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Benzema equals Raul's Real Madrid goals total
11:45 AM, 13 May 2022 FridayKarim Benzema became Real Madrid's joint second-highest goalscorer of all time and Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trick as Real relegated Levante...
Millions hit hard as cooking gas prices soar in India
11:26 AM, 13 May 2022 Friday"I'm always anxious when I light the kitchen stove these days. I have to make sure our gas cylinder lasts for at least two months," a woman in India's national capital Delhi told a colleague last week...
Russia threatens to retaliate as Finland seeks NATO membership 'without delay'
09:51 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayFinland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO "without delay", with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance...
England appoint McCullum as men's Test coach
08:28 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayEngland have appointed former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum as men's Test coach on a four-year deal...
Primary teacher recruitment test results published
08:18 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayThe results of the first phase of the written examination to recruit 45,000 assistant teachers in government primary schools were published on Thursday...
Govt restricts foreign trips of its officials
07:07 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayThe government has restricted foreign trips of its officials under operating and development budgets in the context of post-Covid-19 economic recovery and the ongoing global situation. In a circular on Thursday, Finance Ministry said all types of foreign trips including exposure visits or study tour...
Covid-19: No death, 51 cases reported in 24 hrs
05:36 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayBangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 51 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities are 29,127 and infections rose to 19,52,939. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday...
Travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, several others
04:38 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayThe Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court has issued a travel ban on former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa, former ministers Namal Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando and 13 others...
Inter beat Juventus to win Coppa Italia
04:14 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayInter Milan won the Coppa Italia after an extra-time double from Croatia forward Ivan Perisic earned his side a 4-2 victory over Juventus in Wednesday's final, ensuring Massimiliano Allegri's team will finish the season trophyless...
Toyota rolls out first battery electric car
03:49 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayToyota Motor Corp rolls out its first mass-produced battery electric car in Japan on Thursday for lease only, a strategy the automaker says will help ease driver concerns about battery life and resale value but has raised analysts' eyebrows...
De Bruyne scores four to send Man City clear
03:32 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayKevin de Bruyne's stunning four-goal haul helped Manchester City thump Wolves and restored their three-point lead at the top of the Premier League...
Sri Lanka names new PM in bid to address growing crisis
02:33 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayLeader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at 6.30 pm on Thursday, his party confirmed. Wickremesinghe who held closed door discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last evening, will take oath as the new Prime Minister...
Asani weakens to depression, becomes unimportant
01:42 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayThe cyclonic storm "Asani" over West-central Bay off Andhra coast of India moved westwards, weakened into a deep depression first and then into a depression and lay over coastal land area of Andhra Pradesh and adjoining area at 6 am on Thursday...
416 killed in road accidents in 15 days of Eid journey
01:06 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayA total of 416 people were killed and 844 injured in 372 road accidents in 15 days of Eid journey from April 26 to May 10...
Destiny MD jailed for 12 years, chairman Harun 4 years
12:15 PM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayA Dhaka court has sentenced Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin to 12 years imprisonment in a case filed for embezzling money from the customers of Destiny Multipurpose Co-operative Society and money laundering...
Chinese jet aborts takeoff, catches fire, causing minor injuries
09:40 AM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayChina’s Tibet Airlines said all passengers and crew had been evacuated from an Airbus A319 plane that caught fire after an aborted takeoff in the southwestern city of Chongqing on Thursday...
Sri Lankan president to appoint new PM, cabinet this week
09:17 AM, 12 May 2022 ThursdaySri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said he will appoint a new prime minister and cabinet this week, after his elder brother and former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned following deadly violence in the country...
N. Korea reports first COVID outbreak with Omicron case, orders lockdown
08:51 AM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayNorth Korea officially confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday and ordered a national lock down, with state media reporting a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron virus had been detected in the city of Pyongyang...
COVID claims 1 million US lives
08:28 AM, 12 May 2022 ThursdayThe United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it. The 1 million mark is a stark reminder of the staggering grief and loss caused by the pandemic even as the threat posed by the virus wanes in the minds of many people...
BB dismisses news of scrapping Tk 1000 red notes as rumour
09:51 PM, 11 May 2022 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has brushed aside as simply a rumour the news that the Tk 1,000 bank red note or any other note has been scrapped...