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…
The country bids goodbye to the year 2022 forgetting all the obstacles and sorrows of the past and welcomes 2023 with new hopes at midnight today through various programs along with the global community. When the clock strikes 12 in the night, jovial people, especially the youth, will engage in various New Year events. In…
Others expressed hope that the new year would usher in a return to China’s pre-pandemic life. “I lived and worked under COVID until 2022… I hope in 2023 everything can be back to what it was before 2020,” said a user based in the neighboring province of Jiangsu. Wuhan In the Chinese city of Wuhan,…
The UN health agency said in a statement: “WHO again called on WHO to regularly share specific and real-time data on the epidemiological situation – including more genetic sequencing data, hospitalizations, intensive care Includes data on disease impact including unit admissions and deaths.” , It also sought data on vaccination, particularly among vulnerable people including…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Saturday that Russia’s victory in Ukraine was “inevitable” in a New Year message to troops, as Moscow’s military campaign entered its 11th month. “In the coming year, I would like to wish everyone good health, patience, reliable and devoted comrades… Like the New Year, our victory is inevitable,”…