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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.
AL pays tributes to four slain national leaders
02:25 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe ruling Awami League and its associate bodies today paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four slain national leaders on the occasion of Jail Killing Day...
89.24% fail DU “Ka” unit admission test
01:03 PM, 03 Nov 2021 Wednesday89.24% of the candidates have failed the undergraduate admission test of “Ka” unit of Dhaka University (DU), under its Science Faculty, for the 2020-21 academic session. DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman announced the result at Professor Abdul Matin virtual classroom on the campus at 12:30pm on Wednesday...
Bangladeshi-origin Shahana elected to NYC Council as first Muslim woman
12:46 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayIn New York City, a global beacon that draws a diverse population from all over the world, the City Council has never had a person of South Asian descent - or a Muslim woman - among its membership...
10 dead in Colombian mudslide caused by heavy rains
12:03 PM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayTen people died after a mudslide caused by heavy rains in southwest Colombia engulfed a hotel Tuesday, rescuers said. Nine people were pulled out alive, two of them in serious condition.
Major emitters pledge violation intensifies vulnerable nations’ danger: PM
11:38 AM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the non-delivery of promised funds by major carbon emitting developed countries exposed climate vulnerable poorer nations to a state of more helplessness...
World has to share responsibilities of climate migrants: PM
11:03 AM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the world would have to share the responsibilities of the climate migrants, as she addressed the Scottish Parliament here at an event titled “Call for Climate Prosperity”...
Sheikh Hasina meets Boris Johnson
09:12 AM, 03 Nov 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hold a bilateral meeting with her British counterpart Boris Johnson. During the meeting, they had discussion on various issues including bilateral matter...