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
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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
Belal Ahmed now SIBL’s acting chairman
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) has appointed Belal Ahmed as the acting chairman of its board of directors after Md Mahbub Ul Alam resigned. Previously, he served the bank’s board as vice-chairman. Ahmed is the son-in-law of Mohammed Saiful Alam, the chairman of Chattogram-based S Alam Group. He represents Unitex Steel ... Read more
Sixth Dhaka Art Summit gets underway on Friday
Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com The biggest exhibition platform for art and architecture in Bangladesh, Dhaka Art Summit (DAS)will start on Friday (February 3). The sixth DAS will have the Bengali theme of “Bonna” (flood) as its basis. The event will feature over 160 local and international artists. Topics like climate change and gender relations will ... Read more
Bangladesh hikes power price again in just 3 weeks
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The government has increased the retail power price again — by 5 per cent — along with an increase in the bulk price by over 8 per cent just 18 days after it had hiked the retail price on January 12 this year. The new retail prices and charges, announced for ... Read more
Hathurusingha appointed as Bangladesh cricket team head coach for second spell
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Chandika Hathurusighe has been appointed Bangladesh National Team Head Coach, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board through a press release on Tuesday. This will be the former Sri Lanka batsman’s second spell with the Bangladesh team which he had previously coached from 2014 to 2017. The 54-year old Hathurusighe has reached a two-year ... Read more
Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open and matches Nadal record
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2023 Australian Open final 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), to win his 22nd Grand Slam title (5). The victory in Melbourne means that Djokovic matches Rafael Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles, and the Serbian celebrated this one with a huge grin after ... Read more
USA to host 2024 Copa America
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The 2024 Copa America tournament will be held in the United States, CONMEBOL confirmed on Friday after an agreement between the South American football confederation and CONCACAF. The tournament will feature 10 teams from South America and six from North and Central America and the Caribbean. It will be the second ... Read more
Twitter to let users appeal account suspension from THIS date
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com Ever since Elon Musk assumed the role of Twitter CEO and bought the firm in October, the microblogging service has seen a lot of changes. In the most recent development, starting from 1 February, Twitter users will have the ability to appeal account bans and be evaluated according to the new ... Read more
Shakira’s new song against Pique: Release date and more
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com For a couple of weeks now, the names of Shakira, Gerard Pique and Clara Chia have been on everyone’s lips. The Colombian signer aimed digs at the couple through the lyrics of her latest song, Music Session Vol.53. In her collaboration with Bizarrap, Shakira lashed out against everything and everyone close ... Read more
Tom Brady’s alleged lover Veronika Rajek discusses family and modeling dreams
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Veronika Rajek, the Slovakian model who’s been open about her love for Tom Brady after his divorce from Gisele Bundchen, wants to be a Sports Illustrated cover girl and have a family. The former Miss Slovakia has been a Brady superfan this season, traveling to Tampa Bay to cheer the Buccaneers ... Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo’s funny reaction after being mobbed by cameras at a restaurant
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Cristiano Ronaldo’s stardom means that any attempt to engage in a normal event out in public is always going to attract fans. That was the case when the Portuguese superstar took out his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez for a meal on her 29th birthday. The Al Nassr player entered the restaurant hall ... Read more
Sabalenka wins Australian Open for first Grand Slam crown
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com On Saturday, Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam by defeating Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open final. The Belarusian tennis sensation won the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and $2 million after coming from a set down. It wasn’t an easy climb for Sabalenka. She started the game ... Read more
12 NSU faculty members received award for research
News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University yesterday awarded 12 faculty members for their research excellence during 2021 and 2022, said a press release. The awards were given through a ceremony held at NSU auditorium in the afternoon, chaired by NSU Vice Chancellor Prof Atiqul Islam. Organised by NSU’s Office of Research, the event was ... Read more