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Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
03:40 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAustralia's energy minister has urged households in New South Wales - a state that includes the country's biggest city Sydney - to switch off their lights in the face of an energy crisis...
UK embassy staff allege Taliban beatings and torture in Afghanistan
03:00 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayMore than 100 men who worked at the British embassy in Afghanistan remain in the country, with some telling the BBC they have been beaten and tortured...
AR Rahman recalls the darkest phase of his life
02:19 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayIndia’s Oscar-winner AR Rahman lost his father RK Shekhar when he was just nine. Shekhar was a popular musician and music conductor who worked with some of the leading composers of south cinema...
Southern region won’t be neglected anymore for Padma Bridge: PM
01:38 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that her government is working to ensure people’s overall development, saying southern region of the country wouldn’t remain neglected anymore as the much-awaited Padma Bridge is set to open on June 25...
Dhaka-M’singh rail link suspended due to train derailment
01:07 PM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayRail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh remained suspended since Thursday morning as four bogies of a train derailed near Rajendrapur railway station in Gazipur. Joydebpur Railway Police Sub Inspector Md Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Air Force officer injured in capital road accident dies
11:54 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayAn officer of the Bangladesh Air Force, who was injured in a road accident in the capital on Wednesday morning, has passed away...
US sending $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine
11:25 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies provide longer-range weapons they say can make a difference in a fight where Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and outgunned by their Russian invaders...
N. Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against Covid
10:23 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayNorth Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic on Thursday, potentially adding to strains on the isolated country's healthcare system which is battling an unprecedented COVID-19 wave...
Xi Jinping reasserts support for Russia on security issues
09:21 AM, 16 Jun 2022 ThursdayChinese President Xi Jinping reasserted his country’s support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, state media said...
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...