December2021

The death toll from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano explosion increased to 34 on Tuesday, according to the national disaster agency, as relief was sent to the damaged area. According to the agency’s spokesman Abdul Muhari, seventeen...

Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early promise when...

During a visit to Washington on Monday, Malala Yousafzai, a human rights activist who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012, urged for increased US support for Afghan girls and women. “Afghanistan is currently the...

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees in the United Kingdom and the United States have sued Facebook, alleging that the social media giant aided the spread of anti-Rohingya hate speech. They are seeking more than $150 billion (£113...

China has vowed retaliation in response to a proposed US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Zhao Lijian, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry, said the country would take “decisive counter-measures,” but did...

Vice President Prosper Bazombanza said 38 people died in a massive fire that ripped through an overcrowded jail in Burundi on Tuesday. He told reporters that another 69 persons were critically injured in the fire at...

Saudi Arabia signed deals with Oman valued at $30 billion, state media said Tuesday, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began a tour of Gulf Arab countries, including former rival Qatar. Saudi and Omani companies “signed...

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, a member of the British parliament and granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been named the country’s shadow economic secretary. “After nearly six years as Shadow Early Years Minister, I’m delighted to...

With President Barack Obama in the audience, Stevie Wonder performed at a star-studded event honoring Motown founder Berry Gordy, folk artist Joni Mitchell, and other recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, one of America’s highest art...

On December 12, the Foreign Ministry will commemorate ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ here and in all Bangladesh embassies throughout the world. The 12th of December will be marked as Digital Bangladesh Day 2021, with a week-long celebration...