Country’s economy is currently confronting multiple serious challenges. International sanctions, trade barriers and tighter investment restrictions are already affecting the country’s exports and investment climate. At the same time, persistent inflation, slowing economic growth and rising debt pressures are adding further strain. Economists warn that these combined risks are weakening the foundations of the economy and stress the need for ...

The Conservatives plan to intensify their attacks on Reform’s economic policy as they gear up for a fight to the death between the two big parties of the right, a battle brought to new levels of acrimony by Robert Jenrick’s defection. While Jenrick, the former shadow justice secretary, insisted he was “uniting the right” in signing up to Reform, Kemi ...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years, reports AFP. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership” with China, turning the page on years of diplomatic spats, retaliatory ...

In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue. The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned. NASA cancelled its first spacewalk of the year because of the health issue. The space agency did ...

Authorities in Russia have detained the chief doctor and acting head of the intensive care unit at a Siberian maternity hospital after nine newborn babies died in just a few days earlier this month, investigators said on Wednesday. The deaths have provoked widespread shock and anger in Russia, where standards of medical care can vary vastly from world-class in major ...

On the ground floor of the safeguarded enveloped Bay’s Edgewater building, resides a gallery home to emerging artists trying to solidify their aims of becoming the next generation of Ranabi or Kanak Chanpa Chakma. The gallery breathes life into the quiet aspirations of painters, sculptors, and mixed-media creators who yearn not just for recognition, but for resonance-art that reflects in ...

Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Friday said that campaigning in favor of a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum is a collective obligation for the state. She made the remarks while answering journalists’ questions after a discussion with district- and divisional-level health officials in Sylhet on the referendum. “Citizens do not need to understand the constitution or ...

Barcelona booked their place in Copa del Rey quarter-finals with a 2–0 win over second-division leaders Racing Santander on Thursday, sealing the win with two second-half goals after a stubborn contest at El Sardinero. The breakthrough arrived in the 66th minute when Ferran Torres expertly timed his run to stay onside, collected a precise through ball and calmly rounded goalkeeper ...

The government of Kuwait has lifted its ban on the import of all types of frozen poultry meat, meat products, and eggs from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait confirmed the development on Thursday (15 Jan). According to the embassy, the Kuwaiti authorities have withdrawn the previous restrictions that had been imposed on the import of frozen chicken meat, meat-based ...

A new political platform, Network for People’s Action (NPA), was formally launched on Friday at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, marking the start of its activities. One of the platform’s key founders, former Dhaka University student Mir Huzaifa Al Mamduh, said that NPA will be guided by a 101-member central council. He announced the names of 99 members, with the ...