Switzerland stuns France in Euro 2020

Switzerland stunned reigning world champion France with victory in a nerve-shredding penalty shootout to book its place in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals...

School closure extended to July 31

The government has extended the closure of the educational institutions of the country's secondary and higher secondary levels till July 31. Signed by the Education Ministry information and public relations officer M A Khair, a press release said this on Tuesday...

Mithai opens 10 new outlets in Ctg

Mithai, a popular retail chain shop of PRAN Group, has opened its 10 new outlets in the metropolitan area of Chattogram for selling sweets and fast food items. Animesh Saha, Executive Director at Banga Bakers Limited inaugurated the outlets recently...

Dawn to dusk journey of tea garden community people in Bangladesh

The book Living Conditions, Tea Garden Workers of Bangladesh, unfolds the lives of people in tea garden community who hold their lives in a culture system and that is the way of their life. It embarks on the journey of their lives from dawn to dusk...

Case filed over explosion in Moghbazar

A case has been filed against unidentified people over the explosion in the capital’s Moghbazar. Police filed the case with Ramna Police Station around 10:30am on Tuesday. Sazzadur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ramna Division), confirmed the case to Jago News...

No deal on UN peacekeeping budget, risk of mission freeze: Diplomats

The 193 member states of the United Nations have thus far failed to agree on a peacekeeping budget for the year beginning July 1, which could lead to "a freeze on all missions" should a deal not soon materialize, diplomats said Monday...

Picasso painting found in Athens years after gallery heist

A painting by Pablo Picasso that was stolen nine years ago during a heist at a Greek gallery has been recovered...

Coronavirus: 25 die at RMCH in 24 hours

Twenty-five people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Nine of those died of Coronavirus and the rest 16 died of its symptoms. Confirming the matter, Brigadier General Shamim Yajdani, Director of RMCH, said the 25 people died from 8am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday...

North Korea: Citizens ‘worried’ by Kim Jong-un weight loss

North Korea has aired unprecedented television footage of one of its citizens expressing concern for leader Kim Jong-un's sudden weight loss...

Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: Unilateral ceasefire declared

The Ethiopian government has declared a ceasefire in the Tigray region - eight months after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops to oust its leadership...

Cavani scores as Uruguay beat Paraguay 1-0 at Copa America

An Edinson Cavani penalty sealed an easy 1-0 win for Uruguay against neighbours Paraguay at the Copa America on Monday, setting up a quarterfinal tie against Colombia...

Messi scores twice as Argentina overrun Bolivia 4-1

Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina beat Bolivia 4-1 on Monday to set up a Copa America quarter-final against Ecuador. Alejandro Gomez volleyed home a sublime pass from Messi after five minutes before the Barcelona forward...

104 more die of Coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 14,276 as 104 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 8,364 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 896,770. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

Tigers leave country tomorrow for Zimbabwe series

The Bangladesh national cricket team will leave the country at the early hour of Tuesday for their bilateral series against Zimbabwe...

Singer Kabir Suman admitted to hospital with breathing problem

Popular Bengali singer and former India’s Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman was rushed to a hospital on Monday after he complained of severe breathing problems, health department sources said...

Canada weather: Heat wave hits record 46.6C as US north-west also frazzles

Canada has recorded its highest ever temperature as the country's west and the US Pacific north-west frazzle in an unprecedented heatwave...

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Moghbazar explosion: 5-member probe body formed

A five-member probe body has been formed to investigate the Moghbazar Sharma House blast here that killed five and injured about 50 others on Sunday evening, a spokesman of the Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters told BSS today...

Bangladeshis’ life expectancy now 72.8 years

People’s average life expectancy in Bangladesh is now 72 years and eight months. Planning Minister M A Mannan unveiled the report at the office of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in the capital on Monday morning. The life expectancy of males in the country currently is 71.2 years, while that of females is 74.5 years, says the report...

Outbreaks emerge across Australia in ‘new phase’ of pandemic

Australian leaders will hold an emergency meeting on Monday, over a spike in Covid infections. The Sydney outbreak linked to the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to 128 cases...