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PM commissions five modern warships
02:29 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday commissioned Bangladesh Navy’s five modern warships -- BNS Umar Farooq, BNS Abu Ubaidah, BNS Prottasha, BNS Darshak and BNS Tallashi -- at Naval Berth-1 in Chattogram...
Bangladesh signs tripartite agreement for coronavirus vaccine
02:04 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayBangladesh has signed a tripartite agreement with the Serum Institute of India and Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, for coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford...
Biden rebuilding ‘blue wall’ in race for the White House
01:32 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayDemocrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan, and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path...
Police arrest 10 in Portland, 50 in New York on night after US vote
01:24 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayPolice in the city of Portland made arrests and seized fireworks, hammers and a rifle after late night demonstrations, as Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the state’s National Guard in response to “widespread violence” on the night after voting in the U.S. presidential election...
Global Covid-19 cases near 48 million
12:18 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe number of global coronavirus cases is approaching 48 million on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University...
Covid-19: New 4-week lockdown comes into force in England
11:07 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayA new four-week lockdown has begun in England, with people told to stay at home and non-essential shops, pubs and gyms ordered to close. The new rules ban households from mixing indoors or in private gardens, unless in a support bubble...
US SC may not have final say in presidential election, despite Trump threat
10:35 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayWhile President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said...
Coronavirus: Record 100,000 new Covid cases reported in US
09:59 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayThere were more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in the US on Wednesday - a record one-day increase...
US markets soar despite election uncertainty
09:26 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayUS stock markets have recorded their biggest post-election leap in decades despite continuing uncertainty over which candidate will win the race...
Trump opens lawsuits as path to victory narrows
08:46 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayDonald Trump and Joe Biden each claim to be winning the US presidential election, even as the final outcome hangs on a razor's edge and both sides ramp up for legal action...
Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
08:32 AM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayJoe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing President Donald Trump’s pathway to reelection. A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes...
Biden at 238 electoral votes, Trump at 213: US media
09:38 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayPresident Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States — and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs...
Bangladesh’s forex reserves may hit $50-bn mark by Dec 2021: Minister
08:48 PM, 04 Nov 2020 Wednesday“Hopefully, our foreign currency reserves will reach $50 billion within the next 14 months,” he told reporters while briefing them on the outcomes of a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday...
Shakib reclaims top spot of ODI allrounders
08:36 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayBangladesh stalwart Shakib Al Hasan reclaimed the top spot in the ICC ODI allrounder. ICC has updated the ranking after the ODI series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe...
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
06:52 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayIt was unclear when or how quickly a winner could be determined. A late burst of votes in Wisconsin gave Biden a small lead in the state, but it was still too early to call the race. Hundreds of thousands of votes were also outstanding in Michigan and Pennsylvania...
Paying Titas gas bill becomes easier through bKash
06:04 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayFrom now, customers having domestic connections of Titas Gas will be able to pay bills through bKash from anywhere, 24/7...
Pak govt to counter opposition's 'anti-state narrative' with full force
05:56 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to counter with full force what it claims to be the opposition's "anti-state narrative" at every forum and expose the corruption cases being faced by opposition members...
All four “squad” members win re-election to Congress
05:27 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayAll four members of the progressive “squad” of Democratic congresswomen have handily won re-election...
Mirza Abbas, Afroza Abbas catch Covid-19
05:13 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayBNP's standing committee member Mirza Abbas, and his wife Afroza Abbas, also president of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, have been infected with coronavirus...
Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths exceed 6000
04:53 PM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayThe number of deaths from coronavirus surpassed 6000 in Bangladesh on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, 21 more COVID-19 were recorded, taking the total to 6,004. During the period, the country also reported 1,517 more the virus cases. With this, a total of 4,14,164 people, so far, caught the virus in the country...