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Ukraine war: Thousands of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk
08:49 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies running out, the United Nations is warning. Many of them are sheltering in bunkers beneath the city's Azot chemical plant. The last bridge leading out of the city was destroyed in fighting earlier this week...
WHO looks into reports of monkeypox virus in semen
10:10 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe World Health Organisation is looking into reports that the monkeypox virus is present in the semen of patients, exploring the possibility that the disease could be sexually transmitted, a WHO official said on Wednesday...
AL's Rifat becomes Cumilla city mayor
09:38 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayAwami League candidate Arfanul Haque Rifat has been elected Cumilla City Corporation mayor. He defeated his nearest rival and independent candidate Monirul Haque Sakku by 343 votes. In the elections, Rifat bagged 50,310 votes while immediate-past Mayor Sakku got 49,967...
Elections to Cumilla city were fair and peaceful: CEC
09:01 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said the elections to Cumilla City Corporation were held in a fair and peaceful manner, with voter turnout around 60 percent. "In overall consideration, elections to Cumilla city were held in a fair and peaceful manner...
New school books claim Hong Kong wasn’t British colony
07:13 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayNew textbooks for Hong Kong schools will state the territory was never a British colony, local media report...
80% of Gaza children suffer depression after 15 years of blockade
06:32 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayFour out of five children in the Gaza Strip suffer from depression, sadness and fear caused by fifteen years of the Israeli blockade on the territory, a report published by Save the Children has found...
232 more Covid cases, zero death recorded in 24 hrs
06:13 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 232 more Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,54,637 and the fatalities remain at 29,131. Quoting the sources in the Directorate General of Health Services, state-owned news agency BSS said in a report on Wednesday...
Root returns to top of Test batting rankings
05:29 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayEngland's Joe Root has returned to the top of the men's batting Test rankings after his fourth century of 2022...
Five-star Germany crush Italy to snap winless run
04:31 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayGermany demolished Italy 5-2 on Tuesday with a sparkling display of attacking football for their first Nations League A Group Three win, snapping a four-game winless run and stretching their unbeaten streak under coach Hansi Flick...
22 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:21 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayAs many as 22 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Costa Rica book place at World Cup finals after playoff win
03:57 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayJoel Campbell’s early goal sent Costa Rica to the World Cup for a third successive tournament as they edged past 10-man New Zealand 1-0 in their intercontinental playoff on Tuesday and secured the last place at the finals in Qatar...
Dismal England beaten by Hungary
03:42 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayEngland's dismal Nations League campaign continued as they slumped to their worst home defeat since 1928 against a ruthless Hungary to leave Gareth Southgate's side rooted to the bottom of Group A3...
Ukraine suffering painful losses, needs anti-missile weapons: Zelenskiy
02:49 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayUkrainian forces are suffering painful losses in fighting Russian troops in both the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and the Kharkiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday...
Khaleda Zia shifted to cabin from CCU
01:38 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is currently undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka was transferred to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Wednesday noon. She was transferred to the cabin at 1:05pm. BNP Chairperson’s press wing member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Stay alert as vested quarter out to thwart bridge inauguration: PM
01:26 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked all security forces including the armed forces to remain alert, saying the people who opposed Padma Bridge construction are out to do something destructive, so the bridge’s grand opening couldn’t take place on June 25...
Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign begins
12:42 PM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe national Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign began across the country on Wednesday, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to more than 2.20 crore children aged between six to 59 months...
PM opens week-long 6th population, housing census
11:59 AM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the week-long sixth Population and Housing Census, which is being conducted digitally for the first time in the country to make it flawless and successful. The premier opened the much-awaited census at a ceremony at her official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday morning...
Sri Lanka gives government workers extra day off a week
11:27 AM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka is giving government officials an extra day off a week to encourage them to grow food, amid fears of a food shortage...
Monkeypox to get a new name, says WHO
10:52 AM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working with experts to come up with a new name for monkeypox...
People in Pakistan urged to drink fewer cups of tea
09:33 AM, 15 Jun 2022 WednesdayPeople in Pakistan have been asked to reduce the amount of tea they drink to keep the country's economy afloat...