Health

Fire at S Alam Sugar Mills Chattogram Correspondent : A severe environmental crisis has emerged in Chattogram’s Karnaphuli River as burnt sugar waste from S Alam Sugar Mill has contaminated the river’s water, resulting a mass deaths of various aquatic species, including fish and crabs.Locals have been witnessing the mass…

Rafiqul Islam Azad: New clinical trial findings reveal a significant breakthrough in combating the co-infection crisis of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The trial, conducted to assess the compatibility of two potent treatments, sheds light on the effectiveness of combining dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) with 3HP, a…

Zarif Mahmud : As a least developed or LDC, Bangladesh has long been exempted from compliance with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty regulations on intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry.In 2026, if it leaves the list of Least Developed Countries (LDC), this facility should not…

Dhaka Wasa not increasing water price soon: Wasa DMD Staff Correspondent: The authority has failed to ensure pure drinking water for the city dwellers, despite taking different initiatives wasting huge amount of money. In a situation, the Wasa is trying to hike water price.Dhaka Wasa DMD Uttam Kumar Roy, Deputy…

Staff Correspondent: Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe’s climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”.Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change, supercharged by the naturally-occurring El Nino…

Six leading cos hiked 50pc price of 234 items Mahfuja Mukul: Elderly Sharifa Begum of Banshri area of the capital has been suffering from paralysis for more than a century. Sharifa Begum’s son’s wife Jahanara Begum said last Sunday that her mother-in-law was advised by the doctor to take six…

Rafiqul Islam Azad : Bangladesh is at high risk of the infectious disease HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) due to neighboring countries, including India and Myanmar. The other countries are Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, according to experts.The AIDS infection rate in Bangladesh is 0.01 percent, which is very…

Rafiqul Islam Azad: Bangladesh is at high risk of the infectious disease HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) due to neighboring countries, including India and Myanmar. The other countries are Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, according to experts. The AIDS infection rate in Bangladesh is 0.01 percent, which is very…

Admission to MD-MS courses without qualification Staff Correspondent : Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Masters of Surgery (MS) residency courses are important steps in gaining professional skills in medicine. At the end of these courses a doctor becomes an expert in the prescribed subject. The examinations for MD and MS…