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Aung San Suu Kyi's party returns to power
11:46 AM, 13 Nov 2020 FridayAung San Suu Kyi’s party will return to power for another five year term after securing a widely predicted victory in what is the country’s second general election since the end of full military rule, reports The Guardian...
US election officials reject Trump's fraud claims
11:21 AM, 13 Nov 2020 FridayUS federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history", rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud claims. "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised," the committee announced, reports BBC...
AL's Habib wins Dhaka-18 by-polls
09:05 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayAwami League candidate Mohammad Habib Hasan has won the by-polls to Dhaka-18 constituency. Unofficial results showed that he secured 75,820 votes to beat near rival BNP candidate SM Zahangir Hossain who got 5,369 votes. Returning officer GM Sahatab Uddin has announced the unofficial results...
Turkey warns Armenia against breaking Nagorno-Karabakh truce
08:52 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayDays after a peace deal over Nagorno-Karabakh was reached, Turkey has warned Armenia it will have to bear consequences if it violates the ceasefire...
Stand beside underprivileged people: PM
07:17 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the affluent section of society to stand beside the neglected and underprivileged people...
Nine buses set on fire in Dhaka
06:11 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayFirefighters extinguished the flames of seven vehicles, while locals and pedestrians put out the fire of two other buses. Officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room Russell Ahmed said the first bus was torched in front of the Madhumita Cinema hall at 12:35pm. The second one was set afire beside the Pir Yamini Market at 1:30pm...
Adhan recited in in Nagorno-Karabakh after 28yrs
05:18 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe Muslim call to prayer, known as the adhan, was heard Wednesday in Nagorno-Karabakh's symbolic city of Shusha for the first time in nearly three decades...
Bangladesh reports 13 more deaths, 1845 new cases
05:05 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday recorded 1,845 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,27,198. Of the total patients, 3,44,868 recovered, with 1,737 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 17,112 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 24,84,688...
Govt extends educational institutions shutdown
04:09 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe government has extended the closure of educational institutions to December 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Education on Thursday issued a handout in this regard. All educational institutions were shut since March 17 following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus...
China says HK opposition walkout is open challenge
03:51 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayChina's government has condemned the mass resignation of most of Hong Kong's opposition as a "farce" and an "open challenge" to its authority...
Businesses should get ready for more volatility in the Chinese yuan, regulator says
03:19 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayChina’s foreign exchange regulator told businesses Friday to prepare for more volatility in the yuan. The Chinese currency, also known as the renminbi, strengthened roughly 1% this week against the U.S. dollar to levels not seen since July 2018...
Court frames charges against Prothom Alo editor, 8 others
12:39 PM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayA Dhaka court has framed charges against Prothom Alo’s editor Matiur Rahman and eight others in a case filed over the death of Nayeemul Abrar, a ninth grader students of Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC)...
UK death toll from Covid-19 passes 50,000
11:57 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe UK’s Covid-19 death toll has surpassed 50,000, government figures have revealed, as the nation struggles to deal with a deadly second wave...
Death penalty fails to deter rapes
10:52 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe government's recent move to send rapists to the gallows seems to have done little to instil fear in the perpetrators of the horrific crime against women. In fact, crimes of sexual assaults and violence, particularly rapes, against women and children are rising in the country with each passing day...
YouTube back up after worldwide outage
10:03 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayYouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google, said late on Wednesday it had fixed a glitch that led to a worldwide outage of the video-streaming service...
Muslim woman becomes India’s first millionaire on popular TV show
09:29 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayDelhi-based communications professional Nazia Nasim on Wednesday night became the first Muslim woman in India to get the maiden ‘crorepati’ title in this season's popular TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati...
By-polls in Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 underway
09:01 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe by-elections to two parliamentary constituencies - Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 is underway. The voting began from 8am and that will continue till 4pm on Thursday without any break. Eight candidates from six political parties including Awami League and BNP are contesting in these two seats...
Biden’s win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted
08:34 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayPresident Donald Trump's efforts to deny the outcome of the 2020 election cannot change an undeniable reality: Joe Biden won decisively, and his lead nationally and in key states has grown over time as more votes have been counted...
Coronavirus: New York imposes measures in ‘last chance’ against new wave
08:18 AM, 12 Nov 2020 ThursdayNew York has introduced new restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning it was the city's "last chance" to stop a second wave...
Those responsible for ASP Anisul’s death to be punished: Minister
09:42 PM, 11 Nov 2020 WednesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said those responsible for the death of Barishal Metropolitan Police’s (BMP’s) Senior ASP Anisul Karim Shipon will be brought to justice...