EurekAlert: Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope the compound -developed after 10 years of painstaking research will be trialled on humans within three to four years.The drug- which works by targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ defences rather than the bacteria itself –…
Abrar Hussain An Indian court on Saturday sentenced former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to 3.5 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10 lakh in a 21-year-old case of fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a government treasury. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Shivpal Singh handed the 15 other convicts jail terms…
Reuters: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday declared that foreigners will not be granted visas to live in the giant Forest City real estate project on the country’s southern tip, a major threat to the marketing strategy for the development. It is not his first broadside against the plan by Chinese developer Country Garden…
Katie Warren/ Stuff.com Baros Maldives, a luxury retreat on an island in the Indian Ocean, has won “World’s Most Romantic Resort” for the fourth time in a row, and the sixth time overall. It has garnered the honour from World Travel Awards almost every year since 2012, with the exception of 2014. Baros opened more…
Hossen Sohel: A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthesia yesterday won the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award, reports AFP. Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 144,000 refugees from Blue Nile state…
DOT Desk Doctors at a programme on Saturday said that total knee replacement by specialists is now possible on low cost in Bangladesh, reports The Daily Sun. They claimed that such surgery was carried out in BRB hospital in the capital recently. They came up with the statements at a press briefing at the conference…
Desk Report: Bangladesh pace bowling coach Courtney Walsh said that the pace bowlers need to use their variations in the Asia Cup as the wicket is flat and docile.Bangladesh will begin their campaign with the opening game of the tournament against Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi on September 15.I don’t think wicket in the Asia…
‘Space X’ a private rocket company recently announced a dream project which can make a great humming all over the world who extremely love travel. The company said they have a plan to add tourist with the rocket crew and team. Since the early 1970s US has not sent any astronauts in moon. That’s why,…
Channelnewsaisa: Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday (Jan 6) slammed “ugly racial protests” in Australia’s second-largest city, after some far-right demonstrators were seen making Nazi salutes. An anti-immigration rally at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne drew hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters on Saturday, but a large Victoria Police presence was broadly successful in keeping the…
Asian Age: To the young generation of Bangladesh, Masud Rana is a widely popular spy character. From school students to the elders, Masud Rana is still popular. Penned by Qazi Anwar Hussain, Masud Rana is a fictional character modeled after James Bond. However, the character expanded widely in Bangladesh. Written from the 1960s and continuing…