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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...
Putin condemns ‘mad and thoughtless’ Western sanctions
10:39 AM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe sanctions imposed by the West on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are "mad and thoughtless", President Vladimir Putin has said...
4 killed in Chattogram landslides
09:18 AM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayFour people were killed in separate landslides in Chattogram due to heavy rainfall early Saturday. Six people including four of a family were buried after a landslide occurred in the hilly area of Barishalghona under Akbar Shah thana of the city around 1:30am. Two sisters named Shahinur Akter, 30 and Mahinur Akter were killed and their parents injured in the incident...
Boris Johnson travels to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky
08:34 AM, 18 Jun 2022 SaturdayBoris Johnson has announced a training programme for Ukrainian forces he said could "change the equation" of the war. The prime minister met President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise trip to the nation's capital Kyiv. He pulled out of a conference of northern Tory MPs at the last minute and before the Wakefield by-election...
10 rivers flowing above danger level, floods may worsen further
06:08 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayTen rivers in the north and northeast of the country are flowing above the danger level at 13 points due to heavy rains and downpours, causing floods in the regions. The flood situation in Sylhet and Rangpur regions may deteriorate further as heavy rains continue...
The police brutality video that shocked India
05:39 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayA video showing Indian police beating a group of Muslims in custody has been viewed by millions after it was shared by an elected member of the ruling BJP party who praised their brutal actions as a "gift" to the men...
433 more Covid cases, zero death recorded in 24 hrs
04:44 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayThe Bangladesh government reported 433 more Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,55,427 and the fatalities remain at 29,131. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Friday...
Three children among 5 killed in M'singh lightning
04:27 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayFive people, including three children, were killed in lightning strikes in two upazilas of Mymensingh district on Friday afternoon...
Complaint filed against Indian actress Sai Pallavi
03:43 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayA complaint has been filed against Indian actress Sai Pallavi over her comments on the killing of Kashmiri Pandits and vigilantism in the name of cow protection...
Flood situation worsens in Sylhet, army deployed
02:37 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayThe flood situation in Sylhet district has worsened, leaving thousands of people marooned. The army members were deployed there to rescue the people who were trapped in the floods, said Deputy Commissioner Md Mojibur Rahman on Friday morning. He said the administration was cordially working to overcome the flood situation...
SSC exam suspended as flood situation worsens
12:35 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayThe Ministry of Education has suspended the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, which were scheduled to be held on June 19, due to the worsening flood situation in several districts, including Sylhet and Sunamganj...
Tigers in trouble after another record of 'ducks'
12:22 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayA total of six Bangladeshi batters registered 'duck' on the day one of the first cricket Test against West Indies, leaving the side in a position of embarrassment at Sri Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday...
Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme
12:03 PM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayElon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency...