Greater emphasis on immune system-based prevention should be central to new efforts to prevent cancer, researchers say. “The body’s immune system is capable of intercepting pre-malignancies and preventing cancer. It does so countless times every day in all of us.…
Cultural Desk After a long hiatus, model-turned-actress Sarika Subrin is going to be seen in drama ‘Ekjon Jadukor’ tonight (September 18). The drama will air on Channel i at 9:35 pm. The drama has been directed by Kowshik Sankar Das…
Entertainment Desk Actor Tom Cruise is set to return to the film Mission: Impossible 6, following reports of dispute over the deal-making that halted pre-production earlier this year. The 54-year-old actor will seal the deal with Paramount Pictures to reprise…
By Martin Jacques The western financial crisis of 2007-8 was the worst since 1931, yet its immediate repercussions were surprisingly modest. The crisis challenged he foundation stones of the long-dominant neoliberal ideology but it seemed to emerge largely unscathed. The…
A novel robotic vehicle that includes a floating buoy and an underwater glider is being tested by the Russian military. The watercraft is a sensor and communication platform, which the Navy may find handy for submarine patrol missions. Dubbed Fugu,…
Dhaka – A court in Tangail on Sunday sent MP Amanur Rahman Rana to jail rejecting his bail prayer in the Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed murder case, UNB new agency reported.
Srinagar (AP/UNB) — Suspected rebels using guns and grenades sneaked into a crucial army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir early Sunday and killed at least 17 soldiers in the deadliest attack on a military base in the disputed Himalayan region in…
Dhaka – Five people, including three children, were killed and three others injured as a private car plunged into a roadside ditch at Silunia on the Noakhali-Comilla highway in Laksam upazila under Comilla district on Sunday morning, UNB news agency…
US-led coalition air raids reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated. The United States military said the coalition stopped its…
The US’ sudden attempt to “help” the Syrian army fighting ISIS in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, which resulted in a strike that killed and injured dozens of soldiers, does not look like an honest mistake, Russia’s UN envoy…
At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in the Chelsea district of New York City, officials say. The cause of the blast late on Saturday remains unclear. Mayor Bill de Blasio described it as “intentional” but said…
Dhaka – A woman’s body was recovered from Padma river in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia disrict on Saturday night, UNB news agency reported. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her family members went to Madinah from Makkah on Saturday to offer fateha at the Rawaja Mubarak (grave) of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – An accused in a schoolboy murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gobindopur village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district early Sunday, UNB news agency reported.
More than 10 million people have been displaced across the globe in the first half of 2016, with Syria, Yemen and Turkey topping the list, according to estimates compiled by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC).
U.S. President Barack Obama warned that the United States may walk away from a Syrian cease-fire deal reached with Russia last week unless Syria allows humanitarian aid to reach needy people. After Obama met with his national security team on…
At least 103 people, including nine women and 13 children, were killed and 424 others injured in road accidents during the eight-day Eid-ul-Azha vacation until Friday (Sept 16).
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is arresting BNP leaders and activists as part of its ‘continuous repressive measures against the opposition.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to work together with commitment, determination and solidarity to combat deadly diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis saying that these are preventable and treatable diseases.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her family members went to Madinah from Makkah on Saturday to offer fateha at the rawja (grave) of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh).
Sergey Kirienko, head of Russia’s state nuclear power corporation – Rosatom meets president Vladimir Putin in Moscow recently to apprise him the latest achievements of Russian nuclear industry.
In a shocking revelation by a 2009 report by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Bangladesh ranks among the topmost vegetarian country across the globe, where less than four kilos of meat are consumed by an individual…
Eleven people were killed and around 40 people injured in separate road accidents in the district on Saturday.Five people, including a woman and her son, were killed and 12 more people injured in a head-on collision between a bus and…
A young man, who sustained bullet injuries in a gun attack on a club in Motijheel AGB Colony on Friday night, died at Apollo Hospitals in the city on early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Rizvi Hasan Babu, 34, son…
Dhaka – Fast bowler Matt Henry has been called into the New Zealand cricket team for its three-test series against India as a replacement for the injured Tim Southee.Southee suffered an ankle injury in training and will return to New Zealand…
Dhaka – A housewife was reportedly killed by her husband over dowry-related conflict at Dagarmora in Savar municipality area in Savar on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Hafiza Akhter Rani, 19, wife of Rejaul Karim Emon, a resident of…
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a microbus at Analia Bari on the Bangabandhu Bridge connecting road in Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Saturday morning,UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka -Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 980 pieces of Yaba tablets from Dharmashur in Keraniganj upazila in Keraniganj on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Arif Hossain, 35, a…
Dhaka- Two teenage girls took their own lives by hanging themselves in two separate places of the district in Magura on Friday.The deceased were identified as Reshma Begum,14, a resident of Laxmipur village in sadar upazila, and Tammi Islam Oishi, 18,…
Dhaka – An elderly housewife died from electrocution at Joypur village in Bagharpara upazila in Benapole on Friday.The deceased was identified as Momena Khatun, 55, wife of Majid Gazi, a resident of the village,UNB news agency reported.