Health officials in Britain have for the first time endorsed e-cigarettes, saying they are 95 percent safer than tobacco equivalents and even suggesting doctors should be able to prescribe the “game-changing” devices to smokers trying to quit.E-cigarettes, which allow users…
After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth next month becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles.
When Matt Damon needed to play an astronaut stranded on Mars, he and director Ridley Scott were able to turn to US space agency NASA to make the extreme circumstances of “The Martian” as scientifically accurate as possible.”We’re kind of…
The government has yet again backed down on the December deadline for tannery industries in Hazaribagh to relocate to Savar’s under-construction Leather Industrial City.A taskforce comprising six ministers decided at a meeting on Wednesday to give them more time.
Two people in Poland say they may have found a Nazi train rumoured to be full of gold, gems and guns that disappeared in World War Two, Polish media say. The train is believed to have gone missing near what…
Soaring worldwide demand for the minerals used in electronic devices such as smartphones and laptops has left a legacy of social conflict and human rights violations across Asia, Latin America and Africa A 200ft deep pit gapes where three years…
New Delhi: The World Health Organization has called for more research on ways to battle malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, in the wake of a surge of infections in Western India. According to the WHO, the parasite is…
Six suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of lynch-mob attack in Chapainawabganj and Narsingdi districts last night. Of them, four were killed in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj district and two in Gandardia in Monohardi upazila of Narsingdi district. The…
Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Wednesday to attend the funeral of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee`s wife Suvra Mukherjee, an official said. Vikas Swarup, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs, said: “A leader comes…
The Indian colts lost out on spot-kicks in the final of the U16 SAFF Cup held in Bangladesh against the hosts… India was defeated 2-4 on penalties against Bangladesh in the U16 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup final. The…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and journalists’ union leader Shawkat Mahmud on a three-day remand in a case filed with the city’s Ramna Police Station on charge of arson attack. Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan of the…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed three suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ on a three-day remand each in the cases filed in connection with the murder of blogger Avijit Roy and…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded the release of party standing committee member MK Anwar and journalist leader Shawkat Mahmud accusing the government of behaving in a vengeful manner. “We have been pained to see an elderly party leader like…
Human Rights Watch, a New York-based international human rights watchdog, has said that free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before. “Free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before, held hostage between angry, machete-wielding radicals on…
Henry I. Miller Palo Alto – Since the development of the science of toxicology in the sixteenth century, its guiding principle has been that “the dose makes the poison.” It is a rule that applies to the medicines used by…
A construction worker died from electrocution at Baluchar in Chatmohor upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Jharmu Ali,35, son of late Mahmud Ali of Katenga village of the upazila.
Police recovered hanging body of an elderly man at Shiala Colony in Chapainawabganj municipality area on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Lokman Ali, 50, son of Kalimuddin, a resident of Chapainawabganj town.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and 96 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Laxmibazar on the Sylhet-Zakiganj Road in Zakiganj upazila on Tuesday night.Being tipped off, a team of the border force conducted a drive at…
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced to five youths for 15 days jail on charge of illegal drugs selling.Executive Magistrates of Rangamati District Administration Mohammad Kamruzzaman sentenced to five youths for 15 days jail each under Narcotics Control Act.
A disabled middle-aged housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Minoti Rani Roy, 52, wife of late Chitta Ranjan Roy of Koitora village under Putail Union…
An anti-adulteration mobile court on Tuesday realized fine from the four medicine shops for selling date expired medicine and not taking drug license.Executive magistrate of district administration Ruhul Amin conducted series of drives in cooperation with Drug Administration Directorate and…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in a drive arrested two alleged members of an inter-district carjacking gang at Bhoberber on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Babul, 36, son of Helal Uddin, a resident of Guherkandi village of Munsiganj district,…
Police arrested two men along with Tk1.33 crore at Bangabandhu Bridge on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Babu Islam, 28, son of Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Gazaria upazila of Munsiganj district, and Adbur Razzaq, 28, son of Khalilur Rahman,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 12 people while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border here on Tuesday night.BGB sources said tipped off, a team of the border force launched a drive in the frontier area…
An accused in two murder cases was killed in what law enforcers termed gunfight between his associates and Detective Branch (DB) of police at Jagati BATB Forestry Complex in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.The deceased, Jakir Hossain, 30, son of Abdur…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed “Female Viagra”. Flibanserin, a drug produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, recently passed an FDA advisory committee meeting. The pill is designed to assist…
Protesting the arrest of party chairperson’s adviser and senior journalist Shawkat Mahmud, BNP on Tuesday alleged that its leaders and activists are being subjected to government’s political reprisal. “The way DB police have arrested our party chairperson’s adviser and journalist…
Right-hand swashbuckling batsman Glenn Maxwell has said that he wishes to return to the Test side. Maxwell had seen how the Ashes unfolded and has said that he expects to get a call from the selectors for upcoming Test matches.…
A local Jubo League leader suffered bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants in the city’s Wari area on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Abdul Mannan, 30, general secretary of ward-31 unit of Jubo League, the youth wing…
An accused in two murder cases was killed in what law enforcers termed gunfight between his associates and Detective Branch (DB) of police at Jagati BATB Forestry Complex in Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased, Jakir Hossain,30, son of Abdur…