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Self-financed Padma Bridge takes Bangladesh out of dependency: PM
04:25 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the successful construction of the much-awaited Padma Bridge with own finance helped Bangladesh to come out of dependency on others to conduct the country's development programmes...
Eid-ul-Azha: Advance train ticket sale starts on July 1
03:27 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayThe sale of advance train tickets will start on July 1 on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said this in a press briefing at Railway Bhaban in the capital of Dhaka on Wednesday. The selling of return tickets will begin from July 7, he said...
Bangladesh will never bow down to any pressure: PM
02:35 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her firm conviction that Bangladesh will never bow down to any pressure rather the country will move ahead with the strength of people. "Bangladesh will never bow down to any pressure . . . We will move on with the confidence we have...
Sri Lanka plans donor conference with China, India and Japan
02:05 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Sri Lanka plans donor conference with China, India and Japan
01:58 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Flood situation deteriorates in Brahmaputra river basin
01:20 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayFlood situation in Brahmaputra river basins including chars of four upazilas in the district deteriorated further as the water level of the river increased during the last 24 hours ending today's 9 am due to incessant rainfall and on rush of hilly waters from the upstream.
UK inflation rises to 9.1%, its highest rate in 40 years
01:20 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayUK inflation has risen further to 9.1%, the highest rate in 40 years amid the cost of living crisis...
Two more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi
12:48 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayTwo more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims passed away in Madina of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday...
Ex-Pakistan skipper Zaheer Abbas shifted to ICU
12:05 PM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayFormer Pakistani cricket captain Zaheer Abbas has been shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in the English capital, his family sources told Geo News Tuesday...
Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
11:42 AM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayAn earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds of people were injured and the toll was likely to rise as information trickled in from remote mountain villages...
Tevez named new manager of Rosario Central
11:37 AM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdayFormer Manchester United and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez was named as the new manager of Argentine club Rosario Central on Tuesday, a fortnight after confirming his retirement as a player...
Sri Lanka clinch Australia ODI series
11:19 AM, 22 Jun 2022 WednesdaySkipper Dasun Shanaka dedicated Sri Lanka's sensational series victory over Australia to the country's people as the island nation suffers its worst-ever economic crisis...
874 more Covid cases, 1 death recorded in 24 hrs
06:00 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 874 more Coronavirus cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,58,074 and the fatalities remain at 29,133. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a report on Tuesday...
Water levels in 68 rivers rise, 34 fall
05:51 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayWater levels at 68 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked a rise while 34 stations recorded a fall...
Protesters attack India Embassy yoga event in Maldives
05:42 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPolice in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said...
New sub-variant of Omicron found in Bangladesh
05:03 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayA new sub-variant of Coronavirus's Omicron variant has been detected in the country. A team of researchers at the genome center of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) detected the new sub-variat named BA.4/5. JUST assistant director (public relations) Abdur Rashid confirmed the matter to Jago News on Tuesday...
27 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:41 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayAs many as 27 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Flood situation deteriorates in Gaibandha
03:33 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayOverall flood situation in chars and river basin areas of the Brahmaputra river at four upazilas in Gaibandha deteriorated further as the river Brahmaputra marked rise more in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning at 9 am...
US import ban from Xinjiang takes effect
02:36 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayTough new US regulations on the import of goods from the Xinjiang region of China have come into effect...
Ericsson expects 5G subscriptions to cross 1 billion in 2022
01:53 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdaySwedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it expects global 5G mobile subscriptions to surpass 1 billion in 2022, helped by higher adoption in China and North America...