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Published: 20 Jan 2021 01:57 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Jan 2021 01:57 PM BdST
Bangladesh has been largely successful in averting an economic crisis that arced around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. );
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“It was possible to retain economic stability during the pandemic through the government s special steps to counter the crisis,” Hasina said in parliament on Wednesday.
Her comments came as responses to questions from the Jatiya Party’s Rowshan Ara Mannan and Awami League’s Kazim Uddin.
According to a report from the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research, Bangladesh is on course to becoming the 25th largest economy in the world by 2035, thanks to the current pace of economic development.
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Three young Pakistani Christians are facing charges of blasphemy after it was alleged they had burned pages of the Quran.
Azeem Mehmood, Abbas Gulshan, and Irfan Saleem are facing allegations by local Muslims that they burned pages of Quran near the homes of believers with the intent to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims, Christian Post reports.
The arrests took place on Dec. 25 and Dec. 29, 2020.
Following a Christmas service, policeman arrived at the United Presbyterian Church to investigate a complaint of burned pages of the Quran.
Local Muslims near the church showed police an ash pile near the homes of some local believers. About 40 Christian homes are located near the church.
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The Canary Wharf development project, heavily backed by Chinese investors, is currently on hold, a victim of geopolitical uncertainties.
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): On Christmas Eve, in a nail-biting finale, the United Kingdom announced that it had negotiated a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, which met most of its requirements.
Taking effect on Jan 1, upon the expiry of the UK’s 11-month transition period out of the EU’s institutional framework, it is worth 660 billion pounds a year, the biggest trade deal ever signed by either party.
It gives the UK what the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had sought, namely, a “Canada plus plus” arrangement, which incorporates the main features of the EU-Canada trade deal of 2016, but without any of the quotas or tariffs imposed on some Canadian goods.