January2024
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Death toll from Japan quake rises above 200: government
Jan 10, 2024The death toll from a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan climbed to 202 on Tuesday with 565 confirmed injured, according to government figures. The number of people unaccounted for fell to 102 from 120 earlier... -
President appoints Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister
Jan 10, 2024Sheikh Hasina was named prime minister by President Mohammed Shahabuddin today, the Cabinet Division announced in a gazette statement. “In accordance with clause (3) of Article 56 of the Bangladesh Constitution, the President of the People’s... -
Former Cabinet Secretary Kabir Bin Anwar Joins Bangladesh Awami League
Jan 10, 2024On January 10, on the auspicious occasion of the Father of the Nation's Homecoming Day, Mr. Kabir Bin Anwar, the former Cabinet Secretary, formally joined the Awami League with the affection of Sheikh Hasina, the party... -
Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passes away
Jan 10, 2024Ustad Rashid Khan, a master of music, passed away. He was fifty-five. The musician, who had been fighting cancer, passed away at a Kolkata-based hospital on Tuesday. The renowned Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan Sahab, the creator... -
FIFA president Infantino hails ‘true legend’ Franz Beckenbauer
Jan 10, 2024FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday hailed Franz Beckenbauer as a “true legend”, after the German football star died at the age of 78. Infantino called Beckenbauer “a legend of German and world football” on social... -
Qatar under pressure in Asian Cup defence after abrupt Queiroz axing
Jan 9, 2024Qatar go into the Asian Cup starting on Friday as hosts and holders but the shock axing of Carlos Queiroz as coach last month has thrown their title defence into serious question. Prior to that, the... -
Disney introduces a deaf Native superhero amid the ‘woke’ controversy
Jan 9, 2024Can a prosthetic-legged, deaf Native American superhero revitalize Disney’s Marvel franchise, only weeks after the company’s CEO seemed to be criticizing his filmmakers for putting message before narrative? The story of Maya Lopez, a fierce former... -
Blinken discusses Israel normalisation in tented Saudi talks
Jan 9, 2024Following discussions in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the latest stop on a trip aimed at calming a region agitated by the Israel-Hamas conflict, US senior diplomat Antony Blinken stated that there was “clear interest” in pursuing... -
Elon Musk denies rumors that he uses drugs
Jan 9, 2024Elon Musk, the millionaire American who founded SpaceX and Tesla, refuted reports in the past that he takes narcotics. “After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at NASA’s request, to do 3 years of random... -
iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines flight
Jan 9, 2024That’s what’s known as “airplane mode”—an iPhone that fell 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines aircraft and landed with the battery just halfway charged and not even a crack in the screen. On Friday,...
