Star Ballroom Dance Studio opened in 1990, and its website has many photos from previous Lunar New Year celebrations, showing people smiling and dancing in party clothes in its large, brightly lit ballroom. Most of its patrons are middle-aged or elderly, although children also attend youth dance classes, according to a teacher at the studio, […]
opening day In Bangkok, Iconsiam, an upscale shopping mall with outlets of luxury goods giant LVMH’s Louis Vuitton and Prada, is running an “Eternal Prosperity” campaign for the Lunar New Year, designed to drive traffic by 10% to 15% Yes, said Managing Director Supose Chaivatsirikul. He said the campaign would include red lanterns, cash-back offers […]
A YouGov poll published in December showed two-thirds of Britons supported the nurses’ strike. A majority of those surveyed said the government is most to blame for the action and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could suffer if the disruption lasts until 2023. Mick Lynch, head of the RMT rail union, said the government was satisfied […]
Inflation continues to decline in Bangladesh, rising to 8.71 percent in December after rising to 8.85 percent in the previous month. This means the consumer price index fell for the fourth consecutive month after peaking at 9.52 per cent in August, the highest in a decade.
In addition, a “bushfire” of Covid infections expected in the coming months is likely to further impact its economy this year and drag down both regional and global growth, said Georgieva, who spoke on IMF trade late last month. Had traveled to China. “I was in China last week, in a bubble in a city […]
Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor, Benedict. Francis presided over a Mass at St Peter’s Basilica as the body of Benedict, who died on Saturday at the age of […]
365 citizens have called the national helpline 999 to complain about the sound of firecrackers during New Year celebrations. Authorities received 160 calls in Dhaka, where newly introduced metro rail services were suspended for two hours on Sunday morning due to sky lanterns falling on tracks and power lines. Abdus Sattar, an inspector with the […]
“Today Croatia joined the Schengen area and the Eurozone, two huge achievements for the youngest member state of the European Union and both reached on the same day. So indeed, it is a day for the history books.” Plenkovic and von der Leyen later visited the capital Zagreb where they bought coffee at a cafe […]
data under test China’s sudden U-turn on COVID controls – as well as the accuracy of its case and death toll figures – have come under increasing scrutiny both at home and abroad. The rise in cases has raised new concerns about the health of the economy and in his first public remarks since the […]
Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Kader on behalf of the ruling party has congratulated the countrymen as people in Bangladesh celebrated the New Year on Sunday midnight like other countries of the world. Welcoming the new year 2023, Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Kader on Sunday exchanged views with officials of the Roads and […]
As the new year ushered in Russia’s Far East regions, the Russian leader delivered his traditional midnight speech while standing among soldiers fighting in Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies. London was meanwhile welcoming crowds to its official New Year’s Eve fireworks display, as around 100,000 ticket holders were expected to attend the spectacle for […]
Amidst all the uncertainties, we learned to deal with life in our own way. See how we juxtaposed education and work? We resorted to online education and work: it has given us the confidence to be ourselves. We have become more confident, flexible and optimistic. At the stroke of midnight, it is customary to toast […]
