Former Bangladesh president Badruddoza Chowdhury hospitalised
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.
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Govt nod must for raw material import, foreign drug sale: SC
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...
No drug addict can work at prisons: IG Prisons
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�...
Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39m by 2050
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...
Expose godfathers of illegal drug traders to justice: home adviser
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...
Two get death penalty in drug case in Naogaon
A Naogaon court on Wednesday sentenced two people to death in a drug case filed in 2023...
Drug dealer arrested with crystal meth in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a drug dealer with 1 kilogram of crystal meth at Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday...
After AI, quantum computing eyes its 鈥楽putnik鈥� moment
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...
New 鈥榲accine-like鈥� HIV drug could cost just $40: researchers
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...
98pc drugs produced in country due to 1982 policy: seminar
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...
US regulator approves Eli Lilly Alzheimer's drug
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.
Badrunnesa student鈥檚 hanging body found 聽
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...
Cop jailed for life in drugs case in Faridpur
A district court in Faridpur on Monday sentenced a policeman to life imprisonment in a drug peddling case....
Massive fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk
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...
Sanofi, OpenAI, Formation Bio to work together for AI use in drug development
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...
Unravelling taxation conundrum
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...
DUJ, DRU, TIB condemn ban on journalists鈥� entry to BB
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....
Bangladesh joins confce on drug trafficking in Mauritius
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...
Pak court fines GSK CEO 4.7m rupees
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...
Brothers of ex-AL MP Bodi in Yaba trade: CID
Two brothers of former Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi are involved in the Yaba drug trade in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, the Criminal Investigation Department of police said on Wednesday...