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Biden administration to unveil more climate policies

US President Joe Biden’s administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets on greenhouse gas

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Focus News

Bill to publish HSC results

Parliament has approved an amendment to the existing law to allow the government to publish the outcome of last year’s Higher Secondary Certificate exams. A gazette will be issued within the next

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U.N News

Biden apologises to National Guard troops

New York Times: President Joe Biden on Friday called the chief of the National Guard Bureau to apologise that troops who had been brought in to protect his inauguration were ordered to

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Nurse to get first COVID vaccine jab

bdnews24.com: Bangladesh is set to kick off its coronavirus vaccination campaign by inoculating a nurse. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually inaugurate the campaign on Jan 27, Health Secretary Abdul Mannan said

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Gifting homes to the homeless is the biggest festival: PM

bdnews24.com: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes the gifting of homes to the homeless and landless people of Bangladesh marks the biggest festival in Mujib Year, the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

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International

UK virus variant ‘may be deadlier’

The New York Times: For weeks, Britain has reported alarming coronavirus death numbers, hospitals have continued to fill up, and fears have risen that it will take months to control the spread

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Biden, Trudeau to meet next month

Canada’s Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden agreed to meet next month, the prime minister’s office said on Friday, following a call between the two leaders in which they vowed to

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Trump leaves White House

Reuters: Republican President Donald Trump left Washington on Wednesday ahead of Joe Biden’s swearing in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, with the Democrat assuming the helm of

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Biden to begin presidency with a sharp focus on immigration

Reuters: Within hours of being sworn in as president on Wednesday, Joe Biden will announce an immigration bill that would open a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the country

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Donald Trump Reaches End of His Presidency

Voice of America: Donald Trump boarded Air Force One for a final time as U.S. president Wednesday, headed for the southern state of Florida at the close of his four-year term. As

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