Abu Saleh Akon of the Daily Nayadiganta and Mynul Hasan Sohel of the Daily Inqilab have been elected president and general secretary of the executive committee of the Dhaka Reporters Unity respectively...
CONSIDERING the growing inefficacies of antibiotics, a set of empirical studies has claimed that we are sliding back to the 鈥榩re-antibiotic era,鈥� highlighting the present and future crises borne out of antibiotic resistance. In today鈥檚 world, particularly in the global health discourse, antibiotic resistance has turned out to be a focal point of discussion due to its ominous public health concern. This is evident from seven...
At least 12 people, including top drug peddler Chua Selim鈥檚 close associates Mahbub and Irfan with arms, were arrested from the Urdu speaking people鈥檚 camp in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur in an army-led joint drive on Friday.
LOCAL markets having been flooded with substandard medical supplies, including surgical gloves, is gravely concerning as it poses severe risks to patients and healthcare professionals. Some quarters are alleged to be manufacturing and importing substandard and spurious surgical gloves and supplying them to hospitals and healthcare facilities...
At least 15 inmates were killed and 14 injured in clashes Tuesday at a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the latest in a series of massacres blamed on a war between drug cartels...
Three police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were withdrawn from Jibannagar police station in Chuadanga for alleged negligence in duty after an alleged drug peddler escaped from their custody.
Daylong traffic congestions crippled the commuters鈥� movement across the capital as the students of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges blocked roads for over six hours for the second day running on Wednesday, demanding a separate university...
Dhaka metropolitan police arrested 31 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6:00am on Monday...
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strongly defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday at a senate probe of the crackdown...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday expresses deep shock at the death of former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, noting that he played a key role in democratic transition of the country in the 90s...
Former president of Bangladesh professor AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital in the early hours of Saturday.
Former Bangladesh president and veteran politician AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka city鈥檚 Uttara area with lung infections on Wednesday.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Md Motaher Hossain has sounded a note of warning against drug abusers in prisons, saying, 鈥楴o drug addict can do job in the Department of Prisons.鈥�...
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario...
Home Adviser Lieutenant General 聽(retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has asked all concerned to bring the kingpins of illegal drug dealers across Bangladesh to book...
A Naogaon court on Wednesday sentenced two people to death in a drug case filed in 2023...
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a drug dealer with 1 kilogram of crystal meth at Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday...
Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change and on an unassuming English high street, the race to unleash the latest tech revolution is gathering pace...
A new 鈥榲accine-like鈥� HIV drug that currently costs over $40,000 per person a year could be made for as little as $40, researchers estimated on Tuesday...
Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka鈥檚 Savar on Saturday said that due to the national drug policy, 98 per cent of the total drugs were being produced in the country...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug made by Eli Lilly on Tuesday that is designed to treat the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
The body of a student of Begum Badrunnesa Govt Girls鈥� College was found hanging from the ceiling fan on the third floor of a house at Golapbagh Police...
A district court in Faridpur on Monday sentenced a policeman to life imprisonment in a drug peddling case....
A large fire broke out on Wednesday at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, Copenhagen鈥檚 fire service said...
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Tuesday a partnership with ChatGPT-founder OpenAI and US biotech firm Formation Bio to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in developing drugs...
IN AN era when digitisation is rapidly reshaping economies, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads. Online businesses, from聽 electronic commerce giants to freelance platforms, are creating employment and contributing to economic growth...
Dhaka Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters鈥� Unity and Transparency International Bangladesh in separate statements condemned Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 decision of banning journalists鈥� entry into the central bank headquarters....
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat joined the first ministerial conference on drug trafficking and substance abuse in the Western Indian Ocean in Mauritius...
Considered to be one of the first cases in the history of Pakistan, the Rawalpindi Drug Court has awarded imprisonment and heavy fines to the CEO and other employees of a pharmaceutical company in a case involving a medicine that...