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Govt pushing country towards “darkness”: BNP
07:37 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government is pushing the country towards “darkness by holding people hostage”...
Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges
07:12 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayKosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence from Serbia in the late 1990s, resigned on Thursday and will face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court based in The Hague, reports AP...
Mauritius road crash kills 4 Bangladeshis
06:17 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayFour Bangladeshi nationals were killed and 50 others injured in a road crash in the Pail area near Port Louise of Mauritius on Thursday morning. All the deceased Bangladeshis were workers of construction company Hybec Partner but details about their identities could not be known yet...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 17 more deaths, 1842 fresh cases
04:46 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday recorded 1,842 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,16,006. Of the total patients, 3,33,588 recovered, with 1,891 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 15,225 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 24,04,902...
China blocks travellers from virus-hit Britain, Belgium, Philippines
04:21 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayMainland China has barred entry to non-Chinese visitors from Britain, Belgium and the Philippines and demanded travellers from the United States, France and Germany present results of additional health tests, as coronavirus cases rise around the world, reports Reuters...
Indonesia falls into first recession in 22yrs
03:26 PM, 05 Nov 2020 ThursdayIndonesia has fallen into its first recession in 22 years as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take it toll...
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...