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Padma Bridge’s 42 pillars reflect courageous Bangladesh: PM
09:30 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government didn’t become disappointed as the construction of the Padma Bridge has been delayed for two years due to conspiracy. "The 42 pillars of the Padma Bridge are the reflection of a courageous Bangladesh," she said...
Savar teacher murder: Prime accused Zitu arrested
09:14 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe Rapid Action Battalion has arrested schoolboy Ashraful Ahsan Zitu, the prime accused in the murder case of Savar teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker, from Gazipur district. The elite force apprehended him, a 10th grader at Haji Yunus Ali School and College at Ashulia in Savar...
Flood situation may worsen again in northeastern region
08:40 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayOfficials said the flood situation may worsen again in northeastern parts as both Bangladesh and upstream region of Indian states witnessed a significant amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours. A total of 196mm (millimeter) of rainfalls were recorded at Sunamganj, 175mm Chattak (Sylhet)...
Father of Savar teacher murder accused remanded
07:35 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayA court in Dhaka on Wednesday put Uzzal, father of the schoolboy accused in the Savar teacher murder case, on a five-day remand...
RU suspends student for harassing female teacher
06:25 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have suspended a student on charge of harassing a female teacher...
Moon sighting committee to fix date of Eid-ul-Azha on Thursday
05:50 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Thursday to fix the date of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, after reviewing reports on the appearance of the new moon of the holy month of Zilhajj of 1443 Hijri...
2241 more Covid cases, no death recorded in 24 hrs
05:05 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 2,241 more Coronavirus cases and no death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,71,602 and the fatalities remain at 29,145. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Police in northwest India ban public gatherings after Hindu slain
04:31 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayFearing outbreaks of religious violence, police in the Indian state of Rajasthan banned public gatherings and suspended internet services a day after two Muslims posted a video claiming responsibility for slaying a Hindu man...
40 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
03:47 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayAs many as 40 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Babar continues T20I rankings reign, surpasses another Kohli landmark
03:32 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayBabar Azam is perhaps the most talked-about cricketer in recent months due to his superlative form with the bat in international cricket...
UK-built Forum satellite will measure greenhouse effect
02:49 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayA spacecraft measuring Earth's warming 'greenhouse' effect in its greatest ever detail will be built in the UK...
Johnson says if Putin were a woman he would not have invaded
02:19 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayRussian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed...
How Covid virus uses body’s fat cells to replicate
01:24 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdaySARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat that empower the virus to hijack the body’s molecular machinery and cause disease, suggests a study...
Swechchhasebak League President Nirmal Ranjan dies
12:01 PM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayAwami Swechchhasebak League President Nirmal Ranjan Guha has passed away. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Swechchhasebak League General Secretary A K M Afjalur Rahman Babu confirmed the death to Jago News on Wednesday morning...
52 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
11:32 AM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayAt least 52 inmates were killed and 26 more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said...
College student killed in Shahbagh road crash
11:03 AM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayA college student was killed after a speedy truck hit a motorcycle in front of the Shikkha Bhaban in the capital’s Shahbagh in the wee hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mohaiminul Islam Sifat, 21, a student of BAF Shahin College, son of Md Hanif Khandaker of Dhaka’s Kachukhet area...
2 gunmen killed, six officers wounded in shootout at Canadian bank
09:40 AM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayCanadian police shot dead two men and six officers were wounded during a gunfight at a bank in British Columbia on Tuesday, and nearby homes were evacuated after the discovery of a possible explosive device, police said...
Russia security forces detain mayor of Ukrainian city of Kherson
09:12 AM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayRussia-installed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region said their security forces had detained Kherson city mayor Ihor Kolykhayev on Tuesday after he refused to follow Moscow's orders, while a Kherson local official said the mayor was abducted...
Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion
08:55 AM, 29 Jun 2022 WednesdayNATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other's security...
Nine instructions to be followed in mosques
09:40 PM, 28 Jun 2022 TuesdayThe government issued nine instructions for the worshipers to follow in performing prayers with jamaat at mosques to contain the coronavirus rise. Besides, the same will have to be followed at other religious places of worship. The Ministry of Religious Affairs disclosed the directives in an urgent press release on Tuesday...