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Travel, trade may resume within a week to Qatar, says UAE
09:32 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayArab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a United States-backed deal, but restoring diplomatic ties requires more time as parties work to rebuild trust, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said on Thursday...
Why Mr Bean, Borat ready to retire
08:41 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayNothing lasts for ever. In time the trees will wither, the seas will boil and the mountains will crumble to dust. And nothing reinforces the ephemeral cruelty of the universe like the news that Rowan Atkinson doesn’t want to be Mr Bean any more...
Tigers batting coach Lewis arrives in Bangladesh
08:29 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayJon Lewis, the newly appointed batting coach of the national cricket team today arrived in Bangladesh to join the national team set-up...
Bangladesh to host U19 Women’s World Cup in December
08:23 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Women’s wing has started the process of selecting talented female cricketers from the grassroots level in full swing as part of their initiative to form a strong Under-19 team...
PM refreshes vows against graft for expedited development process
08:15 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her vows for tougher and continued crusade against corruption for expedited development pace and sought the countrymen’s vigil against any impediment to upset the nation’s journey forward...
Bangladesh reports 31 more coronavirus deaths
07:54 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThirty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,718. During the period, 1,007 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,19,905, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Trump says his term is ending, transition will be orderly
07:43 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayTrump added, “While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”..
US considering adding Alibaba, Tencent to China investment ban
07:39 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe Trump administration is considering adding tech giants Alibaba and Tencent to a blacklist of firms allegedly owned or controlled by the Chinese military, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday...
US Congress certifies Biden as next president, Harris as VP
03:04 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayAfter a chaotic day of protest and violence, Congress has certified Democrats Joe Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States. The action finalises the 2020 US electoral process and makes clear that Biden will be inaugurated as president...
Washington DC Mayor extends public emergency for 15 days
01:53 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe mayor of Washington, D.C. extended the city’s public emergency for 15 more days on Wednesday night in response to the chaotic pro-Trump protests that erupted inside the U.S. Capitol earlier in the day...
Sourav Ganguly discharged from hospital
01:24 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayFormer India captain and the current Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly was finally discharged from the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday...
PM to address nation this evening
01:09 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation in today’s evening marking the second anniversary of her current government. State-owned Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television will simultaneously broadcast the Prime Minister’s address from 7:30pm...
Felani killing: Long wait for justice yet to end
12:11 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThey have made their all-out efforts to get justice despite their limitations but the long wait of the parents of Felani is yet to end...
2 top White House officials resign after Capitol violence
12:02 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayTwo top aides to first lady Melania Trump resigned on Wednesday in the wake of violence on Capitol Hill, and more top White House officials were considering resigning, including national security adviser Robert O’Brien and his deputy, Matthew Pottinger, sources familiar with the matter said...
4 dead after Trump supporters storm US Capitol
11:14 AM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayFour people died during violent pro-Trump protests at the U.S. Capitol, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday night. One woman was shot inside the Capitol, and three others died after suffering "medical emergencies," police said...
US Capitol: World leaders react to ‘horrifying’ scenes in Washington
09:32 AM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayWorld leaders have condemned the violent scenes in Washington, where rioters supporting US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building...
Biden blasts Trump supporters’ ‘siege’ of Capitol
09:08 AM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayUS President-elect Joe Biden has blasted the "insurrection" of pro-Trump supporters who stormed the US Congress in a riot that saw a woman shot dead...
Trump blocked from Twitter for 12 hours after appeal to rioters
08:50 AM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayDonald Trump has been suspended from Twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the US Capitol...
Trump supporters storm US Capitol, with 1 killed and tear gas fired
08:22 AM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayAs President Trump told a sprawling crowd outside the White House that they should never accept defeat, hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol...
Bangladesh economy is in good shape: Kamal
10:01 PM, 06 Jan 2021 WednesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday reiterated that the economy of Bangladesh is in good shape as it is getting more dynamic and stronger day by day and there is no mismatch or distortion in the economy...