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17201. Bangladesh won’t face food crisis due to Ukraine war: MinisterPublished: July 12, 2022 16:43:37

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder believes Bangladesh has enough arable land and crop yields to ward off a potential food crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine. "The state has...


17202. Stocks drop post-Eid first sessionPublished: July 12, 2022 16:39:40

Stocks fell marginally on Tuesday, the first day after Eid holidays, as investors were mostly cautious amid growing macroeconomic worries. The market opened on a positive note and the key...


17203. ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়ায় তেলের ট্রেন লাইনচ্যুত, সিলেটের পথে রেল বন্ধPublished: July 12, 2022 15:34:28

ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়ার বিজয়নগর উপজেলায় তেলবাহী ট্রেনের বগি লাইনচ্যুত হওয়ার পর সিলেটের সঙ্গে ঢাকা ও চট্টগ্রামের রেল যোগযোগ বন্ধ হয়ে গেছে। মঙ্গলবার বেলা ১১টায় উপজেলার মুকুন্দপুর ও হরষপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশনের মাঝামাঝি স্থানে...


17204. Hong Kong needs to allow free travel to retain financial hub status, report saysPublished: July 12, 2022 15:15:44

Hong Kong needs to allow financial sector workers to travel freely in order to maintain its global investment and banking hub status, an industry report has said, as the city...


17205. Abdur Rouf Talukder joins Bangladesh Bank as governorPublished: July 12, 2022 14:38:03

Eight days after his predecessor left, former Senior Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder has joined Bangladesh Bank as its twelfth governor. Abdur Rouf arrived at the central bank headquarters by car...


17206. Mild heat wave sweeping Rajshahi, Nilphamari districtsPublished: July 12, 2022 14:35:02

A mild heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi and Nilphamari districts and it may continue, according to a bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) issued on Tuesday. However, it forecasted...


17207. Sri Lanka president's brother stopped from flying outPublished: July 12, 2022 14:08:40

Sri Lankan immigration officials said on Tuesday they prevented the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country, as anger rises against the powerful...


17208. Elderly man stabbed to death in DhakaPublished: July 12, 2022 14:01:30

An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by some local criminals at Jatrabari wholesale fish market in Dhaka on Monday. The deceased was identified as Ashrafur Rahman, a resident...


17209. কিভাবে নেবেন লেদার পণ্যের যত্নPublished: July 12, 2022 13:49:46

বিভিন্ন কাপড়ের পণ্যে বাজার ভরপুর থাকলেও লেদার বা চামড়ার তৈরি বিভিন্ন জিনিসের চাহিদা এখনো কমেনি বরং আরো বেড়েছে। শখের পণ্যের পাশাপাশি নিত্যপ্রয়োজনীয় জিনিস যেমন ব্যাগ, বেল্ট, ওয়ালেট, জুতো সবখানেই লেদার...


17210. New UK prime minister to be announced on Sept 5Published: July 12, 2022 13:02:43

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris...


17211. Asian stocks at lowest in two yearsPublished: July 12, 2022 12:30:00

Asian shares fell on Tuesday, weighed down by the prospect of further monetary policy tightening by central banks, China's renewed COVID outbreak and Europe’s energy shortage, which also left the...


17212. শ্রীলঙ্কার প্রেসিডেন্ট হতে চান বিরোধী দলের নেতা সাজিথ প্রেমাদাসাPublished: July 12, 2022 12:12:31

শ্রীলঙ্কার প্রধান বিরোধী দলের নেতা সাজিথ প্রেমাদাসা বলেছেন, গোটাবায়া রাজাপাকসে পদত্যাগ করলে তিনি প্রেসিডেন্ট পদে লড়তে আগ্রহী। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। তার দল সামাগি জন বালাভেগায়া (এসজেবি) প্রেসিডেন্ট পদে সাজিদের...


17213. Japanese horseradish farmers fear for future amid climate changePublished: July 12, 2022 11:54:19

Masahiro Hoshina, a Japanese farmer, starts worrying about typhoon season months before it begins, haunted by memories of the heavy rains and landslides that washed away wasabi farms during one...


17214. বরিস জনসনের পর ব্রিটিশ প্রধানমন্ত্রী কে, জানা যাবে ৫ সেপ্টেম্বরPublished: July 12, 2022 11:39:54

যুক্তরাজ্যের পরবর্তী প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও কনজারভেটিভদের নতুন নেতার নাম আগামী ৫ সেপ্টেম্বর ঘোষণা করা হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন ক্ষমতাসীন দলটির শীর্ষ কর্তারা।  তারা মূলধারার বাইরের প্রার্থীদের দ্রুত বাদ দিতে নেতা হওয়ার দৌড়ে...


