News Desk: With initiative and direction of city Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, the historical pond will get a bright and modern shape as the need-based infrastructural development works are going on in full swing at present. Side by side with renovation works of the pond and reshuffle of its water, walkway, mosque, open stage and information and communication technology library […]
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News Desk: FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Jan 29, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler on Thursday released preliminary earnings data for 2020 showing higher-than-expected operating profit in a year battered by the coronavirus pandemic. At 6.6 billion euros ($8.0 billion), profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) was up by around half on 2019’s figure and well above the group’s previous […]
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News Desk: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a “reset” in US-China relations, acknowledging that while the countries had “different views” on human rights, they should work together on climate action. Beijing has been pushing for greater global influence in a challenge to traditional US leadership. Tension between the two superpowers hit a boiling […]
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Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh joins the world today in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 pandemic with a robust stock of vaccine doses in hand. Of the south Asian countries, Bangladesh has the highest number of vaccines in hands — 70 lakh doses — after India. Covid-19 has already claimed more than 8,000 lives in the country and over 2.14 million in […]
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News Desk: The United States marked its return to the global fight against climate change yesterday by joining high level talks on ways to better protect people and economies from the effects of global warming already taking place. Less than a week after President Joe Biden announced the return of the United States to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, his […]
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News Desk: Boeing Co said on Friday (US standard time) it will begin delivering commercial aeroplanes capable of flying on 100 per cent biofuel by the end of the decade, calling reducing environmental damage from fossil fuels the “challenge of our lifetime.” Boeing’s goal – which requires advances to jet systems, raising fuel-blending requirements, and safety certification by global regulators […]
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News Desk: WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Donald Trump’s US Senate trial will begin in the second week of February, days after a fresh impeachment case against the former president is transmitted by the House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday. The newly announced schedule reflects a deal struck by Senate leaders to delay the substantive portion of […]
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Desk Report: University Grants Commission (UGC) has requested Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) to extend the deadline for 43rd BCS applications till March 31. The UGC sent a letter in this regard to Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) today, said a press release. In the letter, UGC said that all education institutions have been closed since March 18, 2020 following […]
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News Desk : The WHO’s assistant director-general Mariangela Simao said the UN health agency was working towards ensuring access to coronavirus jabs all around the world. “No one needs to panic, because you’re going to get a vaccine,” said Simao, the assistant DG for access to medicines, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. “We’ve been working very hard to ensure that all countries, […]
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News Desk : The relationship between treaty allies Seoul and Washington was at times deeply strained under Trump, who repeatedly excoriated the South for not paying enough towards the US troop presence in the country, demanding billions of dollars more. In his first year in power, Trump raised widespread alarm in the South by engaging in personal insults and threats […]
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