... Read more
Registration for Hajj will initiate on February 8th
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The registration for Hajj under public and private management will get underway on Wednesday. According to the religious affairs ministry and the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh, depositing money for the Hajj registration will also begin on that day and continue till February 23, 2023. Aspirant pilgrims must abide by a ... Read more
Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise arrives in Mongla
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Ganga Vilas, the longest river cruise in the world, which will connect the Indian town of Varanasi with Diburgarh town in Assam with nearly half of the journey through Bangladesh territory, has reached Mongla Port in Bagerhat. On its arrival at the port yesterday, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury ... Read more
Tigers take control of forest station for 20 hours!
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Forest guards were restricted to their station in the Sarankhola region of the Sundarbans for 20 hours while three tigers roamed the land. The big cats were initially spotted in the Supati Station area around 3:00pm on Friday and remained there until 11:00am yesterday. A wildlife expert said this was quite ... Read more
First convocation held at Canadian University of Bangladesh
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The first convocation of Canadian University of Bangladesh was held on Tuesday. President Md Abdul Hamid, also chancellor of the universities, was present as chief guest of the programme at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and children’s rights activist was the convocation speaker on ... Read more
Dhaka Commerce College gives its 31st annual awards
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka Commerce College organised the prize distribution ceremony of the 31st annual cultural and sports competition 2022 at the college auditorium on Monday. Bangladesh University of Business and Technology Trust chairman Md Shamsul Huda, also one of the founders, the first principal and member of the governing body of the college, ... Read more
DITF concludes with export orders of around Tk 300 crore
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The 27th Dhaka International Trade Fair-2023 ended on Tuesday with businesses receiving export orders worth about $30.38 million (about Tk 300 crore) while goods worth Tk 100 crore were sold in the month-long exhibition at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal in Dhaka. A total of 47 businesses received ... Read more