Afsan Chowdhury, Journalist and Researcher: Civil society is the force outside the government. It is comprised of the people who are not directly involved in party politics. It is not that they can contribute a lot politically, but they can influence politics to some extent. Given the wide sphere of the government now, civil society…
BSS Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized firearms and ammunition and arrested four armed terrorists from a house at East Aladadpur village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. The arrestees are Monir Hossain son of Abul Kalam Azad and Saiful Islam ,son of Shahab Uddin of East Aladadpur village, Fahad Bin Abdul…
Richard A. Crosby, Ralph J. Diclemente/OUPblog HIV prevention is now focused on finding at least 90% of the existing cases, putting at least 90% of those people in HIV treatment, and keeping the virus from multiplying in the body among 90% of those people retained in care (known as durable viral suppression). Despite these admirable…
Desk Report Dengue infection has taken an alarming turn in the capital as thousands of people are contracting the mosquito-borne viral disease even though the rainy season, when the menace peaks, is over, reports New Age. Dengue has so far killed 15 people as of September this year, the highest in a year in the…
The Guardian: For certain health food shops and wellbeing sites it is the panacea that helps everything from bad hair and mental grogginess to obesity and haemorrhoids. But the carefully-crafted image of coconut oil as a cure for many ills has been roundly rejected by a Harvard professor. Karin Michels, an epidemiologist at the Harvard…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Rohingya Muslims, not less than 1,300, who entered Bangladesh from India recently, are now staying at Ukhia upazila’s Balukhali transit point, said an official here yesterday. “At least 1,300 Rohingays fled India and entered Bangladesh since the beginning of the new year. They’ve been kept at a transit point,” Saikat Biswas,…
AFP: Sri Lanka’s national airline said Wednesday it has stopped serving cashews after the country’s president flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo. “Returning from Kathmandu, I was served some cashews on board a Sri Lankan flight, but it was so bad even a dog wouldn’t eat it,”…
UNB This election season is going to be historic one for the Satkhira-3 voters as two medical doctors are out there seeking political office. Awami League candidate Prof AFM Ruhal Haque, a renowned physician of the Subcontinent, is going to fight with BNP candidate cardiologist Dr Md Shahidul Alam for Satkhira-3 constituency. Ishaq Ali from…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Bangabandho earned the world famous recognition earlier. This time, on 30th October, 2017, his speech got the recognition of world documentary record as a source of zeal, courage, extra-ordinary command and leadership. It is indeed a towering courage for the nation. This time, his speech has been included in international memory…