The global economy is heading towards a “recession” which will affect not only large economies but also small economies, including countries like Bangladesh, said an independent think-tank on Tuesday. Tensions over the maritime space could be “accelerated” as there is increased Indo-Pacific “competition and uncertainty” over the Pacific island waters, it said. Sharing its “security insight,” Bangladesh Institute of Peace ...

After lighting up football’s biggest stages, Cristiano Ronaldo faces a very different reality in Saudi Arabia with smaller stadiums and less exalted teams — and some very high temperatures. Ronaldo, 37, says he’s embracing the “challenge” of the Saudi Pro League, a step into the unknown for a player who is more used to Real Madrid’s heaving Santiago Bernabeu stadium or the “Theatre of ...

The 27th National Deworming Week is set to begin on January 22 in 44 districts across the country. “Under first phase of the weeklong campaign, 2.60 crore children of primary and secondary level will be administered deworming tablets,” Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told a press briefing at his ...

Ashraful Hossain Alom alias Hero Alom has filed two writ petitions with the High Court seeking its directive to allow him as an independent candidate for the upcoming by-elections to Bogura-4 and Bogura-6 constituencies. In his petitions, Hero Alom prayed on Monday to the HC to direct the EC to accept his nomination papers and allow him to contest the elections ...

The Pandemic got us thinking about how anything may happen at any moment, anywhere, without our knowledge. The same is true for modern art. Indian and Western artists today speak a common language that produces high-quality work, as Picasso once stated, “Art cleanses the dust of our innermost souls.” Artists from various nations including France, America, Africa and India shall ...

A young man was killed in a road accident in Nabab road area in Sylhet city on Monday morning. The dead was Hriday Ahmed, 25, son of Abdus Shahid, a resident of Bagbari Narsingtila area of the city. Witnesses said Hriday was returning house riding on a motorcycle in the morning. On the way, a micro bus from the opposite ...

India’s cricket board said Monday it sold the media rights for the Women’s Indian Premier League for $116.7 million to Viacom18 for the next five seasons. The rights for the men’s IPL sold for $6.2 billion for five seasons last year. Media giant Viacom18 bought the streaming rights. The money-spinning Twenty20 tournament is set to add a women’s event to the men’s ...

Credit Suisse could slash more than 10 percent of its investment banking staff in Europe, the Financial Times newspaper reported, with the beleaguered Swiss lender declining to comment Monday. Switzerland’s second-biggest bank “already let hundreds of staff go in London and Zurich last month”, the British financial daily reported on Saturday. The Zurich-based bank declined to comment when contacted by ...

The health experts at a roundtable on Monday have emphasized on strengthening preventive measures and community health services to fight against the Non Communicable Diseases including hypertension and diabetes in the country. They came up with the recommendation while speaking at a national roundtable discussion titled “Hypertension, CVD and Diabetes: Actions Towards Upcoming 5th Health Sector Programme” organized by Eminence ...

New movies like “Plane” and “House Party” were no match for “Avatar: The Way of Water” and the killer doll horror “M3GAN” at the box office this weekend. The two holdovers topped the charts again according to studio estimates Sunday. In first place for the fifth weekend in a row was James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequel, which added an estimated $31.1 ...