The over the counter sale of antibiotics will have to be stopped to resist the antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh, experts said. They said the antimicrobial resistance has turned into alarming in the country which may affect the human health seriously here. The experts came up with the statement while addressing a seminar titled ‘Antimicrobial resistance problem; together we resist it’ ...

Russia on Saturday denounced a $60 price cap on its oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, even as Ukraine suggested it was not tough enough and might have to be revisited. “We will not accept this price cap,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told domestic news agencies, adding that Russia, the world’s second-largest crude exporter, was “analysing” the move. ...

Jewellers have raised the price of gold by Tk 3,033 to Tk 87, 247 per bhori (11.664 grams) due to a hike in the price of the precious metal on the international market. Standing committee on pricing and price monitoring of Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a meeting held on Saturday. The price of 22-carat gold is ...

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Friday. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a change in tone just months after he said that the ...

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has called on International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and major maritime partners to strengthen their support for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiatives towards a greener maritime industry in Bangladesh by 2050. “In order to transition to a greener maritime industry, Bangladesh, Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) require financial, technological, ...

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned Thursday that the chance of global growth dropping below two per cent — last seen during the coronavirus outbreak and the global financial crisis of 2009 — is increasing as major economies slow. Her comments come as the world’s biggest economies grapple with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which sent food and energy ...

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 15 cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,434 and caseload to 2,036,612, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.79 percent from Thursday’s 0.45 percent as 1,894 samples were tested. The ...

The majority of Muslims are living in the areas of England and Wales with the worst levels of deprivation, the UK Office for National Statistics revealed on Wednesday. Muslims now account for 6.5 percent of the population in England and Wales, some 3.9 million in 2021, according to the latest ONS census, reports Arab News. However, the data showed 61 ...

A weeklong special vaccination campaign against the coronavirus began today across the country, with the aim of inoculating 90 lakh people with a booster shot of the jab. According to health ministry sources, the special vaccination campaign will be held to mark the country’s great victory month. As per the plan, the vaccination campaign will continue until December 7. According ...

Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves have dwindled to $33.86 billion as the central bank continues to sell dollars to the banks with the demand for the greenback running high. The Bangladesh Bank sold $71 million to the banks on Wednesday, said its spokesman Abul Kalam Azad. The selling of dollars by the central bank in the first five months of this ...