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PM leaves for New Delhi on two-day state visit
03:04 PM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Friday afternoon for New Delhi on a two-day state visit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2.03 pm...
Spain race into Euro 2024 last 16 after Calafiori’s own goal floors Italy
02:21 PM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayLuis de la Fuente had described Spain v Italy as a clásico, a game that could easily be the final; watching this, he might have been half right. The team he coaches beat Italy by an own goal to top the Group of Death with a fixture to spare but that doesn’t tell the story, nor even begin to express the way they took Italy apart...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
01:10 PM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayLight to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over eight divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country...
Man, pregnant wife killed in Cox's Bazar landslide
12:56 PM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayA man and his pregnant wife were killed in a landslide in Cox's Bazar district town early Friday. The dead were identified as Md Anwar Hossain, 23, and his wife Maimuna Akter, 18, who was five months pregnant. Anwar was the Muazzin at local Omar Faruk Jame Masjid...
Cummins takes hat-trick as Australia beat Bangladesh
12:16 PM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayPat Cummins took a hat-trick as Australia beat Bangladesh by 28 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to start their Super 8s with a win and maintain a 100% record at the T20 World Cup. Having restricted Bangladesh to 140-8, David Warner's unbeaten 53 from 35 balls took Australia to 100-2...
Messi pulls strings as Argentina tame Canada in Copa America opener
11:56 AM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayLionel Messi’s through ball led to Julian Alvarez’s goal in the 49th minute, then he assisted on Lautaro Martínez’s goal in the 88th as Argentina began the defense of their Copa América title with a 2-0 victory over Canada on Thursday night...
US ‘incredibly concerned’ over Putin’s threat to supply weapons to North Korea
11:31 AM, 21 Jun 2024 FridayVladimir Putin’s suggestion that Russian could supply weapons to North Korea is “incredibly concerning”, a senior US official has said, days after Putin and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, signed a defence pact...
Death toll tops 1,000 after hajj marked by extreme heat: AFP tally
05:59 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayThe death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia...
India economic inequality to persist despite roaring GDP growth: Reuters poll
05:59 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayThe Indian economy is likely to remain the fastest-growing major one in coming years, but a majority of independent economists and policy experts polled by Reuters are not confident it will make any difference in narrowing stark economic inequality...
37 dead after drinking toxic liquor in India
05:52 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayThirty-seven people have died after consuming toxic liquor in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India, around 250 km from the state capital Chennai...
HSC exams in Sylhet division postponed until July 8
05:20 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayThe government has postponed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations in Sylhet division until July 8 for the ongoing flood situation. The decision was taken in a meeting of the Education Ministry on Thursday. Tapan Kumar Sarker, president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee...
BNP harmed Bangladesh by hostility with India: Quader
04:10 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayAwami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP harmed Bangladesh by animosity with neighboring India. He said, "BNP harmed Bangladesh by making a hostile relationship with India. We (AL) don't want hostility rather we want a friendly, balanced, and respectful mutual diplomacy."...
Canada lists Iran Revolutionary Guards as ‘terrorist’ group
03:19 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayCanada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” entity and urged its citizens in Iran to leave...
South Africa sink spirited US in WC Super 8
02:16 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdaySouth Africa beat the United States by 18 runs in the first T20 World Cup Super 8 game in Antigua on Wednesday as Kagiso Rabada's experience came to the fore at the end of a tense game...
Air pollution causes 2.35 lakh deaths in Bangladesh in 2021
01:30 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayA newly released report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with UNICEF, reveals alarming trends in air quality both in Bangladesh and worldwide, posing significant health risks. According to the latest State of Global Air (SoGA) 2024 report, countries in South Asia...
Euro 2024: Germany beat Hungary to qualify for last 16
01:05 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayEngland have Wembley, France have Stade de France, but the German national team does not have a stadium that can be considered their true home, even when hosting Euro 2024...
Couple's throat-slit bodies recovered in Dhaka
12:34 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayThroat-slit bodies of a couple have been recovered in Jatrabari of Dhaka. The deceased were identified as Shafiqur Rahman, 60, and his wife Farida Yeasmin, 50. The incident occurred in a house at West Momenbag on Wednesday midnight, said Jatrabari Police Station inspector (operation) Md Tawhidul Haque Mamun...
Impressive England beat West Indies to start Super 8s
12:03 PM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayEngland produced their best performance of the T20 World Cup so far to begin the Super 8s stage with a composed eight-wicket win against West Indies...
Flood displaces 38,000, maroons 14.5 lakh in greater Sylhet
11:34 AM, 20 Jun 2024 ThursdayGushing waters from upstream areas in northeast India accompanied by downpours continued to inundate fresh areas in Sylhet and neighboring Sunamganj with officials saying the deluge so far forced 38,000 people to take refuge in safer places and marooned some 14.5 lakh people...
Singer to use bKash’s B2B solution for cash collection
05:59 PM, 19 Jun 2024 WednesdaySinger Bangladesh Limited, one of the leading electronics brands in the country, will use bKash’s B2B (business to business) cash collection solution to simplify its financial management at the field level by saving time and expenses...