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Tevez named new manager of Rosario Central
11:37 AM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayFormer Manchester United and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez was named as the new manager of Argentine club Rosario Central on Tuesday, a fortnight after confirming his retirement as a player...
Sri Lanka clinch Australia ODI series
11:19 AM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdaySkipper Dasun Shanaka dedicated Sri Lanka's sensational series victory over Australia to the country's people as the island nation suffers its worst-ever economic crisis...
874 more Covid cases, 1 death recorded in 24 hrs
06:00 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 874 more Coronavirus cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,58,074 and the fatalities remain at 29,133. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a report on Tuesday...
Water levels in 68 rivers rise, 34 fall
05:51 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayWater levels at 68 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked a rise while 34 stations recorded a fall...
Protesters attack India Embassy yoga event in Maldives
05:42 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPolice in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said...
New sub-variant of Omicron found in Bangladesh
05:03 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayA new sub-variant of Coronavirus's Omicron variant has been detected in the country. A team of researchers at the genome center of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) detected the new sub-variat named BA.4/5. JUST assistant director (public relations) Abdur Rashid confirmed the matter to Jago News on Tuesday...
27 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:41 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayAs many as 27 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Flood situation deteriorates in Gaibandha
03:33 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayOverall flood situation in chars and river basin areas of the Brahmaputra river at four upazilas in Gaibandha deteriorated further as the river Brahmaputra marked rise more in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning at 9 am...
US import ban from Xinjiang takes effect
02:36 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayTough new US regulations on the import of goods from the Xinjiang region of China have come into effect...
Ericsson expects 5G subscriptions to cross 1 billion in 2022
01:53 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdaySwedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it expects global 5G mobile subscriptions to surpass 1 billion in 2022, helped by higher adoption in China and North America...
AL always stands beside people during disaster: PM
01:04 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Awami League (AL) always stands beside the people during any disaster. "In government or opposition, wherever AL remains, its leaders and activists always stand beside the countrymen and work for them. During cyclone, flood or any other disaster...
Former Barca forward Eto'o pleads guilty to £3.2m tax fraud
12:39 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayFormer Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o has pleaded guilty to a £3.2m tax fraud relating to his image rights while playing for Barcelona...
Tesla sued by former employees over 'mass layoff'
12:09 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayFormer Tesla Inc employees have filed a lawsuit against the US electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a "mass layoff" violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of the job cuts...
PM inspects flood situation in Sylhet, Netrokona, Sunamganj
11:26 AM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inspected the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, and adjacent areas. The premier witnessed the flood situation for herself as the helicopter carrying her hovered maintaining "low fly mode"...
Govt appoints Abdul Muhith as Bangladesh envoy to UN
05:43 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayThe government has appointed Muhammad Abdul Muhith as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York...
Covid in Bangladesh: 1 dies, 873 infected
04:54 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,132 in Bangladesh as 1 more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 873 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,957,200. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
PM to brief media on Wednesday
03:45 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday morning. The press meet will begin at 11am on Wednesday (June 22) at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), in the capital, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS today. The Prime Minister is set to open the much-hyped Padma Bridge on June 25 next and inspect the flood-hit Sylhet, Netrokona and Sunamganj districts tomorrow...
Flood situation deteriorates further in Brahmaputra basin
03:30 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayFlood situation deteriorated further in the Brahmaputra basin due to rise in water levels of major rivers inundating fresh areas following onrush of water from upstream in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today. Officials said around two-lakh people of low-lying and char areas have been marooned in several northern districts...
Chinese envoy calls PM’s decision over Padma Bridge extra-courageous
02:54 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayChinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming has called extra-courageous Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s decision to go ahead with Padma Bridge project with domestic financing amid overseas funding debacle...
Ukraine war: Russia becomes China’s biggest oil supplier
02:34 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayRussia has become China's biggest supplier of oil as the country sold discounted crude to Beijing amid sanctions over the Ukraine war. Imports of Russian oil rose by 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May, displacing Saudi Arabia as China's biggest provider...