A total of 2,82,679 children of under-five age group will be fed Vitamin A Plus capsules on June 18 in seven upazilas of the district during the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign 2023.Civil surgeon of the district Dr. KM Shafikuzzaman disclosed this information to the journalists at a press conference, held in the conference room […]

As the ECB prepares to raise rates again, there is no respite in sight. The European Central Bank will almost certainly deliver another interest rate hike on Thursday, pressing ahead with its fight against inflation even as the eurozone slides into a recession.Analysts predict that ECB policymakers will copy May’s move and again raise borrowing […]

Saudi announces investment deals at Arab-China summit. Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday billions of dollars in investment deals between China and the Arab world, on the first day of the China-Arab business conference in Riyadh.The meeting comes amid growing commercial and diplomatic ties between Beijing and Middle Eastern countries, including a recent landmark Chinese-brokered rapprochement […]

Italy’s scandal-plagued Berlusconi passes away at 86. Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman and prime minister, has died aged 86.The larger-than-life character, who once compared himself to Jesus, was Italy’s longest serving premier but was also plagued by scandal.Despite being diagnosed with leukaemia, he was active […]

Numerous legal run-ins with Berlusconi. Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was dogged throughout his life by legal woes and scandal, which became as much a part of his legend as his work in politics, media and sport.- Convicted, once – Berlusconi, who was prime minister three times between 1994 and 2011, faced dozens of […]