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Biden falls after flubbing bike dismount, but uninjured
12:31 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayU.S. President Joe Biden took a spill from his bike on Saturday as he stopped to greet supporters during a weekend trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware...
Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament as France votes
11:37 AM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayFrance votes on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand...
New Delhi hosts 7th round of Bangladesh-India JCC meet today
10:51 AM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayThe 7th round of Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting will be held in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss various bilateral issues, officials said. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will co-chair the meeting...
Govt expects to recover Padma Bridge construction cost in 35 years
10:22 AM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayThe government expects to recover the Padma Bridge’s construction cost in next 35 years through a “well calculated” toll rate, officials said on Sunday...
Jago News journo Shirazuzzaman attacked in Tejgaon
09:55 AM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayJago News’ Senior Reporter Shirazuzzaman Helala, who covers the Sangsad Secretariat and the Election Commission, has been attacked by 4-5 people at Tejgaon truck stand area in the capital. The incident took place around 2:30pm on Saturday...
NATO warns of long Ukraine war as Russian assaults follow EU boost for Kyiv
08:25 AM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayThe head of NATO said on Sunday the war in Ukraine could last years and Ukrainian forces faced intensified Russian assaults after the EU executive recommended that Kyiv should be granted the status...
Businesses demand postponing decision of the closure of markets, shopping malls
10:07 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayBusinessmen on Saturday urged the government to postpone the decision of closing closure of shops, shopping malls, markets, and kitchen markets after 8 pm till the Eid-ul-Adha...
Deluge engulfs northeastern, northern Bangladesh
10:03 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayMonsoon rains and gushing waters from upstream India overnight worsened Bangladesh flood situation with experts calling it the worst since 2004 while officials estimated the flooding to have marooned at least 6 million people. "Water now continued to surpass much above the danger lines in two of the country's four major river basins...
Flood affects country's 64 upazilas: State Minister
08:29 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayState Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman MP on Saturday said that 64 upazilas of 10 districts of the country have been affected by flood. Out of the affected areas, a terrible situation is prevailing in Sylhet and Sunamganj, he said, adding that the two districts did not witness such a flood in the last 122 years...
Two killed as blast hits Sikh temple in Kabul
07:21 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayAt least two people have been killed and seven others injured following an attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said...
Water enters Osmani Medical, power supply cut off
06:30 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayRain water entered Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) on Saturday, forcing the facility's authorities to cut off the power supply there. Due to the incessant rain and downpours, water started entering the wards on the ground floor of the hospital from its premises after 12 noon...
304 more Covid cases, zero death recorded in 24 hrs
05:03 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government reported 304 more Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,55,731 and the fatalities remain at 29,131. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Saturday...
7th round of Bangladesh-India JCC meet on Sunday
04:29 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe 7th round of Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting will be held in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss various bilateral issues, officials said...
Mane to join Bayern from Liverpool in £ 35m deal
04:05 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayLiverpool have agreed a 41m euro (£35.1m) deal to sell Sadio Mane to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich...
Govt decides to shut shops, markets after 8 pm
03:49 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to take necessary measures to shut down shops, shopping malls, markets and kitchen markets across the country after 8pm every day...
Warren Buffett charity lunch fetches winning bid of $19 mln
02:44 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayA lucky, and likely wealthy, person bid more than $19 million to dine with Warren Buffett, in the 21st and final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX fires five over critical letter
02:26 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayPrivate rocket company SpaceX fired at least five employees after it found they had drafted and circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the firm's culture more inclusive, two people familiar with the matter said...
Flood in Sylhet, Sunamganj: Navy also joins rescue operations
02:06 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe flood situation is worsening in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts due to incessant rainfall and the flash flood in upstream India’s Meghalaya and Assam where record-breaking rainfall was recorded. A diving team of Bangladesh Navy have also joined the rescue operations for the flood victims in Sylhet...
Gunman kills 3 seniors over potluck dinner at Alabama church
12:39 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe 70-year-old visitor had previously attended some services at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church before police say he showed up for a potluck dinner, pulled out a handgun and fatally shot three of the elderly participants, one of whom died in his wife’s arms as she whispered words of love in his ear...
Sherpur flood: Bodies of 2 missing men recovered
12:12 PM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayBodies of two men were recovered from different places on Saturday morning 13 hours after they went missing in flood water in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur. The deceased were identified as Ashraf Ali, 60, son of late Nafaz Uddin, of Boiragipara village under the upazila sadar union and Abul Kalam, 33...