News Desk : dhakamirror.com A 69-year-old woman finally passed her driving test on her 960th go after spending more than £11,000. Cha Sa-soon, from Jeonju in South Korea, first attempted the written test all the way back in April 2005. After failing her first go at it, she continued to retake the test every day, ... Read more
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Egypt finds 2,000 mummified ram heads in an ancient temple
Mummified ram heads found in Ramses II Temple in ancient city of Abydos News Desk : dhakamirror.com An American archaeological mission has unearthed over 2,000 mummified ram heads, at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt. In addition to this remarkable find, the team also uncovered a much ... Read more
Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh: WB
Air pollution is responsible for about 20 percent of the total premature deaths in Bangladesh, says a World Bank report. The report titled ‘Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia’ mentions that air pollution is liked to 20 per cent or one in every five of total premature deaths in ... Read more
Why collaboration is in our collective interest
ViewsRMG NOTESClimate ActionWithout fashion retailers and their suppliers working together, our industry as a whole will continue to see emissions rising. Mostafiz Uddin According to the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world is likely to fail to reach its most ambitious climate target – limiting global warming to ... Read more
‘Muktir Shobujayon’ project undertaken to create green public spaces in Dhaka
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), in collaboration with Shakti Foundation and MetLife Foundation, has initiated the Muktir Shobujayon (Greening for Liberation) Project with an aim to transform the abandoned land opposite the Jallad Khana Memorial into a modern, green and child-friendly public space. A total of 1,000 trees have been planted ... Read more
Ranks FC hands over green building ‘White Oak’ at Mehedibag in Ctg
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Ranks FC Properties, a subsidiary of Rankon Group, has recently handed over its green project “White Oak” at Mehedibagh in Chattogram city to the apartment owners. On the occasion, the developer company organised a welcome party at the project premises. High officials of Ranks FC Properties, landlords, and apartment owners celebrated ... Read more
IBBL pays tribute on Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has paid tribute at the National Memorial on the occasion of Independence Day 2023 on Sunday (26 March). Md Joynal Abedin and Mohammed Nasir Uddin, directors and Muhammad Qaisar Ali, additional managing director of the bank, placed floral wreath on behalf of the bank, said a press ... Read more
Chattogram Port Authority observes Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has observed the Independence Day today with dignity and solemnity. The celebration began with hoisting the national flag and placing wreath at the martyrs’ memorial in the port republic club premises on Sunday morning, read a press release. Members, officers and employees of all departments including ... Read more
Sonali Bank celebrates Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sonali Bank Limited organised different programmes to celebrate Independence Day 2023. Sonali Bank CEO and Managing Director Md Afzal Karim along with other officials and employees placed floral wreath at the National Martyr’s Memorial in Savar and the portrait of Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 this ... Read more
Titas Gas celebrates Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Company observed the country’s 53nd Indepencence Day on Sunday. On the occasion, Titas Gas Managing Director Md Harunur Rashid Mollah inaugurated the mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the company’s head office today, reads a press release. After the inauguration, senior ... Read more
Karmasangsthan Bank pays tribute on Independence Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Karmasangsthan Bank paid tribute to laid a wreath at National Memorial, Savar on 26 March to all the freedom fighters on the occasion of Great Independence and National Day celebrations. The event was led by the bank’s Managing Director Shirin Akhter, reads a press release. Deputy Managing Director Meher Sultana, General ... Read more
Reese Witherspoon announces divorce from Jim Toth
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon recently announced divorce with husband Jim Toth after being married for 11 years. Taking to Instagram, the actress addresses the decision ‘difficult’ after a ‘great deal of care and consideration’. She also requested privacy at this time. The statement read, “We have some personal news to share… ... Read more
Selena Gomez and Zayn Malik spotted kissing in NYC: Report
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com After being the most followed woman on Instagram, Selena Gomez has been making headlines yet again after being spotted on a date with Zayn Malik. And that’s not it, the duo was seen kissing together as well on their dinner date in NYC! An eyewitness told a leading daily, “Selena and ... Read more
‘Does he not deserve national recognition?’: Sujata remembers the legendary Azim
Sujata Azim Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Azim was one of the legendary Bengali actors of the black and white era, who has gifted many beautiful films to the industry. Apart from being an actor, he was a producer as well. He was an extraordinary actor, thus 20 years after his departure, all I can think ... Read more
Which nations have banned TikTok? Check out the full list
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com Many countries have already partially turned their backs on TikTok, with the Chinese social network being banned in several states at the government level over fears of possible leaks and data theft. These countries will no longer allow official government-linked phones to have the app downloaded, even if no bans are ... Read more
Afif sidelined ‘not because of his face but performance’
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Afif Hossain became a regular face in Bangladesh’s playing XI for the past two years in the shortest format of the game. He actually set a record of playing 61 straight matches before getting dropped from the lineup in the final T20I against England in Dhaka. Later in the Ireland ODI ... Read more
Nation celebrates Independence Day
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The nation is celebrating 53rd Independence and National Day today in a befitting manner. The government has undertaken elaborate programmes marking Independence and National Day, reports UNB. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to the martyrs of Liberation War — placing wreaths at the National Memorial in ... Read more
Argentina renames Ezeiza sports complex after Lionel Messi
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Argentine Football Federation (AFA) announced Saturday that it renamed its training facility after superstar Lionel Messi. “A new recognition was consummated for our captain, who has already immortalized his figure based on goals, dribbling, assists, emotions, but now also with his name carved on the foundation stone of the new ... Read more
Morocco shocks Brazil in friendly international
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Morocco continued to ride the wave of their historic 2022 World Cup semifinal run, beating Brazil 2-1 in Tangiers in an international friendly on March 25. In their first game since losing to Croatia in the third-place play-off, Morocco recorded their first ever win over the Brazilians at the sold-out Ibn ... Read more
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore dies at 94
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Silicon Valley pioneer and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died aged 94 in Hawaii. Mr Moore started working on semiconductors in the 1950s and co-founded the Intel Corporation. He famously predicted that the computing power of computers would double every year – later revised to every two – a finding known as ... Read more