0 Bangladesh’s shipbuilding industry had been thriving for a decade before the pandemic hit, shutting down dockyards. But a recent spike in domestic orders is keeping the industry afloat and providing much-needed jobs. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Bangladesh #shipbuilding
0 Rapid urbanisation is increasing the demand for sand in Bangladesh, leaving livelihoods threatened and riverbeds ruined. Uncontrolled and often illegal extraction of sand and rocks from riverbeds is a long-standing problem and is putting surrounding farmlands at risk. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury spoke to farmers in the district of Sirajgonj, in north-central Bangladesh. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Bangladesh
The United States Congress has reconvened after it was thrown into chaos as pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, at the behest of the president. Legislators were meeting to confirm incoming President Joe Biden’s win, when protesters fought police. One woman was reportedly shot and died. Trump eventually told his supporters to go home but repeated baseless claims about winning the presidential election by a landslide. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC, the US. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #CapitolHill #DCProtests #StormTheCapital
0 North Korea’s leader has made a rare admission of failure. Speaking during the country’s largest political event, Kim Jong Un said its economic plan had failed significantly and acknowledged painful lessons have been learned. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul, South Korea. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #NorthKorea
0 Full relations would resume between Qatar and the four nations that had imposed a blockade on Doha, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Leaders from across the Gulf region have signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability, at a summit held to resolve the dispute that lasted three-and-a-half years. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade ties and put in place a land, sea and air blockade on Qatar in June 2017. Al Jazeera’s Jamal El Shayyal reports from Doha, Qatar. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check […]
0 Saudi Arabia is opening its land border to Qatar, a move that could lead to a resolution of the three-and-a-half-year diplomatic crisis that led to the blockade of the tiny Gulf state. The announcement on Monday came on the eve of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a diplomatic, trade and travel boycott on Qatar in June 2017, accusing Doha of supporting “terrorism” and having ties with Iran they said were too close. Qatar has repeatedly denied the allegations and said there was “no legitimate justification” for the severance of relations. Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal reports from Doha, Qatar. […]
0 No one has been held accountable for Qassem Soleimani’s assassination despite efforts by Iran to prosecute US President Donald Trump through Interpol. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari takes a look back at the assassination that plunged the region into crisis about a year ago. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #US #QassemSoleimani
0 The Cuban government formally ended its dual currency system on Friday, devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution that swept the late Fidel Castro to power. The government has set the exchange rate at 24 Cuban pesos to $1, and the convertible Cuban peso, known as the CUC, will be phased out completely by June, leaving the island with one currency for the first time in more than 20 years. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Cuba #currency
0 Britain’s coastal towns were at the forefront of political demands during trade negotiations with the European Union. Fishers had been promised they would take control of the seas around the United Kingdom. But the deal struck was not what they were expecting, and some say they feel betrayed. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Brixham in England’s South West. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Brexit #UK
0 The Cuban peso’s one-to-one exchange rate with the US dollar is to be devalued for the first time in more than 50 years. That will hurt the already struggling island country, where the economy is mostly state-owned. Families there also face tough sanctions enforced under US President Donald Trump. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports on how some people are getting creative in order to survive. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AljazeeraEnglish #Cuba #sanctions #US
