The doctors’ role is vital for reaching healthcare services to the people particularly the rural poor and disadvantaged ones, DC of Gaibandha said.
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Four doctors suspended for skipping duty
Dhaka – Seven government doctors were suspended on Sunday for skipping duty, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. The doctors are medical officer of Shibpur upazila health complex of Narsingdi district M Razib Mahmud, Dr Ashfaq Nabi, assistant surgeon…
President for evaluating rural talents
President Abdul Hamid on Monday underscored the need for evaluating the rural talents for checking the growing evil culture in the country. “We’ve countless talents remain scattered across villages who are actually living in their own creative worlds without any…
No two people smell the same
A difference at the smallest level of DNA — one amino acid on one gene — can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant.
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.
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.
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…
Japan’s Tepco goes for two nuclear restarts for economy
By World Nuclear News
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.
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.
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
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
Special B’desh police to ensure tourists’ safety
Bangladesh’s tourist police initiative, that began in the popular Cox’s Bazar beach town this year as a pilot project, will soon become an official force across the entire country, said an visiting official Saturday.
DCC North announces Taka 1985 crore budget
Dhaka north city corporation (DCC North) on Wednesday announced its second budget after division of DCC in 2011 with Tk 1984.53 crore for the fiscal year 2013-14. Thre buget was Tk 1017.61 crore in the last fiscal.
Healthy fats may reduce Baby’s autism risk
Women who eat certain types of “healthy fat” during pregnancy may reduce their risk of having a child with autism, a new study suggests.
More Japanese volunteers on way
Japan has dispatched 14 more volunteers to Bangladesh with two of them having earlier experience here.
Why is cancer so common disease?
Hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the world. It is not one disease; there are over 200 different types, each with its own symptoms, methods of diagnosis and treatment.
Pain reliever medicines are likely to suffer stroke
Researchers found that patients who had taken pain relievers and cold medicines containing caffeine were more likely to suffer a hemorrhagic stroke.
WHO adopts autism resolution B’desh placed
The World Health Organization (WHO) in its 133rd Executive Board meeting held in Geneva last month accepted the Bangladesh resolution on autism.