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Nationwide truck, covered van strike from Friday
02:52 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayTruck and covered van owners have called for a nationwide strike from Friday as the government raised the price of diesel at the retail level by Tk15 per litre. Md Majumder, General Secretary of Bangladesh Truck-Covered Van Owners’ Association, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday...
PM seeks ‘reset’ in Bangladesh-UK relations
12:52 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a "reset" in Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations as she addressed the British Parliament here. "Indeed, it is time for a 'reset' in Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations. We need to change the traditional lens we use to view our partnership," she said...
1 in 60 coronavirus patients died in the world in October
12:18 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayGlobal coronavirus infection rates are on the decline for the second consecutive month. A total of 12.9 mln cases were confirmed across the world in October, nearly three mln below the number in September, according to TASS estimates...
India cuts fuel taxes as prices hit record highs
12:08 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayIndia has cut the taxes paid by consumers on petrol and diesel after the surging cost of crude oil pushed fuel prices to record highs...
3 killed in pre-election violence in Narsingdi
09:58 AM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThree people were killed and thirty others injured in a clash between two groups centering the upcoming union parishad election at Nekzanpur village of Alokbali union in Narsingdi on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Amir Hosen, 45, Ashraful, 22 and Khushi Begum, 50...
Australia keens to help Bangladesh in building climate resilience
08:59 AM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayAustralia has shown its keen interest to help Bangladesh in building climate resilience and Rohingya repatriation. The Australian interest was extended while its Prime Minister Scott Morrison holding a bilateral meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina...
COP26 outcomes depend on Sheikh Hasina among 5 influential dealmakers: BBC
08:43 AM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayA BBC report has said that the outcomes of the COP26 Summit depend on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and four other such influential dealmakers, who have been tasked with committing the 197 countries to the changes...
COP26: 190 nations and organisations pledge to quit coal
08:28 AM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayMajor coal users including Poland, Vietnam and Chile are committing to shift away from the fossil fuel, in pledges made at the COP26 climate summit, the UK government says. Coal is the single biggest contributor to climate change...
Dravid appointed head coach of Team India
09:54 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayRahul Dravid was on Wednesday appointed the new head coach of the Indian men's cricket team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Cricket Advisory Committee...
Truck run over 3 workers in Nilphamari
09:27 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayThree workers were killed as a truck ran over them in Syedpur upazila of Nilphamari district on Wednesday evening...
China tennis star Peng says ex-vice premier forced her into sex
08:29 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayFormer world No.1 tennis doubles player Peng Shuai, one of China's biggest sporting stars, has publicly accused a former Chinese vice premier of forcing her into sex several years ago in a social media post that was later deleted...
Guptill brilliance helps NZ see off steely Scotland
07:54 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayNew Zealand gained two valuable points with a solid win over Scotland, who applied themselves better than they did in the first two Super 12 fixtures...
Covaxin gets WHO approval, finally
07:21 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe World Health Organization on Wednesday granted Covaxin an emergency use listing, or EUL, which means the 'made-in-India' vaccine will finally be recognised by other countries and Indians who received the shot need not self-quarantine or face restrictions when travelling abroad...
DU student rape: Court accepts charges against Mamun, acquits Nur
06:20 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayA court in Dhaka has acquitted former vice president (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur and four others in a case filed over the alleged rape of a Dhaka University student...
Govt records 256 new Covid cases, 7 deaths
05:46 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe government recorded 256 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,208 and fatalities rose to 27,880, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Iran says it thwarts US attempt to "steal" oil in Sea of Oman
05:24 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayIran's elite Revolutionary Guards foiled an attempt by the United States to "steal" the Islamic Republic's oil in the Sea of Oman, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday, saying the incident took place recently...
Indictment hearing in two cases against Khaleda Nov 17
04:48 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayA Dhaka court on Wednesday set November 17 for holding hearing on charge framing in two cases lodged against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for celebrating fake birthday on National Mourning Day and stigmatizing the War of Liberation by rehabilitating anti-liberation forces...
ByteDance founder steps down as chairman
04:17 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayByteDance co-founder Yiming Zhang has stepped down as the company's chairman and left the board, according to a person close to the matter...
'Weinstein would scream at me - "I didn't hire you to look ugly!"'
03:44 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdaySalma Hayek is dreadfully jetlagged, which is one of the perils of having homes around the world and frequently hopping between them...
Missing 4-year-old Cleo Smith found alive in Australia
02:50 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayA four-year-old girl missing for 18 days in a remote part of Western Australia has been found alive and well in a locked house, police have said.