Bangladesh
  • Infection: 1,572,501
  • Death: 27,922

Source: IEDCR

World
  • Infection: 253,089,559
  • Death: 5,098,179

Source: Johns Hopkins University

Dhaka South City Corporation workers felled a banyan tree at Eskaton Garden on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The authorities need to fell four trees at the site to expand a waste management facility. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Post-Glasgow, thoughts on Bangladesh

Now that COP26 is over, the world will wait to see if the earth becomes a safer place for us and the generations to come

Andrew Ross Sorkin, left, interviews Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex during the DealBook Online Summit in Manhattan on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021.  The New York Times

For Meghan, an image rendered in a UK-US split screen

Meghan has re-emerged in America as a formidable A-list celebrity and social activist; in Britain, however, she remains a polarising figure.

It’s been a familiar and infuriating story during the pandemic: Hours waiting for an agent only to have the call dropped. The ordeal of rescheduling cancelled flights. Delayed refunds. What gives? The New York Times

Why airline customer service still can’t keep up

Hours waiting for an agent only to have the call dropped, ordeal of rescheduling cancelled flights and delayed refunds were a familiar, infuriating story during the pandemic

Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group D - France v Kazakhstan - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - November 13, 2021 France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Mbappe eyes place in history

Five weeks before his 23rd birthday, Mbappe has scored 23 international goals from 52 caps

Ruins in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where the Islamic State group ruled from for three years before being driven out, June 3, 2018. A number of towns, including Raqqa, were reduced to little more than rubble during the US air campaign against the Islamic State militants in northern Syria. The New York Times

How the US hid an airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria

The Baghuz strike was never publicly acknowledged by the US, and there was no inquiry into the attack, despite concerns over a secretive commando force

Migrants check out camping gear at the Zhdanovichi market in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday, Nov 13, 2021. The New York Times

Belarusians took them to EU border, supplied wire cutters: migrants

Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping them get to the border

Puppeteers operating the 12-foot-tall puppet Amal, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee on a journey to find her mother, in a performance of “The Walk” in Calais, France, Oct 17, 2021. Amal trekked from Turkey to Britain to find her mother. In a politically divided continent, were any minds changed? (Elliott Verdier/The New York Times). 

A refugee puppet looks for home

In “The Walk,” a 12-foot tall, 9-year-old Syrian girl named Amal treks from Turkey to Britain to find her mother

A worker applies a reflective coating on the roof of the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, on Oct 6, 2021. Painted rooftops reflect the heat instead of absorbing it, reducing the need for air-conditioning and cutting greenhouse gases. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

How ‘cool roofs’ can help fight climate change

Painted rooftops reflect the heat instead of absorbing it, reducing the need for air-conditioning and cutting greenhouse gases

Anne Lebouef, a school nurse, at Johnson Bayou High School in Cameron Parish, La, Nov 4, 2021. The New York Times

School nurses battle COVID-19 and angry parents

School nurses, who were already stretched thin before the pandemic, say that they are overworked and overwhelmed

  • Krishna Barman, a wheelchair-bound man with walking disabilities from Manikganj, faced difficulties returning home after his treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. A relative pushed the wheelchair while the helper of a driver carried him onto a bus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Krishna Barman, a wheelchair-bound man with walking disabilities from Manikganj, faced difficulties returning home after his treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. A relative pushed the wheelchair while the helper of a driver carried him onto a bus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen speaks at a press conference on the preparations for the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ministerial conference, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen speaks at a press conference on the preparations for the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ministerial conference, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen speaks at a press conference on the preparations for the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ministerial conference, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen speaks at a press conference on the preparations for the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ministerial conference, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Students leave Dr Khastagir Government Girls’ High School centre in Chattogram after the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, as the tests begin nine months behind the expected time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Suman Babu

    Students leave Dr Khastagir Government Girls’ High School centre in Chattogram after the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, as the tests begin nine months behind the expected time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Suman Babu

