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France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
02:38 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayFrench trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in May...
10-truck arms haul case: Death reference, appeal hearing on Jan 3
12:57 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe hearing of the death reference and the appeal of the accused sentenced to death in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case has been fixed for January 3 next year...
4 to die for killing teen girl after rape in N’ganj
12:24 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayA court in Narayanganj has sentenced four people to death and another to life-term imprisonment in a case filed for killing a teen girl after rape in Narayanganj. Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal passed the order on Tuesday. The court also acquitted another person in the case...
Ukraine war: US says Iranian drones breach sanctions
12:05 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions...
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
11:37 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdaySri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife...
PM pays homage to Aug 15 martyrs at Banani graveyard
10:14 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard in the capital on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day. The premier along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid glowing homage by placing wreath on Tuesday morning...
Sheikh Russel Day today
09:58 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdaySheikh Russel Day is being observed in the country on Tuesday in a befitting manner coinciding with the 59th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Shaheed Sheikh Russel...
Benzema, Putellas win Ballon d’Or awards
08:53 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayReal Madrid's France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award for the best men's player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona's Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women's award for a second time...
Russian warplane crash kills 13 in apartment block
08:33 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayAt least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk, officials say...
PM urges world community to stop war, reach food to all
09:37 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the international community to stop war and politics with food and reach food to all as over 800 million people go to bed hungry globally, which are getting worsened due to the Russia-Ukraine war. "I plead to the international community to stop war...
Primary school teachers' transfer guidelines amended
09:29 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayChanges have been brought in the primary school teachers' transfer guidelines 2022 to allow all teachers to apply for transfer...
Raza, bowlers set up Zimbabwe's clinical victory
08:22 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondaySikandar Raza smashed his way to a 48-ball 82 to help Zimbabwe post 174/7 before the bowlers took charge to sink Ireland in chase. The pacers and the spinners took turns to dent the chasing side, catching them 31-run short eventually...
Bangladesh suffer big defeat to Afghans in T20 WC warm-ups
08:16 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayBangladesh continued to show their abysmal performance in T20 cricket as they suffered a 62-run defeat to Afghanistan in their first warm-up game of the T20 World Cup at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Monday...
Why new mums are expected to 'snap back'
06:24 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondaySoon after Sharon Oakley gave birth in 2018, acquaintances were quick to congratulate her on her appearance. "Oh, you look really good – you've really bounced back!" she says people told her within months of having her baby...
Hearing on accepting charge-sheet in graft case against Zubaida Nov 1
05:38 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayA Dhaka court today set November 1 for holding hearing on accepting charge-sheet filed in a graft case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman's wife Dr Zubaida Rahman...
Kanye West to buy social media app Parler
04:58 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayParlement Technologies, the parent company of social media app Parler, said on Monday that it will be acquired by rapper Kanye West, who legally changed his name to simply Ye last year.।।
One Covid death, 389 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:26 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 389 cases in the last 24 hours...
Two dengue patients die; 857 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:12 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayTwo dengue patients died and 857 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Monday morning...
Ekushey Padak winning actor Masum Aziz dies
03:50 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayEkushey Padak winning actor and dramatist Masum Aziz died in a hospital in capital Dhaka on Monday. He breathed his last around 3 pm at Square Hospital, his brother-in-law Wakib Babu confirmed to Jago News. Sommilito Sangskritik Jote President Golam Quddus also confirmed the matter in a Facebook post...
Scotland shock West Indies at Men's T20 World Cup
03:39 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayScotland, ranked 15th in the world, started their Men's T20 World Cup campaign in brilliant fashion by shocking two-time winners West Indies...