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WTO agrees fishing, food and Covid vaccine deals
11:46 AM, 17 Jun 2022 FridayThe World Trade Organization concluded deals Friday on tackling food insecurity, curbing harmful fishing subsidies and temporarily waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents after days of round-the-clock talks...
Protests against India's new military recruitment system turn violent
09:38 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayPolice in northern India fired shots in the air on Thursday to push back stone-throwing crowds and authorities shut off mobile internet in at least one district to forestall further chaos, as protests widened against a new military recruitment system...
Beyoncé announces new album, Renaissance
09:12 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayBeyoncé has announced what appears to be her next solo album, Renaissance, due for release on 29 July...
Primary teacher recruitment: Results of last phase exam published
08:37 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe results of the last phase of the written examination to recruit 45,000 assistant teachers in government primary schools were published on Thursday...
Bangladesh-Japan comprehensive partnership to reach new heights: PM
07:44 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said "Japan-Bangladesh-Comprehensive Partnership" has been launched to take the friendly ties between the two countries to a new height of a strategic partnership...
Dhaka's rail link with M'singh restored
07:22 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe rail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh districts was restored on Thursday afternoon, around four hours after it had been suspended...
Fatima Yasmin made finance secretary
06:10 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayEconomic Relations Division's (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin has been appointed as the new secretary of the Finance Ministry...
357 more Covid cases, zero death recorded in 24 hrs
05:42 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe Bangladesh government reported 357 more Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,54,994 and the fatalities remain at 29,131. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday...
Mbappe must have changed Real Madrid dream: Perez
05:21 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayReal Madrid president Florentino Perez says Kylian Mbappe "must have changed his dream" after the France striker rejected a move to the Spanish club...
31 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:32 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAs many as 31 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
No illegal bulldozing, India top court warns Yogi government
04:11 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAmid allegations of Uttar Pradesh using bulldozers to target those who protested the controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad by members of the ruling BJP, the Supreme Court on Thursday said, "Demolitions have to be in accordance with law, they cannot be retaliatory"...
Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
03:40 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAustralia's energy minister has urged households in New South Wales - a state that includes the country's biggest city Sydney - to switch off their lights in the face of an energy crisis...
UK embassy staff allege Taliban beatings and torture in Afghanistan
03:00 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayMore than 100 men who worked at the British embassy in Afghanistan remain in the country, with some telling the BBC they have been beaten and tortured...
AR Rahman recalls the darkest phase of his life
02:19 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayIndia’s Oscar-winner AR Rahman lost his father RK Shekhar when he was just nine. Shekhar was a popular musician and music conductor who worked with some of the leading composers of south cinema...
Southern region won’t be neglected anymore for Padma Bridge: PM
01:38 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that her government is working to ensure people’s overall development, saying southern region of the country wouldn’t remain neglected anymore as the much-awaited Padma Bridge is set to open on June 25...
Dhaka-M’singh rail link suspended due to train derailment
01:07 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayRail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh remained suspended since Thursday morning as four bogies of a train derailed near Rajendrapur railway station in Gazipur. Joydebpur Railway Police Sub Inspector Md Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Air Force officer injured in capital road accident dies
11:54 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAn officer of the Bangladesh Air Force, who was injured in a road accident in the capital on Wednesday morning, has passed away...
US sending $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine
11:25 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies provide longer-range weapons they say can make a difference in a fight where Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and outgunned by their Russian invaders...
N. Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against Covid
10:23 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayNorth Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic on Thursday, potentially adding to strains on the isolated country's healthcare system which is battling an unprecedented COVID-19 wave...
Xi Jinping reasserts support for Russia on security issues
09:21 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayChinese President Xi Jinping reasserted his country’s support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, state media said...