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Medicine
The abundant health benefits of mint leaves
Pudina (mint) is one of the oldest culinary herbs known to humans. It has remarkable medicinal properties and is a rich source of polyphenols. It has carminative and antispasmodic properties
‘Landmark initiative’ as Bangladesh first to ban vulture-toxic drugs
Ornithologists said this is a landmark initiative to save the small remaining population of Asia’s globally threatened vultures -- an example for others like India, Pakistan, Nepal and Cambodia to ...
Tweets could reveal impact of anti-depressant drugs
Depression is one of the most widespread mental illnesses. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it affects more than 322 million people of all age groups and is one of the leading causes ...
Bangladesh bans cattle painkiller to save vultures
Bangladesh has banned a painkiller used widely by farmers to treat cattle in an effort to save the country’s vultures from extinction, the government said
Covid-19 Vaccine
Bangladesh to pay Serum Institute about 47pc more per dose than India
Bangladesh, a country of more than 160 million people, in November signed a preliminary agreement to buy 30 million doses of the shot from Serum - the world’s biggest vaccine maker by volume
$2 COVID-19 vaccine in India to cost $5.25 in Bangladesh: Zafrullah Chowdhury
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury has raised questions on why Bangladesh will pay more money than India to get the COVID-19 vaccine from Serum Institute
Medicine and fruit imports surge during pandemic
Import of fresh fruit and foreign medicines has increased as the people have upped their consumption of fruit and medicine to stay healthy, during the coronavirus outbreak
Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk
The hikes come as drugmakers are reeling from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced doctor visits and demand for some drugs. They are also fighting new drug price cutting rules from the ...
AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine not ready for approval: European watchdog
A top European drug official has claimed that the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is not even ready for a conditional approval at the moment
US approves Regeneron antibody treatment given to Trump
The FDA said the data supporting Regeneron’s EUA came from a clinical trial in 799 non-hospitalised patients with mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19
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