Tips for maintaining good eyesight

Keeping your vision healthy entails more than just receiving regular vision screenings. Your entire health might affect your eye health. Here are six tips for keeping your eyesight healthy.
14 May 2022

Vegan diets boost weight loss, lower blood sugar in adults with overweight or type 2 diabetes

A 12-week vegan diet may result in clinically meaningful weight loss and improve blood sugar control in overweight adults and those with type 2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 11 randomised trials involving almost 800 participants (aged 18 or older).
14 May 2022

The shocking extent of exploitative formula milk marketing

Formula milk companies pay social media platforms and influencers to directly access pregnant women and new mothers. The $55 billion worldwide formula milk market targets new mothers with targeted social media material often not recognised as advertising.
14 May 2022

Even mild COVID-19 can lead to substantial brain changes

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from before and after the COVID-19 diagnosis show adverse brain changes. In a new study from the U.K. Biobank, two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and cognitive testing were performed on people as part of a longitudinal population study predated the COVID-19 pandemic.
14 May 2022

3 traders fined for stocking soybean oil, not having licences in Patuakhali

A mobile court in Patuakhali fined three traders Tk 61,000 on charges of illegally stocking soybean oil and other irregularities in Bauphal upazila of the district today (May 14, 2022).
14 May 2022

26,000 litres of hoarded edible oil seized in Sirajganj

During a raid this afternoon, Ullapara upazila administration in Sirajganj seized 26,000 litres of illegally stored edible oil. For hoarding the oil, two traders were fined Tk 1 lakh.
14 May 2022

RMCH shuts Covid unit over lack of patients

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) has suspended its Corona Unit as it lacked patients.
14 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 24 days straight

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 24th consecutive day, while 22 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.
14 May 2022

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has overseen her country's world-leading response to the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced Saturday.
14 May 2022

Prices of essential commodities: Fresh hike adds to plight of low-income people

Amid the struggle to cope with the record hike in edible oil prices, a fresh surge in prices of other daily essentials has dealt a further blow to those with low incomes.
14 May 2022

Covid-19: Country reports 18 new cases, no death

Bangladesh reported 18 new Covid cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning, taking the total recorded cases to 1,952,957.
13 May 2022

Sailing to save lives

While healthcare is quite accessible for city residents, people living in rural areas are far less fortunate. This is where “Jibon Tari”, a floating hospital aptly named according to the service it provides, creates an impact. The hospital has been sailing through the major rivers of the country, making healthcare accessible for rural citizens.
13 May 2022

Edible oil crisis: Drives against hoarders on

The ongoing drive against illegal hoarding of edible oil continued in the country yesterday with another 3,400 litres of oil seized in two districts and hoarders fined Tk1.60 lakh.
13 May 2022

Bangladesh, a Covid vaccination success story, says UNICEF

UNICEF has listed Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam and the Philippines as "Covid-19 Vaccine Success Stories" in their recent report, noting that Bangladesh's vaccination rate has risen sharply.
13 May 2022

Hoarding edible oil, trader fined Tk 1 lakh in Manikganj

A trader was fined Tk 1 lakh for illegal stocking of soybean oil in his store at Manikganj today (May 13, 2022).
13 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 23 days straight, current positivity rate 0.45%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 May 2022

North Korea reports 6 Covid deaths as thousands report fever

Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a Covid-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic.
13 May 2022

US to share Covid vaccine technology through WHO: Biden

The United States will share technologies used to make Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
13 May 2022

Edible oil crisis: Seizures show how hoarding is at play

The seizure of hundreds of thousands of litres of hoarded edible oil in the last one week has proved the claim that unscrupulous traders created the crisis to be able to sell cooking oil at higher prices.
13 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 22 straight days

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day, while 51 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.
12 May 2022