17215. Stocks open mixed after Eid breakPublished: July 12, 2022 11:38:20

Stocks witnessed a mixed trend on Tuesday, after the Eid holidays, as investors were mostly cautious amid growing macroeconomic worries. After the first hour of trading, DSEX, the prime index...


17216. Unnerved Shanghai residents brave stifling heat for mass Covid testsPublished: July 12, 2022 11:27:49

Shanghai residents queued up in sweltering heat for compulsory mass testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday, as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in a city that is still recovering from the...


17217. Govt offices reopen after Eid vacationPublished: July 12, 2022 11:10:08

Government offices reopened in Bangladesh today (Tuesday) after a long Eid-ul-Azha vacation. This year, government officials enjoyed holidays from July 8 to July 11, with July 8 being a Friday....


17218. NASA releases Webb space telescope's first full-color image of distant galaxiesPublished: July 12, 2022 10:51:39

US President Joe Biden, pausing from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, on Monday released the debut photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - an...


17219. BTS documentary series, concert coming to Disney streaming servicesPublished: July 12, 2022 10:47:09

Walt Disney Co announced a deal on Monday that will bring a documentary series and concert featuring K-pop band BTS to the company's streaming services. The series will debut next...


17220. তৃতীয় পুলিশ লাইনস চায় সিএমপিPublished: July 12, 2022 10:43:20

কর্ণফুলীর নদীর তলদেশে বঙ্গবন্ধু টানেল, আনোয়ারা উপজেলায় গড়ে ওঠা কোরিয়ান ও চায়না ইপিজেড এবং বিমানবন্দর এলাকায় নিরাপত্তার প্রয়োজনে আরও একটি পুলিশ লাইনস করতে চাইছে চট্টগ্রাম মহানগর পুলিশ। কর্ণফুলী উপজেলায় চট্টগ্রাম...


17221. Rocket booster bursts into flames at SpaceX plant during test firingPublished: July 12, 2022 10:25:44

A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas, dealing a likely setback to Musk's...


17222. Japan readies sombre farewell to slain AbePublished: July 12, 2022 10:01:45

Japan on Tuesday prepared to bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarising figure who dominated Japanese politics for decades as the country's longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a...


17223. How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's governmentPublished: July 12, 2022 09:53:17

In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka's flagging protest movement....


17224. Euro drops to 20-year lowPublished: July 12, 2022 08:36:27

The euro slid to a 20-year low and came closer to parity against the dollar on Monday on concerns that an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession,...


17225. France's Prime Minister survives no-confidence votePublished: July 12, 2022 08:25:19

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday comfortably survived a motion of no-confidence brought against her by a broad alliance of left-wing opponents. An official vote count showed 146 lawmakers...


17226. Bus crushes autorickshaw in Chattogram leaving five deadPublished: July 11, 2022 22:39:17

At least five people have died after a bus rammed into an autorickshaw on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Patiya. The Chattogram-bound bus hit the autorickshaw from behind on the...


17227. Sri Lanka set to elect new president on July 20Published: July 11, 2022 21:00:04

Sri Lanka's parliament will reconvene on July 15 and a new president will be elected on July 20, the parliamentary speaker said on Monday, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to...


17228. Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all UkrainePublished: July 11, 2022 20:48:57

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow's influence in war-torn...


17229. Offices to reopen today after Eid vacation Published: July 11, 2022 20:12:21

Government offices, banks, share market, and private offices will resume tomorrow after the vacation of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, one of the major religious festivals of Muslim community.  This year, the...


17230. 9.95 million cattle sacrificed on Eid-ul-Azha Published: July 11, 2022 19:52:52

A total of 99,50,763 cattle have been sacrificed across the country on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha this year.   As many as 8,57,521 more cattle have been slaughtered this...


17231. The views of the frontrunners to succeed Johnson as UK PMPublished: July 11, 2022 19:30:40

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around...


17232. Three bikers killed in Manikganj road crashesPublished: July 11, 2022 19:00:01

Three bikers have been killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj district. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Al Amin, 45, Zubayer, 14, and Haji Mia,...


17233. কোরবানি হয়েছে প্রায় কোটি পশু, বেড়েছে ৯শতাংশPublished: July 11, 2022 17:53:26

এ বছর ঈদুল আজহার দিন সারা দেশে কোরবানি হয়েছে ৯৯ লাখ ৫০ হাজার ৭৬৩টি পশু, যা গতবারের তুলনায় ৯ শতাংশ বেশি।  ঈদের পরদিন সোমবার মৎস্য ও প্রাণিসম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়ের এক সংবাদ...


