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US government to buy $1.0b worth of Merck's COVID-19 pill

US government to buy $1.0b worth of Merck's COVID-19 pill

-- 2021-11-09 19:40:17

The US government will buy another $1.0 billion worth of the COVID-19 pill made by Merck & Co Inc and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, the companies said on Tuesday. The government in June agre...

Hundreds of migrants stuck at Poland-Belarus border, more clashes feared

Hundreds of migrants stuck at Poland-Belarus border, more clashes feared

-- 2021-11-09 18:26:56

Hundreds of migrants shivered in freezing temperatures and huddled round campfires on the Belarusian border with Poland on Tuesday in front of razor wire fences and lines of Polish border guards block...

Facebook unblocks '#saltbae' after Vietnamese minister's golden steak

Facebook unblocks '#saltbae' after Vietnamese minister's golden steak

-- 2021-11-09 17:03:22

Facebook's parent company said on Tuesday it had unblocked the hashtag for celebrity chef Nusret Gokce's nickname '#saltbae', having found the tag had been blocked globally days after a video was post...

Sierra Leone tanker blast death toll jumps to 115

Sierra Leone tanker blast death toll jumps to 115

-- 2021-11-09 15:27:50

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone's capital has risen to 115, a health ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The ministry had previously said 99 people were killed when the...

Another World Cup to forget for Bangladesh

Another World Cup to forget for Bangladesh

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-09 14:39:46

Facing harsh reality during a World Cup has not been an unfamiliar experience for Bangladesh over the period of last two decades.  Performing poorly both as individuals and as a team turned mult...

Pakistan agrees one-month ceasefire with local Taliban

Pakistan agrees one-month ceasefire with local Taliban

-- 2021-11-09 14:28:39

Pakistan and local Taliban militants have agreed on a one-month ceasefire which may be extended if both sides agree, spokesmen said on Monday, opening the possibility of a fuller peace accord to help...

Nicaragua's Ortega wins controversial fourth term

Nicaragua's Ortega wins controversial fourth term

-- 2021-11-09 13:15:49

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega clinched a fourth consecutive term, results showed on Monday, after jailing political rivals ahead of a vote that prompted threats of sanctions from the United Stat...

Iran wants US assurances it will never ditch nuclear deal if revived

Iran wants US assurances it will never ditch nuclear deal if revived

-- 2021-11-09 12:34:30

Iran said on Monday that the United States should provide guarantees that it will not abandon Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers again, if talks to revive the agreement succeed, Reuters repo...

At least four dead after heavy rains in southern India

At least four dead after heavy rains in southern India

-- 2021-11-09 12:19:27

At least four people have died after heavy showers triggered severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The state's capital, Chennai, is severely affected as officials have e...

COP26 climate talks strive to save 1.5C warming goal

COP26 climate talks strive to save 1.5C warming goal

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-09 11:07:10

An overarching goal for the COP26 UN summit of “keeping alive” a 1.5-degree Celsius limit on global warming is in jeopardy, with deep splits about what would signal its demise. Global ave...

Thousands of New Zealanders protest against Covid rules

Thousands of New Zealanders protest against Covid rules

-- 2021-11-09 10:53:29

New Zealand beefed up security measures at its parliament on Tuesday as thousands of people gathered to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government lockdowns aimed at controlling the pand...

Global Covid cases cross 250m

Global Covid cases cross 250m

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-09 10:51:50

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 250 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case coun...

India end World Cup mission with a big win

India end World Cup mission with a big win

Abdullah Al Noman 2021-11-08 23:12:13

India beats Namibia by 9  wickets to finish their World Cup campaign with a dominating win over a moderate Namibian side. A stormy Rohit Sharma took over the Namibian bowling after he was d...

Taliban appoint members as 44 governors, police chiefs around Afghanistan

Taliban appoint members as 44 governors, police chiefs around Afghanistan

-- 2021-11-08 21:45:17

The Taliban appointed 44 of its members to key roles including provincial governors and police chiefs on Sunday, a key step in shoring up its governance as the country grapples with growing security a...

COP26 talks wade into climate finance as poor nations count cost

COP26 talks wade into climate finance as poor nations count cost

-- 2021-11-08 20:37:33

Former US president Barack Obama on Monday lent his backing to appeals for more help from those on the frontline of global warming, as developing and rich nations engage to try to end years of deadloc...

