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Jill Biden: From teacher to US first lady
03:42 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayStanding in an empty classroom where she taught English in the 1990s, Jill Biden delivered an address at the Democratic Party's convention after her husband was officially named presidential candidate...
What the pandemic taught us about food imports from China
02:59 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayAs the pandemic compelled the world to look eastwards and into its deep dungeons, a new issue was boiling underneath the chaos; how safe is the food that is being imported from China...
India engaging with nations at strategic level in Indian Ocean: Navy Chief
02:42 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayIndia is actively engaging with nations at the strategic level in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) -- one of the most militarised regions -- under the ambit of government initiatives, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Friday...
Suspended DSCC councillor Irfan, bodyguard on 5-day remand
02:33 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayIrfan Selim, the suspended Dhaka South City Corporation councillor, and his bodyguard Md Zahid have been put on five-day remand in two cases...
Medical, dental students block Shahbagh
01:55 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundaySeveral hundred medical and dental college students blocked the key Shahbagh intersection to press home several demands. The protesters blocked the street around noon, halting vehicular movement...
PM declares BGB ‘three-dimensional force’
01:21 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a three-dimensional force after the induction of two helicopters, Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf, into it...
US election results: Five reasons Biden won
12:20 PM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayAfter nearly 50 years in public office, and a lifetime of presidential ambitions, Joe Biden has captured the White House. It was not the campaign anyone predicted. It took place amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic and unprecedented social unrest...
PM Hasina congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
10:41 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris. Biden, 77, beat Donald Trump in a heated election held last week to become the 46th president of the United States...
Voting begins in Myanmar’s general elections
10:19 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayMyanmar kicked off its multi-party general elections on Sunday as over 37 million eligible voters went to the polls across the country...
Kamala makes history as first woman of color elected US vice-president
09:11 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayKamala Harris has become vice-president-elect of the US, the first time in history that a woman, and a woman of color, has been elected to such a position in the White House...
Trump campaign files lawsuit over rejected vote claims in Arizona
08:52 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayRepublican President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had sued in Arizona, alleging that the Southwestern state’s most populous county incorrectly rejected votes cast on Election Day by some voters in the U.S. presidential race...
US Election 2020: Time for US to unite, President-elect Biden says
08:36 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayJoe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday's election...
Biden wins US presidency, vows to unify a deeply divided nation
08:26 AM, 08 Nov 2020 SundayDemocrat Joe Biden won the presidency on Saturday after a bitter election campaign and promised he would work to unify a deeply divided country, even as President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat...
Biden edges closer to win as Pennsylvania focus intensifies
09:36 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayThere was intense focus on Pennsylvania, where Biden led Trump by more than 28,000 votes, and Nevada, where Biden was up by about 22,000. The prolonged wait added to the anxiety of a nation facing historic challenges, including the surging coronavirus pandemic and deep political polarization...
Mashrafe to miss out on upcoming T20 league
09:13 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayBangladesh’s former captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who never formally retired from cricket, will miss out on the upcoming five-team T20 league starting later this month. A total of 113 cricketers are set to undergo a fitness this week. Mashrafe is not included in the list....
‘BNP’s politics on life support now’
08:15 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayBNP’s politics is on life support now as the party is facing an existential crisis after failing in the national election...
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
07:01 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayThe United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalising so-called “honour killings.”..
Rouhani urges next US gov’t to ‘return to commitments’
06:03 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayAs Joe Biden increasingly seems closer to victory in the United States presidential elections, President Hassan Rouhani has called on the next US administration to restart fulfilling commitments under the Iran nuclear deal...
Erdogan ousts central bank governor as lira slides
05:20 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan fired central bank governor Murat Uysal on Saturday and replaced him with ex-finance minister Naci Agbal, acting after a 30% plunge in the lira currency’s value to record lows this year, reports Reuters...
Bangladesh coronavirus: 13 more deaths reported, fresh cases 1289
05:01 PM, 07 Nov 2020 SaturdayBangladesh on Saturday recorded 1,289 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,18,774. Of the total patients, 3,36,568 recovered, with 1,541 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 11,419 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 24,29,842...