BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government has restarted an “old game of setting trap to eliminate BNP”.
Day: November 14, 2020
21 new dengue cases hospitalised in 24 hours in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is recording an increasing number of dengue cases over the past weeks with 21 patients hospitalised in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning. Nineteen of these new cases were reported from Dhaka.
BNP trying to take revenge on people: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that the BNP is again trying to take revenge by burning people after voters rejected the party in the election.
Brazil struggle to beat Venezuela without Neymar
SAO PAULO – Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino scored the crucial goal as Brazil laboured to a 1-0 win over a well organized but limited Venezuela in their World Cup qualifier on Friday. Firmino broke the deadlock on 66 minutes in…
Sports can refrain youth from terrorism, drug abuse: Khaleque
KHULNA – Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque stressed the need for regular sports exercise for good health, saying sports can refrain the new generation from drug abuse and terrorism. “Bangladesh have reached a new height globally through…
US Republican Party’s Soul in Danger as Trump Hijacks GOP
By Ameen Izzadeen COLOMBO, Nov 13 2020 (IPS) – What has happened to the Republican Party? Picking Donald Trump in 2016 as the Republican candidate, giving him victory in primary after primary and later tolerating his idiosyncrasies and unpredictably dangerous…
2nd phase of Women’s Football to begin from Nov. 20
DHAKA- The second phase of the Tricotex Women’s Football League will begin from November 20 at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamlapur. On the day, Begum Anwara Sporting Club will take on league leader Bashundhara…
Salahuddin praises booters performance
DHAKA- Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin today praised the performance of the players who snatched a magnificent 2-0 win over Nepal in the first match of the ‘Mujib Barsho’ FIFA International Friendly series on Friday evening. “Actually…
Trump Is Gone, But Trumpism Remains
By Roberto Savio ROME, Nov 11 2020 (IPS) – Now it is clear that Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. It is unlikely that Donald Trump’s legal manoeuvring will change the election results, as when a…
Renaissance frontman Naquib Khan tests positive for COVID-19
Dhaka, November 14 – Naquib Khan, renowned singer-composer-songwriter and founding frontman of pop band Renaissance, have tested positive for COVID-19.
On the Coming Decline and Fall of the US Empire?
By Prof. Johan Galtung Paper written in 2015 1. Definitions and Hypotheses: An Overview Definition: An empire is a transborder Center-Periphery system, in macro-space and in macro-time, with a culture legitimizing a structure of unequal exchange between center and periphery:
Can Trump win with ‘fantasy’ electors bid? State GOP says no
Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some…
Al Qaeda 2nd-in-command killed in Iran by Israeli operatives
Al Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday citing intelligence officials.
Crusade on cyberbullying brings Sadat Children’s Peace Prize
Dhaka, Nov 14 – Sadat Rahman, 17, from Bangladesh has won the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020. The award was presented to Sadat on Friday by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony in the Netherlands.
Mother demands arrest of all involved in Raihan’s killing
The mother of Sylhet youth Raihan Ahmed has demanded the arrest of everyone involved in killing her son and removing the evidence of murder.
COVID-19: Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Lanka, Pak to coordinate
Xinhua/UNB, Nov. 14 – Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have vowed to strengthen information sharing and coordination of policies and actions to cope with the impact of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 1531 new cases, 14 deaths in a day
Dhaka, November 14 – Bangladesh recorded 1,531 new coronavirus cases and 14 deaths in 24 hours until Saturday morning amid apprehensions about a second deadly wave of Covid-19 this winter.