Less in performance, more in press conference

Less in performance, more in press conference

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-08 20:17:45

People of Bangladesh, regardless of class, gender, age or any other criteria, are cricket fanatics.  A garments worker, after all the hard work and overtime duty, sit in front of the TV to watch...

Scotland Cricket team: Brave-heart, cursed fate

Scotland Cricket team: Brave-heart, cursed fate

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-08 18:37:52

Scotland has a cricket history that goes a long way back. But somehow they were not an ICC member till 1992 and did not feature in a World Cup till 1999.  Their journey to the World Cup and thro...

India meet Namibia in the last game of Super 12

India meet Namibia in the last game of Super 12

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-08 17:38:50

The round of Super 12 comes to an end tonight with India facing Namibia in a dead-rubber of Group 2 in Dubai at 8.00 pm Bangladesh time.  Since the two teams from this group – Pakistan and...

US braces for surge of vaccinated international travellers as travel ban lifted

US braces for surge of vaccinated international travellers as travel ban lifted

-- 2021-11-08 14:48:35

The United States is expecting a flood of international visitors crossing its borders by air and by land on Monday after lifting travel restrictions for much of the world's population first imposed in...

Bangladesh will never veer off its road to development, says PM Hasina

Bangladesh will never veer off its road to development, says PM Hasina

-- 2021-11-08 12:55:49

Bangladesh has reached a ‘dignified position’ on the global stage and will continue to prosper while maintaining it, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, bdnews24.com reports. The holistic...

Shoaib Malik lead Pakistan to 5th consecutive victory

Shoaib Malik lead Pakistan to 5th consecutive victory

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-07 23:46:46

Pakistan secured a comfortable victory by a margin of 72 runs to make it five out of five for them as Scotland had to bid farewell empty-handed in Super 12.  In response to the target of 190, Sc...

Top 5 batsmen of World T20s

Top 5 batsmen of World T20s

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-07 19:39:38

There probably wouldn’t have been any T20 cricket without blistering batters. Electric batting combined with raining boundaries and extremely high-scoring affairs is what made T20 cricket exciti...

New Zealand through to semi-final as both India and Afghanistan exit the tournament

New Zealand through to semi-final as both India and Afghanistan exit the tournament

Abdullah Al Noman 2021-11-07 19:26:34

New Zealand thrashes Afghanistan with a massive 8 wicket victory. The Blackcaps wins a virtual quarterfinal against Afghanisthan in the most dominant way. They had to win this to secure their Semifin...

Can Scotland crack something against the spirited Pakistan?

Can Scotland crack something against the spirited Pakistan?

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-07 17:54:09

Two teams at the polar opposite spots in Group 2 are scheduled to face each other in Sharjah tonight at 8.00 pm Bangladesh time.  Pakistan look to make it five out of five whereas Scotland do no...

Auckland reaches target of 90pc for first COVID-19 vaccine doses

Auckland reaches target of 90pc for first COVID-19 vaccine doses

-- 2021-11-07 16:48:47

All three district health boards (DHS) in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland have crossed the 90 per cent threshold for the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a key milestone on the path to t...

Abu Dhabi to allow non-Muslim civil marriage

Abu Dhabi to allow non-Muslim civil marriage

-- 2021-11-07 16:47:42

Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce, and get joint child custody under civil law in Abu Dhabi according to a new decree issued on Sunday by its ruler, state news agency WAM said. It is the...

No room for error as New Zealand face Afghanistan

No room for error as New Zealand face Afghanistan

FE Sports Desk 2021-11-07 15:53:45

  Afghanistan have won the toss and opted to bat first. Kane Williamson: We were going to have a bat as well, it's a used surface. I think both sides have match winners and it's a mix of y...

Sydney to further ease Covid restrictions on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Sydney to further ease Covid restrictions on Monday as vaccinations pick up

-- 2021-11-07 14:32:17

Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of peopl...

Iraqi PM survives drone attack

Iraqi PM survives drone attack

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-07 10:45:46

A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early on Sunday in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said Kadhim...

Israel suggests US should open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem

Israel suggests US should open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem

-- 2021-11-07 09:58:41

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacts during a news conference with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (unseen) at the Government Press Office, (GPO) in Jerusale...