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Sheikh Hasina invites Mamata Banerjee to see Padma Bridge
12:07 PM, 20 Jul 2022 WednesdayBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come and see the newly-constructed Padma Bridge...
Putin forges ties with Iran’s supreme leader in Tehran talks
11:01 AM, 20 Jul 2022 WednesdayRussian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. In Tehran, Putin also held his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a NATO leader...
Netflix loses almost a million subscribers
09:46 AM, 20 Jul 2022 WednesdayAfter enjoying a long reign as the king of streaming, Netflix faces a tough fight to keep its crown...
Ukraine war: Russia plans to annex Ukrainian land - US
08:50 AM, 20 Jul 2022 WednesdayRussia plans to annex more Ukrainian territory using a similar "playbook" to its takeover of Crimea, the US says...
Sri Lanka parliament votes for new president amid crisis
08:36 AM, 20 Jul 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka's MPs are voting for a new president after their former leader fled the country and quit amid protests over the country's economic crisis. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, currently interim leader, has been nominated for the role by the ruling party and is seen as the frontrunner...
"Take bra in hand and leave": Kerala girl describes exam horror
10:02 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayA teen in Kollam of the Indian state of Kerala, one of the many allegedly forced to remove her bra before the NEET medical entrance exam on Sunday, on Tuesday described her humiliation as she sat for the exam using her hair to cover her chest...
Two dengue patients die, 51 new patients hospitalized
08:50 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayTwo dengue patients died while 51 dengue patients got admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Three killed as four vehicles collide in B'baria
08:24 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayThree people were killed and at least eight injured in a collision among four vehicles in Bijaynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday afternoon...
Britain boils in record temperature of 40C
08:03 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayBritain recorded its highest ever temperature of 40C (104F) on Tuesday as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, scorching fields and damaging airport runways and train tracks...
ECNEC okays MRT-6 project 2nd revision with addl cost of Tk 11,487cr
07:19 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the 2nd revision of the much-hyped Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development (Line-6) project with an additional cost of Taka 11,486.92 crore...
England's Stokes announces shock ODI retirement
06:55 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayEngland's talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes announced his shock retirement from one-day cricket on Monday citing the "unsustainable" rigour of playing all three formats of the game...
The best way to brush your teeth
06:20 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayFor a routine most of us have been practising since we before were old to see into the bathroom mirror, we are remarkably bad at brushing our teeth...
Eight Covid deaths, 879 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:44 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported eight COVID-19 deaths and 879 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities rose to 29,249 and infections stood at 19,98,291. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
PM urges all to maintain austerity in power consumption
05:28 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all concerned, including the stakeholders in the public and private sector, to maintain austerity in all fields, including in power consumption, in the wake of the global inflationary situation...
Two minors drown in Netrakona
04:52 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayTwo children drowned in Barhatta upazila of Netrakona district on Tuesday morning...
Amazon targets 10,000 fake review Facebook groups
04:02 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayAmazon is taking legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups, the BBC has learned...
Russia-Ukraine war causes great sufferings to common people: PM
03:44 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Russia-Ukraine war has caused serious suffering for the common people as a whole. She made this remark while the visiting Indian Army Chief, General Manoj Pande called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban...
100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found in China
02:48 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayDinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant's outdoor courtyard...
Green tea may significantly help in lowering diabetes: Study
01:40 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayDrinking green tea may not only help in reducing your waistline, but may also prove beneficial in lowering diabetes, finds a study...
Fake covid test reports: Sabrina, 7 others jailed for 11 years
12:50 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayA Dhaka court has sentenced eight people including JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Chowdhury in a case filed for issuing fake coronavirus test reports. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order on Tuesday...