17234. Bangladesh logs 521 new Covid cases, three deathsPublished: July 11, 2022 17:41:14

Bangladesh has recorded 521 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,990,375. The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours...


17235. Dengue: Seven more hospitalised in DhakaPublished: July 11, 2022 17:36:29

Another seven dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning in Bangladesh. All the new patients were hospitalised in Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health...


17236. Ukraine aims to amass 'million-strong army' to recapture south: defence ministerPublished: July 11, 2022 17:26:59

Ukraine plans a "million-strong army" equipped with Nato weapons to retake the south of the country from occupying Russians, the defence minister says. Retaking the areas around the Black Sea...


17237. Seven dengue patients hospitalised in city Published: July 11, 2022 17:02:37

Another seven dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Monday morning in Bangladesh, reports UNB. All the new patients were hospitalised in Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General...


17238. Flood situation improving as water level of major rivers falls Published: July 11, 2022 16:56:32

Water levels at 18 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 79 stations recorded fall.   Among the 109 monitored river stations, three have...


17239. Pogba returns to Juventus after leaving Manchester UnitedPublished: July 11, 2022 16:54:47

Ten years after Paul Pogba left Manchester United to sign with Italian side Juventus on a free transfer, history repeated itself on Monday as the France midfielder bid farewell to...


17240. Bodies of all 17 found after Nigeria boat accident Published: July 11, 2022 16:49:33

Seventeen bodies have been recovered in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos after a boat accident that led to a frantic search for passengers, the inland waterways agency said.  The commuter boat...


17241. EU recommends second Covid booster for over-60sPublished: July 11, 2022 16:24:10

European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second Covid-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and hospitalisations across Europe. While the existing coronavirus vaccines...


17242. Rawhide prices skyrocket as supply fallsPublished: July 11, 2022 16:11:55

Traders in Lalbagh’s Posta, the biggest rawhide wholesale market in Bangladesh, have been buying rawhide from seasonal traders and middlemen at an elevated price as the supply has fallen more...


17243. আসিয়ানকে পরাশক্তিগুলোর ‘দাবার গুটি’ না হতে বলল চীন Published: July 11, 2022 16:03:03

ইন্দোনেশিয়ার রাজধানীতে দেওয়া এক নীতিনির্ধারণী বক্তব্যে চীনের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী ওয়াং ই দক্ষিণপূর্ব এশিয়ার দেশগুলোকে পরাশক্তিগুলোর ‘দাবার গুটি’ হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হওয়ার ব্যাপারে সতর্ক করেছেন।   ভূরাজনৈতিক নানা কারণে দক্ষিণপূর্ব এশিয়ার পরিস্থিতি বদলে যাওয়ার...


17244. Shinzo Abe security was flawed: Japan policePublished: July 11, 2022 15:59:08

Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday. "It...


17245. Aurthohin's ex-drummer Rumi Rahman passes away Published: July 11, 2022 15:54:07

Music band Aurthohin's ex-drummer Rumi Rahman passed away on Monday. He was 45.  He was also one of the founding members of the band and an integral part of its...


17246. China industry body cuts 2022 auto sales growth forecast to 3.0pcPublished: July 11, 2022 15:26:11

SHANGHAI, July 11 (Reuters): China's automobile industry association downgraded its 2022 sales forecast on Monday as anti-pandemic measures weighed on the economy and its car market, the world's largest. The...


17247. 6.6m mobile phone subscribers left Dhaka in the two days before Eid-ul-Azha  Published: July 11, 2022 15:15:24

Users of more than 6.6 million mobile phone connections have left the capital on the first two days of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, according to Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar....


17248. DSCC removes 9.5K tonnes of animal waste Published: July 11, 2022 15:10:16

Around 9,500 tonnes of the waste of sacrificial animals on the holy Eid-ul-Azha were removed from Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Sunday.  The DSCC cleared this massive amount of animal...


17249. Mild heat wave may sweep countryPublished: July 11, 2022 15:04:17

A mild heat wave may sweep across the country including  Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Panchagarh and Srimangal , according to weather office on Monday. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied...


17250. Tripura aims to export tea to BangladeshPublished: July 11, 2022 15:02:48

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has said the government will take necessary steps to export tea to Bangladesh because the state is producing quality tea.  “Steps would be taken to export...