BBC: Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research. The researchers said childhood passive smoking was “likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non-smoking adults dying annually”.The study of 70,900 non-smoking men and women was led by the…
UNB: The wastes of sacrificial animals on the Eid day will be removed from the capital within 24 hours, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon. The DSCC mayor said this while talking to reporters after a meeting with the Waste Management Committee members at Dhaka South Nagar Bhaban on Sunday. Sayeed also…
AFP: A satellite designed to measure Earth’s global wind patterns is set to be hoisted into orbit tomorrow (Aug 21) from the Arianespace launch site in French Guiana. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus mission – named for the guardian of wind in Greek mythology – promises to improve short-term weather forecasting and our understanding…
Desk Report: For blacksmiths, Eid-ul-Azha is an occasion full of activities and opportunity. This is the time they earn the largest share of the annual income, reports Daily Star. The situation is no different in Sylhet. During visits to the smithies, it was found that all of them were busy forging machetes, cleavers, and knives…
AFP: Lost in translation? Not in Mecca, thanks to a dedicated squad of interpreters gearing up to help two million Muslims speaking dozens of languages at the annual hajj pilgrimage. The six-day hajj, which starts on Sunday, is one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once if…
Channel News Asia: Whether your doctor is male or female could be a matter of life or death, a new study suggests. The study, of more than 580,000 heart patients admitted over two decades to emergency rooms in Florida, found that mortality rates for both women and men were lower when the treating physician was…
NTV Online: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for working out future plans to address water supply, sewerage treatment and waste management for the country’s rural areas alongside the capital as the government wants to develop every village as a township. ‘We’ll have to take steps to address three issues—ensuring…
Kabir Humayun: Police have arrested two men from the Sadar upazila’s Borai village and Chuadanga’s Badarganj area on Saturday night for killing a soldier in Jhenaidah. Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman said the detainees have been identified as Mizanur Rahman from Gorai and Akimul Islam from Bankira, reports bdnews24.com The deceased, 32-year-old Saiful Islam,…
Dr Essam Yousef/Middle East Montior Once again, the dust of fruitless political thinking and the “demagoguery” that plagued the Palestinian cause from the very beginning have surfaced to deny Gaza the right to get a fresh start and revert to life, after it was transformed into a body suffering as a result of the suffocating…
Desk Report: Private launch owners started 15-day special launch services from Dhaka yesterday (18 August) on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The 22 triple-deck private launches will ply direct from Barishal River Port and 8 others will ply via Barishal launch station continuing this service on Dhaka-Barishal-Dhaka route till September 1. Saidur Rahman Rintu, vice president…