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Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna attack
10:57 AM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayIslamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly attack in Vienna, in a statement issued through its Amaq News Agency along with a picture and video purporting to show the gunman...
Republicans and Democrats battle for control of Congress
09:52 AM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayAs well as the White House, Democrats and Republicans are in a crucial race for control of Congress. In the Senate, Democratic former governor John Hickenlooper has taken Colorado's seat from the Republican incumbent Cory Gardner...
Results show tight Trump-Biden race in key states
09:36 AM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayEarly results from the US presidential election between incumbent Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden show a tight race in a number of battleground states. Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in the potentially pivotal race of Florida with almost all votes counted...
Austrian police arrest 14 in manhunt after gunman’s deadly rampage
08:59 AM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayAustrian police raided 18 properties and arrested 14 people in a massive manhunt on Tuesday for possible accomplices of a convicted jihadist who shot dead four people and injured 22 others in a late-night rampage in the centre of Vienna...
Trump and Biden running neck-and-neck in vital battleground of Florida
08:27 AM, 04 Nov 2020 WednesdayPresident Donald Trump was narrowly leading Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida on Tuesday, while other competitive swing states that will help decide the election outcome...
Clash of two Americas could get worse before it gets better
09:51 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayBoth Democrats preached one nation, but the 2020 presidential election has exacerbated fractures of American society: a profound polarisation that veteran journalist Carl Bernstein referred to as a cold civil war...
Wall Street headed higher as investors bet on Biden win
07:59 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayWall Street was set to open higher on Tuesday as investors bet on a clear win for Joe Biden in the most polarised US presidential election in recent times...
ECNEC approves Tk 560cr project to protect Sirajganj from river erosion
06:44 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Taka 560.07 crore project to protect Singrabari, Patagram, Baoikhola areas under Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj district from the erosion of the Jamuna river...
These states could decide the US presidential election
05:30 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayThe US presidential election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either President Donald Trump, a Republican, or Democratic challenger Joe Biden...
Four disabled die in fatal road crash
04:47 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayFive people were killed and another was injured as a truck and an ambulance collided head-on in Kushtia district on Tuesday afternoon. Among the deceased, four were disabled people and the rest was driver of the ambulance, Islamic University Police Station officer in-charge Mostafizur Rahman said, adding that more details about the deceased could not be known immediately...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 17 more deaths, 1659 fresh cases
04:14 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayOf the total patients, 3,29,787 recovered, with 1,886 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 14,061 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 23,75,763...
Ivory Coast president scores landslide win
03:59 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayThe results have to be validated by the country’s constitutional council which will declare the final winner after hearing any challenges or complaints of irregularities...
Bangladesh hopeful of continuity over talks on economic ties with US
03:45 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayBangladesh is hopeful of continuity on discussion with the United States on strengthening economic ties as the election results are unlikely to have any impact on it...
Khamenei says Iran’s US policy not affected by who wins election
02:44 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the U.S. presidential election's result will not impact Tehran's policy towards Washington...
Fugitive killers of 4 nat’l leaders to be brought back: Home Minister
02:02 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said the fugitives killers of four national leaders will be brought back home and executed...
India records 38,310 new Covid cases, fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent
01:27 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayWith a spike of 38,310 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally crosses the 82.6 lakh mark, according to Ministry of Health...
Americans head to the polls after tumultuous campaign
12:58 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayAmericans head to the polls on Tuesday to conclude a bitter and divisive U.S. election campaign, as Republican President Donald Trump seeks to overcome...
Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months
12:30 PM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayThe Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to tourists on Sunday after a seven-month closure because of the ongoing pandemic. On the first day of reopening, 700-800 visitors entered the world's largest mangrove forest on 16-17 ships, the tour operators said...
In 2020 finale, Trump combative, Biden on offense
11:24 AM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayIn the closing hours of a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday delivering an incendiary but unsupported allegation that the election is rigged...
Global Covid-19 death toll exceeds 1.2 million
10:53 AM, 03 Nov 2020 TuesdayMore than 1.2 million people have died from Covid-19 in the world and 46.8 million people have been infected with the virus, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. The death toll from Covid-19 in the world reached 1,205, 221 while the total caseload surpassed 46,801,621 as of Tuesday morning...