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WB signs $250m deal to help Bangladesh create better jobs

FBD Desk: The World Bank on Thursday signed a $250 million financing agreement to help Bangladesh create more and better jobs, recover faster from the COVID 19 pandemic and build

Don’t panic, you’ll get vaccine: WHO

GENEVA, Jan 21, 2021 (BSS/AFP): Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The

Biden to roll back Trump policies, remake US role in climate crisis

WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 2021 (BSS/AFP) : President Joe Biden committed the United States to rejoining the Paris climate accord, blocked an oil pipeline project and froze Arctic drilling in a

WHO grants ’emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

FBD Desk: The World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution. Britain launched

344 Nigerian schoolboys released after mass kidnapping

FBD Desk: More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more

Iran’s top nuclear scientist killed in assassination

International Desk A top nuclear scientist who “led Iran’s military nuclear program” was assassinated on Friday before it was shut down in the early 2000s, state television said.According to the