Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com Aranyak Natyadal will celebrate its 50th anniversary with several cultural events and plays. Eminent actor Mamunur Rashid, a member of the event’s organizing committee, verified the news at the press conference on Wednesdayat Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s Seminar Hall. The press conference included Aranyak’s chief editor, Mamunur Rashid, the troupe’s director and ... Read more
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Mother, kid reunited by cop’s brave act
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A mother sold her two-month-old infant for Tk 30,000 to pay off debts. A police team reunited the mother and kid yesterday, three days after the terrible tragedy. The mother, Lima Hanufa, said her husband hasn’t worked in five years since a road accident incapacitated him. Lima, her family’s sole breadwinner, ... Read more
Phone producers must preinstall Bijoy app, although users are under no obligation: Jabbar
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Preinstallation of Bijoy app on android phones is still mandatory for the importers and manufacturers of the devices, but it is not obligatory for the users to use the Bangla writing software, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has not changed its stance over the ... Read more
IUB collaborates with Sweden on climate change
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sweden and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) have launched a four-year partnership to strengthen climate action in Bangladesh, said a press release. Tanweer Hasan, vice chancellor of IUB, and Maria Stridsman, head of cooperation and deputy head of mission of the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, yesterday signed the agreement on behalf ... Read more
NSU enrolls 2,000 spring semester students
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The orientation programme of spring semester of North South University was held on its campus yesterday, said a press release. Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was present on the occasion. The event was presided over by NSU Vice Chancellor Professor Atiqul Islam. Seema Ahmad, Shahriar Kamal, and ... Read more
TikTok announces launch of its Safety Ambassadors Program in Bangladesh
Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com TikTok will start its first offline activity in Bangladesh with its Safety Ambassadors Programme, which aims to provide a safe and welcoming environment for its communities. With its #SaferTogether initiative, TikTok aims to create awareness of how users can take advantage of the various in-app safety features available at their disposal. ... Read more
Taslima Nasreen claims she became a big victim of medical crime
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin has accused a hospital in India of committing a “medical crime” by providing wrong treatment to her after she reportedly broke a bone in her leg. She claimed that doctors at the hospital conducted a total hip replacement surgery on her even though the X-ray report ... Read more
‘Just because I tweet something, doesn’t mean people believe it or act accordingly,’ Musk says in defence
Elon Musk testifies about 2018 Tesla takeover tweet Tech Desk : dhakamirror.com Elon Musk, Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) chief executive, testified on Friday that one of his tweets did not affect the stock price of his electric car company, according to reports. “Just because I tweet something, doesn’t mean people believe it or act accordingly,” Musk ... Read more
British actor Julian Sands’s air search resumes
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com British actor Julian Sands disappeared while hiking last Friday. California authorities have renewed the air search. Due to poor road conditions, the ground search for Mr. Sands has been put on hold. The British actor was last spotted a week ago in the Baldy Bowl region of the San Gabriel Mountains, ... Read more
UK PM Rishi Sunak fined for seatbelt violation
News Desk : dhakamirror.com British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police on Friday for failing to wear a seatbelt, dealing the Conservative leader a potentially embarrassing blow as he attempts to reverse his party’s misfortunes. Lancashire Police said on Twitter: “We have today issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer ... Read more
Boy found in the cargo container calls himself Fahim
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The boy found in a cargo container in Port Klang of Malaysia on January 17 calls himself Fahim and he could be Bangladeshi or Rohingya. A video clip of the boy, aged between 11 and 15, being rescued from the empty container went viral and in several clips the boy calls ... Read more
Football Fed’s false promises bring shame
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Football organizers and former national team players say the Bangladesh Football Federation has lost respect due to repeated false promises to bring world football stars and huge teams to the country. After the BFF canceled a press conference to tell the media on the reigning World champion Argentine national football team’s ... Read more
Sreemangal became cool at 5.6 degrees Celsius
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sreemangal of Moulvibazar ha the lowest temperature of the season at 5.6 degrees Celsius in the 24 hours preceding friday morning. Mujibur Rahman, a Srimangal weather monitoring station officer, told UNB that the lowest temperature at Sreemangal was 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4, 1968. Sreemangal is struggling with severe cold, ... Read more
US embassy is going to organize the University Spring Fair in Dhaka and Ctg
News Desk : dhakamirror.com US University fairs and tours organized by the US Embassy through its EducationUSA platform in collaboration with EdPrograms will be held in Dhaka and for the first time in Chattogram. The program aims to provide prospective students, teachers, and college counselors with a unique opportunity to learn about the US higher ... Read more
NSU, University of Kolkata sign MoU for research collaboration
News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University (NSU) and the University of Kolkata have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for research and academic collaboration. The MoU was signed by NSU’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Atiqul Islam, and the University of Calcutta’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, on January 13, said a press release. The agreement aims ... Read more
Argentina’s visit to Bangladesh getting closer to become a reality
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lionel Messi’s Argentina, the reigning world champions, have agreed in principle to come to Bangladesh for a friendly match in June this year, given all the conditions are met, informed Bangladesh Football Federation’s vice-president Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan Manik. The BFF official informed that they were working on finalising the details, which ... Read more
Kool-BSJA Media Cup begins January 21
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Kool-BSJA Media Cup football tournament, an annual football extravaganza of top media houses organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) and sponsored by Square Toiletries Ltd, is all set to get underway at the artificial turf adjacent to Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday. As many as 32 media houses from print, ... Read more
Young Tigresses defeat USA to advance as group champions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh batters Rabeya Khan and Misty Shaha dug deep as they saw their side off in a nervy run chase beating the USA by five wickets in their final Group A match of the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup at Willowmoore Park in Benoni yesterday. With qualification already in the ... Read more
Selena Gomez is reportedly dating The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart
Entertainment Desk : dhakamirror.com Pop singer Selena Gomez is reportedly dating The Chainsmokers member Drew Taggart, according to US media reports. According to Us Weekly, Selena and Drew have been casually dating but haven’t made things serious just yet. “They aren’t trying to hide their romance by sneaking around at members only clubs,” the source ... Read more
‘Richest 1% seize two-thirds of fresh $42 trillion created since 2020′
Oxfam report says Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A new Oxfam report shows that the top 1% of the world’s wealthiest people have taken almost two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth that has been created since 2020. This is almost twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population has. A ... Read more