‘Tobacco industries interfere in policy making’
Staff Reporter :Speakers at a study unveiling programme urged the government to stop tobacco industries interference in the policy making about tobacco control law amendment...
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4 killed in Tungipara bus crash
Our Correspondent :At least four people have died after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Gopalganj’s Tungipara.The incident occurred in the Malek Bazar...
Type O blood linked to lower Covid risk, taking Vitamin D unlikely to help
Reuters :The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for...
29 new dengue cases reported in 24 hr
UNB, Dhaka :The health authorities recorded 29 new dengue cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning.Currently, 88 dengue patients are receiving treatment at hospitals across...
BD disburses $ 500,000 to OIC
BSS, Niamey :Bangladesh has disbursed US$ 500,000 to OIC as foreign ministers of the 57-nation group in their ongoing meeting initiated a fund raising campaign...
Thousands of protesting Indian farmers, police face-off at New Delhi border
Reuters :India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major...
Riyad was deliberately killed by co-workers
Syed Shemul Parvez :Riyadh was deliberately killed by pouring petrol and setting fire on his body due to a personal conflict with Fahad, the cashier...
Shaheed Dr Milon Day observed
BSS, Dhaka :Shaheed Dr Milon Day was observed on Friday commemorating the 30th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, the then joint secretary...
8 arrested from Gazipur with fake notes, arms
Our Correspondent :Police have arrested six people and seized locally-made arms from them and have also arrested another two people with fake notes in a...
Fists and pig guts fly in Taiwan parliament debate on US pork
Reuters :Legislators from Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried...
Russia’s Sputnik V developers suggest AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines
UNB :Developers of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday called on British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one...