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Biden names John Kerry as presidential climate envoy
09:07 AM, 24 Nov 2020 TuesdayJohn F. Kerry, a former secretary of state, senator and Democratic presidential nominee, will lead the country’s reentry into global climate politics in a new role that will elevate climate change as a priority of President-elect Joe Biden...
Trump accepts transition to Biden must begin
08:34 AM, 24 Nov 2020 TuesdayDonald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must "do what needs to be done", even as he vowed to keep contesting his election defeat...
Committee formed to prepare list of martyred intellectuals of liberation war
05:34 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayThe Liberation War Affairs Ministry has formed a committee to prepare the list of martyred intellectuals who had sacrificed their lives on December 14, 1971 ahead of the victory day of the Independence War...
Netanyahu met MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia: Israeli media
04:19 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli media said...
Coronavirus: 28 die, 2419 infected, 2183 recover in 24 hours
03:55 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,416 as 28 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,419 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 449.760. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Dhaka’s polluted air makes Covid fight harder
03:03 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayDhaka, one of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked 3rd worst in the Air Quality Index on Monday morning. Dhaka had an AQI score of 185 at 09:02am and the air was classified as ‘unhealthy’...
Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine shows 70% protection
01:49 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayThe coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford stops 70% of people developing Covid symptoms, a large scale trial shows. It is both a triumph and a disappointment after vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna showed 95% protection...
US hopes to start virus vaccines in December as pandemic surges
12:38 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayThe United States hopes to begin coronavirus vaccinations in early December, a top government health official said Sunday, the latest positive news to emerge even as cases surge across the worst-hit nation and elsewhere around the globe...
When can actually Bangladesh avail of Covid-19 vaccine?
12:20 PM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayThe world has finally got two Covid-19 vaccines, which are said to be highly effective. Will the people of Bangladesh have access to those as fast as they expect? Experts say challenges are there!
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
11:39 AM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning...
Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote
11:19 AM, 23 Nov 2020 MondayA prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president's legal team a "national embarrassment". President Trump has refused to concede the election, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread electoral fraud.
HSBC appoints Kevin Green as its Country Head
09:50 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited has appointed Kevin Green as new country head of wholesale banking for HSBC Bangladesh...
Barca pain deepens as Pique, Roberto set for long layoffs
09:29 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayBarcelona were facing an injury crisis as well as a results crisis on Sunday after defenders Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto were ruled out for significant periods following injuries sustained in Saturday’s 1-0 La Liga defeat by Atletico Madrid...
France demands Pakistan ‘rectify’ Macron Nazi comment
09:00 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayFrance is demanding Pakistan withdraw comments made by one of its ministers that President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis treated Jews in World War II...
Monir to lose 200 plots if fraudulence found: RAJUK
08:23 PM, 22 Nov 2020 Sunday‘Golden Monir’ will be stripped of the ownership of 200 plots if the allegations of irregularities against him are proved, said Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Md Sayeed Noor Alam...
China seeks retrive first Moon rocks since 70s
08:04 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayChina is to make the first attempt to retrieve rocks from the Moon since the 1970s...
Ex-footballer Badal Roy dies of liver cancer
06:39 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayFormer national footballer Badal Roy died of liver cancer in a Dhaka hospital on Sunday evening. He breathed his last at around 5:35pm at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment...
'Golden Monir' placed on 18-day remand
04:58 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayBusinessman Monir Hossain, locally known as Golden Monir, has been placed on 18-day remand in three separate cases lodged with Badda Police Station in capital Dhaka...
Bangladesh reports 38 more deaths, 2060 new cases
04:11 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayBangladesh on Sunday recorded 2,060 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,47,343. Of the total patients, 3,62,428 recovered, with 2,076 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 13,870 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 26,49,072...
Fire in city building brought under control
03:49 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayA fire broke out in a residential building at Banani in capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon...