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A photo captured on 20 September, 2022, shows Chinese Wang Yi presiding over a meeting of Friends of GDI forum in New York where foreign ministers of more than 40 countries were present

Chinese initiative Dhaka weighs GDI’s importance

An inter-ministerial meeting was held at the foreign ministry regarding the prospect of joining GDI. Secretary (east) of the foreign ministry Mashfee Binte Shams presided over the meeting

Bangladesh Public Service Commission

‘Discrimination’ in promotion of education, health cadres

A teacher in the history department at Dhaka College got promoted to associate professor eight years ago. He did not get any promotion in all these years as there is no vacant post of professor.

MetLife’s 360Health app crosses 300,000 downloads

MetLife’s 360Health app crosses 300,000 downloads

An array of unique features of 360Health are helping users live a healthier and more fulfilling life

Loneliness, unhappiness may increase ageing faster than smoking

Loneliness, unhappiness may increase ageing faster than smoking

According to the latest article published in Aging-US, any anti-ageing therapy needs to focus on one's mental health as much as on one's physical health

State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam, Member Secretary of Vaccination Implementation Committee Shamsul Haque, Country Director of The Hunger Project Bangladesh Badiul Alam Mazumder and Public Health Specialist Mushtaq Hossain

Roundtable Roundtable: Health sector needs a revamp

The opportunity created by the pandemic to revamp the health sector should not be overlooked.

Heart disease behind 34 per cent deaths in Bangladesh

World Heart Day Heart disease behind 34 per cent deaths in Bangladesh

Till now, it was being said that an unhealthy diet and inactive lifestyle increase the risk of heart diseases. Now scientists say that air pollution is increasing the trend of these diseases

Ekhlasur, director of Yamagata Dhaka Friendship General Hospital, receives the Order of the Rising Sun award at the official residence of Ito Naoki, ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh

Japan honours Ekhlasur with Order of the Rising Sun

Md. Ekhlasur Rahman also received the Foreign Minister’s Commendation from Japan for his exceptional contributions to Japanese nationals in need of help in Bangladesh

Healthy lifestyle can reduce risk of type 2 diabetes for women

Healthy lifestyle can reduce risk of type 2 diabetes for women

It's widely known that a healthy lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in generally healthy middle-aged populations

Cold water swimming may not reap as many health benefits as you'd expect

Cold water swimming may not reap as many health benefits as you'd expect

Some studies provided evidence that cardiovascular risk factors are actually improved in swimmers who have adapted to the cold. However, other studies suggest the workload on the heart is still ...

People using reusable contact lenses are at higher risk of rare eye infection

People using reusable contact lenses are at higher risk of rare eye infection

A group of researchers found that those who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times more likely to get a rare sight-threatening eye infection than those who wear daily disposables

Why is Covid rising again?

Why is Covid rising again?

Covid has been increasing since the end of August and is increasing at an even higher rate

Don’t have to crumble for cancer, there’s remedy, organisations

CML Awareness Day Don’t have to crumble for cancer, there’s remedy, organisations

CML is a type of blood cancer that slowly damages the white blood cells over a period of many years. CML is caused by a piece of chromosome 9 and a piece of chromosome 22 break off and trade places. ...

Dengue patients, admitted at capital's Mugda General Hospital. Photo take on 19 September 2022

Mosquito-borne disease Dengue spread to 50 districts

World Health Organization expert K Krishnamurthy in 2017 and BN Nagpal in 2019 had recommended dengue prevention. Health department didn’t implement any of the recommendations

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Facemask that can detect viral exposure within 10 minutes

If specific viruses are present in the ambient air, the extremely sensitive mask may inform wearers via their mobile devices within 10 minutes

Having lot of tea may lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes.

Having lot of tea may lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes

To clarify the connection between tea drinking and future T2DM risk, researchers carried out a cohort study and a dose-response meta-analysis

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