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COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
11:22 AM, 02 Nov 2021 TuesdayMore than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit's first major deal. Brazil - where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down - will be among the signatories on Tuesday. The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) of public and private funds...
PM asks developed nations to submit plans to cut emissions
09:55 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the developed countries to submit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with their obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement and implement those to cut carbon emissions to negate climate change impacts...
Youth sued for 'raping' schoolgirl
09:18 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayA young man has been accused of raping a seventh grader in Sadar upazila of Khulna district...
Bangladesh PM joins world leaders for 'last, best hope' climate summit
08:44 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday joined the world leaders in UK’s Glasgow for what is dubbed as “last, best hope” climate summit against the backdrop of growing worries about the fate of the planet earth...
Thailand, Australia, Israel ease travel curbs
08:40 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayThailand, Australia and Israel eased international border restrictions significantly on Monday for the first time in 18 months, offering a broad test of demand for travel worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic...
Shakib's absence obviously a big loss for us: Domingo
07:21 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayBangladesh head coach Russell Domingo admitted that his side would face a tough challenge to bring a balance to the squad due to the absence of ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup due to his hamstring injury...
146 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:44 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayAs many as 146 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Monday morning...
Tottenham sack Nuno after four months
05:37 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayTottenham have sacked manager Nuno Espirito Santo after only four months in charge following Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United...
Govt records 214 new Covid cases, 2 deaths
05:17 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayThe government recorded 214 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,69,753 and fatalities rose to 27,870, the health directorate said in a press release on Monday...
Barclays boss steps down over Epstein inquiry
04:21 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayBritish multinational universal bank Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has stepped down following an investigation into how he described his links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...
New Zealand beat India by eight wickets
04:03 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayIndia's hopes at the Men's T20 World Cup are hanging by a thread after New Zealand inflicted a second successive miserable defeat on the pre-tournament favourites...
Thailand reopens to vaccinated tourists from over 60 nations
01:43 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayTens of thousands of travellers are expected to arrive in Thailand today as the country reopens to tourists after 18 months of Covid restrictions...
‘Vax’ declared Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year
01:21 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayVax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)...
Vaccination of students aged 12-17 begins
12:11 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayThe coronavirus vaccination of the school students aged between 12 to 17 years has begun in the capital. Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni jointly inaugurated the vaccination programme at Motijheel Ideal School and College on Monday morning...
PM to address COP26 summit today
12:04 PM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Glasgow, the port city of Scotland, on Sunday afternoon on a two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France to attend the COP26 world leaders' summit and other high-level events...
French president says Australian PM lied over submarine deal
10:05 AM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said Australia's PM Scott Morrison lied to him about a scrapped submarine deal...
G20 pledge climate action but make few commitments
09:23 AM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayThe leaders of the world's richest economies have agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming with "meaningful and effective actions"...
Climate change: Extreme weather events are ‘the new norm’
08:57 AM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayExtreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation...
Man with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire
08:35 AM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayA man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said...
White House press secretary Psaki says she has COVID-19
08:24 AM, 01 Nov 2021 MondayWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has contracted COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms...