Experts at a virtual dialogue have discussed ways to convert the current challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic into opportunities through proper recovery measures, keeping Bangladesh on the right track of development.    They said Bangladesh must pursue it as there would be sunshine amid clouds that the COVID-19 brought which is truly a global catastrophe.    Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cosmos Group, organised the webinar as part of Cosmos Dialogue, titled “Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh: Prognosis for Recovery" on Friday night connecting experts from home and abroad virtually.   Chairman of Cosmos Foundation Enayetullah Khan delivered the welcome speech at the webinar chaired by Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, the Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and former Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh’s previous caretaker government.

As part of Cosmos  Dialogue, a webinar titled “Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh: Prognosis for Recovery" will be held on Friday connecting experts from home and abroad virtually. The webinar will begin at 8pm (BST) at www.facebook.com/unbnewsroom which will be the first-ever webinar as part of Cosmos Dialogue.

Amid a global debate about the legality of the recent US strike against Qasem Soleimani, former Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk has said the killing of the top Iranian general is an ‘act of war’.

Former Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk on Saturday said the United Kingdom is very important for Bangladesh as far as its political relations with the European Union (EU) are concerned.