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AL always stands beside people during disaster: PM
01:04 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Awami League (AL) always stands beside the people during any disaster. "In government or opposition, wherever AL remains, its leaders and activists always stand beside the countrymen and work for them. During cyclone, flood or any other disaster...
Former Barca forward Eto'o pleads guilty to £3.2m tax fraud
12:39 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayFormer Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o has pleaded guilty to a £3.2m tax fraud relating to his image rights while playing for Barcelona...
Tesla sued by former employees over 'mass layoff'
12:09 PM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayFormer Tesla Inc employees have filed a lawsuit against the US electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a "mass layoff" violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of the job cuts...
PM inspects flood situation in Sylhet, Netrokona, Sunamganj
11:26 AM, 21 Jun 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inspected the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, and adjacent areas. The premier witnessed the flood situation for herself as the helicopter carrying her hovered maintaining "low fly mode"...
Govt appoints Abdul Muhith as Bangladesh envoy to UN
05:43 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayThe government has appointed Muhammad Abdul Muhith as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York...
Covid in Bangladesh: 1 dies, 873 infected
04:54 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,132 in Bangladesh as 1 more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 873 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,957,200. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
PM to brief media on Wednesday
03:45 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday morning. The press meet will begin at 11am on Wednesday (June 22) at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), in the capital, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS today. The Prime Minister is set to open the much-hyped Padma Bridge on June 25 next and inspect the flood-hit Sylhet, Netrokona and Sunamganj districts tomorrow...
Flood situation deteriorates further in Brahmaputra basin
03:30 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayFlood situation deteriorated further in the Brahmaputra basin due to rise in water levels of major rivers inundating fresh areas following onrush of water from upstream in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today. Officials said around two-lakh people of low-lying and char areas have been marooned in several northern districts...
Chinese envoy calls PM’s decision over Padma Bridge extra-courageous
02:54 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayChinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming has called extra-courageous Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s decision to go ahead with Padma Bridge project with domestic financing amid overseas funding debacle...
Ukraine war: Russia becomes China’s biggest oil supplier
02:34 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayRussia has become China's biggest supplier of oil as the country sold discounted crude to Beijing amid sanctions over the Ukraine war. Imports of Russian oil rose by 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May, displacing Saudi Arabia as China's biggest provider...
Brahmaputra, Ghagot cross danger level in Gaibandha
02:23 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayWater level of the Brahmaputra and the Ghagot, two mighty rivers in Gaibandha, crossed its danger mark on Monday morning inundating the river basin areas including char ones...
Light to moderate rain likely
01:10 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes may occur at different parts of the country...
2 Rohingyas killed as covered van hits auto-rickshaw
12:40 PM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayTwo Rohingya people were killed and four others injured as a covered van hit an auto-rickshaw on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway at Techchibridge area in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning...
Ukraine warns of Russian escalation during EU bid
11:53 AM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russia will intensify its attacks on his country in the coming days, as Kyiv awaits news on its bid to join the EU...
Macron loses majority as French vote fragments
11:26 AM, 20 Jun 2022 MondayLess than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron has lost control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by a left alliance and the far right. He had called on voters to deliver a solid majority. But his centrist coalition lost dozens of seats in an election that has left French politics fragmented...
West Indies beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in 1st Test
09:53 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayWest Indies went up 1-0 in the two-match series, beating Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first Test on Sunday at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua...
Sterling is Chelsea's key summer target
09:48 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayChelsea are targeting Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling as their major summer signing...
Flood situation continues to worsen in northeastern, northern Bangladesh
09:23 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayThe flood situation is continuing to worsen in the northeastern and northern regions of the country as the water levels of all major rivers are gradually rising. "As all major rivers of the country are in a rising trend...
Hijab row: Petitions filed by students in limbo in India top court
08:46 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayAppeals filed in India's Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab is not an essential practice in Islam has been in limbo for several months...
Dhaka-Sylhet train service resumes
07:48 PM, 19 Jun 2022 SundayTrain services between Dhaka and Sylhet resumed as flood water started receding in most of the areas of the district...