IMF’s Gopinath says it’s time to ‘recalibrate’ Covid curbs

China should begin to "recalibrate" its aggressive anti-Covid policy as other countries are doing, to try to ease the negative impact the pandemic continues to have on global supply chains and economic growth, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday.Speaking in an interview with AFP, Gita Gopinath, the newly-installed number two official at the global crisis lender, said with vaccines and treatments countries should be able to get back to more normal activity.  -Is it time for China time to ease its zero tolerance policy?  "Firstly, I would like to recognize that the zero COVID strategy for China has worked very well in 2020 and 2021. They've had very low cases, very few deaths, and the economy has been recovering. So it's a strategy that has worked well..."Like all countries, they will indeed need to recalibrate because what we are seeing is with more frequent outbreaks, and therefore more lockdowns, even though they're very targeted, we're ...

Janata Bank holds 700th board meeting

The 700th board meeting of Janata Bank  limited was held on virtual platform on Tuesday. Chairman of the bank Dr. S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman presided over the meeting while Bank’s director Ajit Kumar Paul, FCA, K. M. Shamsul Alam, Muhammed Asad Ullah, Ziauddin Ahmed, Md. Abdul Majid, Rubina Amin and MD & CEO Md. Abdus Salam Azad, Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md. Humayun Kabir, DMDs of the bank Md. Abdul Jabber and Md. Quamrul Ahsan, CFO A K M Shariat Ullah, GM HR Md Anowar H...

‘Brand Bangladesh in Canada to boost bilateral trade, Investment’

With the development of the economy, new potentials for foreign investment have been created in Bangladesh. The country is now one of the best investment destinations in the region due to its infrastructure facilities, h...

TI corruption report on Bangladesh biased

Transparency International’s corruption report on Bangladesh is biased, misinformed and motivated, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud.Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon, the minister said, “Yesterday (Tuesday), Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Index. Observing and reading the information that they have published in the previous series, it appears that this is nothing but conventional. TI is an NGO, they collect funds from different places. It is not a UN affiliated organization; it is just an NGO which is given a lot of importance in our country. Their report is not given much importance in neighboring India and many other countries.” “We think it is better to have such an orga...

BNP’s Jahidur Rahman takes oath

Joy shows his class

Mahmudul Hasan Joy has already left an impression of ability in his short career. Batting to meet the demands of the situation has simultaneously shed light on both long and short range cricket. The former Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes has also caught the attention of this young man.He played a big role in Comilla Victorians’ victory against Fortune Barisal on Tuesday night. The right-handed batsman, who came down to number three, played an innings of 48 off 35 balls. In the beginning, his strike rate was 200 in the power play.With this match, Joy made his debut in BPL. Comilla scored 158 runs in the first match. Later, Barisal was bowled out for only 95 runs by Nahidul Islam’s terrific bowling.Even though he is considered to be a longer version batsman, Joy has shown that he can make an impression in T20 as well. At the end of the match, Comilla consultant Rhodes commented about Joy's batting style, personality and fascination. He said, 'He has a calm-cool feeling. Do not suffer from instability. He just started his international career. I think he is a man of great potential. He is a great strokemaker, he is good at running at a good speed without slog. 'Joy scored 78 off 228 balls in the opening match of Bangladesh's historic victory in the Mount Manganui Test on the New Zealand tour. That day showed he showed jaw-dropping determination, extraordinary dedication. He was seen in a different mood when the situation was different in T20. Rhodes said Joy seems to have set himself apart from the others, saying, 'He has made it clear that he is ...

Plan to restore illegally occupied city canals

The rapid urbanization in the capital is gradually filling the water bodies for a long time. The growing trend of landfilling and occupation of canals is putting Dhaka under massive threat.The governm...

Omicron in community transmission stage

Community transmission of the South African variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, has occurred in our country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). If the number of patients increases day by day and if we continue to disobey...

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