The date juice collectors (Gachi) are taking preventive measures by putting a lid on the earthen made juice containers so that the bats cannot come in contact with the juice for sipping which is the origin of deadly Nipa Virus…
Category: Health
Safe drinking water, sanitation rights to Barind people stressed
Ensuring rights to safe drinking water and sanitation to the people of hard-to reach and disadvantaged areas in the dried region has become an urgent need as they are most vulnerable to the present water-stress context, speakers at an advocacy…
Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells.
World AIDS Day-2013 observed in Rangpur division
The World AIDS Day-2013 was observed in all eight districts under Rangpur division with a fresh call for creating awareness and obeying social values to prevent formidable threat of deadly disease.
Sobriety and spirituality linked for teens in treatment
If the spirit is truly willing, perhaps the flesh is not so weak, after all.
Internet can’t be left solely in hands of Dev World
By Samir Saran and Rahul Prakash According to World Bank estimates, India and China together account for more than 700 million Internet users. Citizens in both countries have embraced the digital sphere enthusiastically, and mobile phones and the Internet are…
Minister warns Arakan NGOs against aid ‘bias’
By Naw Noreen The Burmese government on Monday gathered a group of international humanitarian agencies working in the restive Arakan state to remind them that they must distribute aid “fairly” to local communities.
Developing better weather forecasts
By being more precise in what is uncertain, the weather forecasts will become more reliable. A new method for forecasting the weather is now being developed at Uni Research.
Free operations conducted for VVF patients in Rangpur
Specialist surgeons have conducted free operations for 20 extremely poor female patients suffering from vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) diseases at Rangpur Community Medical College Hospital (RCMCH) in the city.
Experts for creating social awareness to prevent HIV/AIDS
Health experts have stressed for imparting proper knowledge with social values among young generations and vulnerable group people to create awareness for preventing spread of deadly HIV/AIDS diseases.
Could Concorde ever fly again? No, says British Airways
By Richard Westcott Ten years ago today, our ever-shrinking world got a little bit bigger again. Three Concordes landed in a procession at Heathrow airport, while thousands of emotional fans looked on.
World record: Wireless data transmission at 100 Gbit/s
The extension of cable-based telecommunication networks requires high investments in both conurbations and rural areas. Broadband data transmission via radio relay links might help to cross rivers, motorways or nature protection areas at strategic node points, and to make network…
Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign successful in Rajshahi
Civil Surgeon Office has chalked out an elaborate program to make the October 5 National Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign a total success to reduce the risk of child mortality.
Japan’s Tepco goes for two nuclear restarts for economy
By World Nuclear News
DECF launches specialised unit for child eye patients
A specialised and full- fledged child-friendly Eye Unit was inaugurated at Deep Eye Care Foundation (DECF) Hospital here on Monday to provide eye treatments to the children of Rangpur region.
Khulna medical services hamstrung by problem-ridden health complexes
People in Khulna are failing to get health services even near their necessity due to the multifarious problems the upazila health complexes in the district are beset with.
Discussion on tuberculosis held in Narayanganj
Discussants at a programme in Narayanganj n Sunday stressed united efforts of all concerned side by side with creating a mass social awareness about prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), a completely curable disease.
Service at understaffed Betagi Health Complex far below need
The authorities of Betagi Upazila Health Complex are failing to provide healthcare service even near the necessity of the patients due to an acute crisis of physicians and lack of other logistics.
Specific sugar molecule causes growth of cancer cells
The process of glycosylation, where sugar molecules are attached to proteins, has long been of interest to scientists, particularly because certain sugar molecules are present in very high numbers in cancer cells. It now turns out that these sugar molecules…
Human Rights Watch presses for Sri Lanka boycott
Human Rights Watch Friday urged Commonwealth leaders to boycott an upcoming summit in Sri Lanka to protest against the country’s failure to investigate abuses by its military during a decades-long fight against separatists.
Heart attack technique ‘could save lives’
By Eleanor Bradford
Cell transplants could be a novel treatment for schizophrenia
Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting possibility of using cell transplants to treat schizophrenia.
Free surgery camp continues in Rangpur
Good Heath Hospital (GHH) has conducted free surgeries to 500 poor lips cleft and soft palate cleft babies and general patients here during the last one year under its ongoing health free services programme.
The three-decade delay of a nuclear waste repository
By Alan Caruba
India’s national cybersecurity policy 2013
By Sanjiv Tomar
Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson rekindling their romance?
Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew made headlines in 1986 with a lavish royal wedding and again a decade later with an equally headline-making divorce. Now the ex-couple are in the headlines once again thanks to British media reports that they…
Integrating the solar cell supply chain Online
By Eurasia Review
Bradley Manning apologises in court
By RFE RL
Guaranteeing communication coverage in event of disaster
By Eurasia Review
