Another pandemic is certain to occur sooner or later, and it is not just a “theoretical risk” but an “epidemiological certainty,” according to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Speaking at the opening of the resumed Thirteenth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, Ghebreyesus highlighted the serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, warning ...

ASEAN must take “bold” steps to accelerate regional economic integration, according to the bloc’s Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, as escalating US tariffs disrupt global trade. Speaking at an investment conference in Kuala Lumpur, he emphasized that ASEAN nations, heavily reliant on the United States as their main export market, have been deeply affected by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Kao called ...

Two individuals including an elderly man died due to electrocution in separate incidents while cutting tree at two upazilas in Habiganj district. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Kalinagar village of Madhabpur upazila, where the elderly man died. Meanwhile, a young man died at Parajhar village of Chunarughat upazila on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that Bangladesh has ‘crazy ideas’ that could change the world. “There are good business opportunities in Bangladesh which can create opportunities not only for Bangladesh, but for the whole world. Though microfinance once started in a small village of the country, it has now become the biggest business in America.” Prof Yunus made ...

Police arrested 72 additional individuals in connection with vandalism and looting during anti-Israel protests that occurred in several cities on Monday. These arrests were made over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people detained to 121 over the past two days. The latest arrests include 33 in Khulna, 19 in Sylhet, five in Chattogram, and four each ...

Former Member of Parliament from the then ruling Awami League and chairman of Bengal Group, Morshed Alam, has been arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was detained on Tuesday night from the Gulshan area of the capital. Deputy Commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, Muhammad Tabibur Rahman, confirmed the detention and ...

The Duke of Sussex was “singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment” in a decision to downgrade the level of security he receives in the UK, the Court of Appeal has heard. Prince Harry is making his latest legal challenge after the High Court upheld the decision that he should not be provided with the same level of police ...

Is washing ourselves very frequently necessary? Some experts believe that everyday showering is based more on a “social contract” than actual need. A few years ago, I stopped taking daily showers. Pandemic-induced work from home, moving in with a partner who showered less than me and pure, middle-age laziness pushed me to abandon an almost three-decades-long habit: So long as ...

The government approved separate proposals for procuring some 1.20 crore liters of soybean oil and 10,000 metric tons of lentils to meet the growing demand for the country at the total cost of Tk 280.14 crore. The approvals came from the 14th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase in this year held on Tuesday (April 8) at ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) said there is no security threat over the celebration of the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1432. “There was no security threat over the celebration of the Pahela Baishakh,” he said while briefing newsmen about the outcome of the meeting on law and order over the ...