  • A teacher checks the body temperature of students at the entrance to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar High School centre in Dhaka before the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. They also had to sanitise their hands before entering the centre. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A teacher checks the body temperature of students at the entrance to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar High School centre in Dhaka before the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. They also had to sanitise their hands before entering the centre. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Parents and relatives carrying umbrellas wait for students outside Dhanmondi Government Boys’ High School in Dhaka amid rains during the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, as the tests begin nine months behind the expected time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Parents and relatives carrying umbrellas wait for students outside Dhanmondi Government Boys’ High School in Dhaka amid rains during the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, as the tests begin nine months behind the expected time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • SSC candidates and their parents throng the entrance of Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School ahead of the first exam on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    SSC candidates and their parents throng the entrance of Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School ahead of the first exam on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Students enter Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School centre to sit for SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, following health rules amid the pandemic. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Students enter Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School centre to sit for SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, following health rules amid the pandemic. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Authorities measure the students’ body temperature and give them hand sanitisers before they enter Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School to sit for SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, amid the pandemic. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Authorities measure the students’ body temperature and give them hand sanitisers before they enter Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School to sit for SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, amid the pandemic. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Students take SSC exams at Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Students take SSC exams at Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Students take SSC exams at Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Students take SSC exams at Dhaka’s Motijheel Government Boys’ High School on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Authorities measure the body temperature of students before letting them into SSC exam halls at Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Authorities measure the body temperature of students before letting them into SSC exam halls at Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • SSC candidates wait in front of the Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College to sit for their first test on a drizzly morning on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    SSC candidates wait in front of the Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College to sit for their first test on a drizzly morning on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • SSC candidates revise their lessons before entering the Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College to sit for their exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    SSC candidates revise their lessons before entering the Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College to sit for their exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Students enter an SSC test centre at Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Students enter an SSC test centre at Sher-E-Bangla Government Boys' High School and College on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Guardians of SSC candidates flock to the Azimpur Government Girls’ School and College after the first exam on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Guardians of SSC candidates flock to the Azimpur Government Girls’ School and College after the first exam on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Education Minister Dipu Moni visits Motijheel Government Boys’ High School centre over the start of the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

    Education Minister Dipu Moni visits Motijheel Government Boys’ High School centre over the start of the SSC exams on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home to Bangladesh on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, at the end of a two-week trip to the United Kingdom and France. Photo: PID

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home to Bangladesh on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, at the end of a two-week trip to the United Kingdom and France. Photo: PID

  • A BRTA mobile court carries out a drive at Dhaka’s Kalabagan on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, to look into complaints about bus authorities claiming more fares than agreed upon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A BRTA mobile court carries out a drive at Dhaka’s Kalabagan on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, to look into complaints about bus authorities claiming more fares than agreed upon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A BRTA mobile court carries out a drive at Dhaka’s Kalabagan on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, to look into complaints about bus authorities claiming more fares than agreed upon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A BRTA mobile court carries out a drive at Dhaka’s Kalabagan on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, to look into complaints about bus authorities claiming more fares than agreed upon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Dhaka residents experience mild rains throughout Saturday, Nov 13, 2021, ahead of winter. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Dhaka residents experience mild rains throughout Saturday, Nov 13, 2021, ahead of winter. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Shopping carts are parked at the Big Bazaar retail store in Mumbai June 9, 2012. Six months after the government backtracked on plans to allow foreign retail giants such as Wal-Mart Stores and Carrefour to form joint ventures, cash-starved domestic chains are selling assets, shutting stores, and scaling back expansion plans. Picture taken June 9, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS)

India's Future seeks to bolster case against Amazon

Amazon has successfully used the tie-up to block Future's attempted sale of retail assets to rival Reliance for $3.4 billion

Family members mourned Maisam Rajabi, a 15-year-old boy killed in a mosque bombing in Kandahar.

The string of IS attacks that killed
3 generations of an Afghan family

Over two weeks, the Rajabis suffered loss after loss as suicide attacks on Shiite mosques in two parts of the country ravaged their family

What's next for Britney?

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