WHO warns of vaccine distrust

As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel coronavirus, a top WHO expert warned that public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic as global death toll from the virus topped 1.3 million yesterday.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Time will tell’

Donald Trump said Friday that “time will tell” if he remains president, in a momentary slip of his unprecedented refusal to concede his election defeat and help Democrat Joe Biden prepare to take power.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Dhaka, Delhi have multiple engagements next month

Bangladesh and India will draw up plans to take the Dhaka-Delhi relations to the next level expanding areas of cooperation between the two countries with a number of engagements next month, officials say.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Students build electric car from recycled materials

Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi teen wins prestigious global prize

A Bangladeshi teenager made an impassioned plea Friday for stronger global action against cyberbullying and online crime involving children as he received a prestigious global children’s award.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Supply 7 lakh tonnes of food grains to Bangladesh

Sir Robert Jackson, United Nations under secretary general and chief coordinator of the United Nations relief operations in Bangladesh, told
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UZ Chairman’s ‘misdeeds’: Govt offices ask DC to take action

All 18 government offices in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila have filed a complaint with the deputy commissioner about the upazila chairman’s alleged indecent and abusive behaviour to officers.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Blamed, shamed

If the public and legal channels through which a survivor can report rape are not gender-sensitive, the consequences can be disastrous.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Afghan forces capture ‘mastermind’ of Kabul university attack

Afghan forces have captured the “mastermind” of a brutal attack on Kabul University when militants stormed classrooms and gunned down dozens of students earlier this month, a top official said yesterday.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘No evidence’ of irregularities

There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the US election, officials said Thursday, as a top Democrat accused Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Jashore DC, SP, 8 other officials get threats

Ten top government officials in Jashore, including the deputy commissioner, the superintendent of police and the civil surgeon, have been asked to pay extortion money via phone calls and text messages.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi cop sued for raping woman

A policeman has been sued for allegedly raping a woman in Natore.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bulgaria will study 5-year plan

U Tin Thin, director, International Monetary Fund, Asia Department, calls on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Gono
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

G20 strikes historic debt pact to help poorer states hit by Covid

G20 countries have agreed for the first time on a common framework for restructuring government debt, in anticipation of the coronavirus crisis leaving some poorer nations struggling to pay and in need of relief.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Death toll in typhoon-hit Philippines rises to 27

The death toll in the typhoon-battered Philippines has risen to 27, an official said yesterday, after some of the worst flooding in years swamped villages and forced thousands to flee their homes.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Student Visa Applications: US embassy to resume process tomorrow

The US Embassy in Dhaka will accept appointments for new applicants for F, J, and M visas from tomorrow.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Civilian deaths in Ethiopia may be war crimes: UN

The UN rights chief yesterday called for a full inquiry into possible war crimes in Ethiopia after reports emerged of a massacre of civilians in the Tigray region.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump bans investment in firms that aid China’s military

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese firms deemed to be supplying or supporting Beijing’s military and security apparatus, earning a sharp rebuke from China.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Ex-AL MP Mohammad Ali passes away

Prof Mohammad Ali, former lawmaker of Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency, died at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital early yesterday. He was 76.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM

China says removal of Hong Kong lawmakers was ‘right medicine’

The ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong’s legislature was “the right medicine” for the city, China said, telling foreign governments the issue was none of their business.
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