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Globally, Covid reduced life expectancy by 1.6 years: research
Mar 12, 2024According to a significant study released on Tuesday, Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people globally to drop by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic—a more serious loss than previously believed.... -
Next Bangladesh budget will be encouraging for private sector: Finance Minister
Mar 10, 2024Today, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali expressed confidence that the private sector would find the 2019 national budget encouraging and expressed hope that the economic growth momentum would continue in the direction of reaching the... -
WFP and MoDMR Sign MoU to Enhance Humanitarian Operations on Bhasan Char
Mar 6, 2024In an effort to improve humanitarian operations for the Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char Island, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of Bangladesh have inked two... -
Israel says to allow worshippers access to Al-Aqsa in Ramadan as in ‘previous years’
Mar 6, 2024The prime minister’s office announced on Tuesday that Israel will permit the same number of Muslim worshippers to enter Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque during the first week of Ramadan as it has in the past. “In the first... -
Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups
Mar 5, 2024According to two rights groups on Tuesday, Iran carried out a “staggering” total of at least 834 executions last year—the highest number since 2015—as the death penalty increased in the Islamic republic. Iran has executed more... -
Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan’s prime minister for second time
Mar 3, 2024Sunday saw the election of Shehbaz Sharif to the office of prime minister of Pakistan for a second term. He will lead a fragile coalition that has excluded supporters of imprisoned opposition leader Imran Khan. Three... -
Navalny’s Moscow funeral takes place under shadow of repression
Mar 1, 2024Alexei Navalny, the leader of the late Russian opposition, will have his funeral on Friday in Moscow. Those who wish to attend the funeral will have to risk being arrested. Two weeks have passed since Navalny... -
Bailey Road restaurant fire kills at least 43 people
Mar 1, 2024Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen told reporters that at least 43 people have died as a result of the horrific fire that started overnight at a restaurant on Bailey Road, and 22 more are receiving treatment... -
Famine ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, warns WFP
Feb 28, 2024As Israel continues to wage war on the Palestinian organization Hamas, the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday that famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian organization has been permitted to give supplies since... -
Poverty, inequality, food insecurity rise in urban areas: Sanem
Feb 26, 2024According to the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem), the twin shocks of the coronavirus epidemic and price spiral have caused food security to diminish, inequality to increase, and poverty to rise in Bangladesh over...
