February2018

Christian Coleman, who won the 100 metres silver medal last year at the World Championships, cruised to victory in the men’s 60 metres on Saturday at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Coleman clocked 6.46...

Two more mainland tourists were confirmed dead Sunday in the powerful earthquake in Taiwan’s Hualien County, bringing the death toll to 17. Braving the danger of aftershocks, rescuers found the bodies in the ruins of a...

Involving parents as direct carers, including doing ward rounds and taking children’s temperature, improves weight gain of preterm infants in intensive care and reduces parent stress and anxiety. Parents whose newborns are receiving intensive care are...

Considering the hardship of marginal people in cold wave hit areas the company has decided to distribute blankets among the most affected people under its Sustainable Initiative activities. Grameenphone Ltd. has distributed 10,000 blankets among the...

Researchers conducted studies in which rats and mice were exposed to varying levels of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) for roughly 9 hours a day for up to 2 years. Two draft reports from the National Toxicology Program...

MJLBL is the first Bangladeshi company owning two such Aframax tankers in the private sector of Bangladesh. “MJL Bangladesh Limited (MJLBL) has procured country’s largest ocean-going Aframax Oil Tanker with a capacity of 107,091 DWT,” said...

The highly anticipated motorcycle was handed over to 30 buyers, who pre-booked it, at the launching ceremony at International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital. Leading Bangladeshi automobile assembler, importer, manufacturer, and marketing company, Uttara Motors...

The 40-week trial showed that people with type 2 diabetes treated with once-weekly semaglutide experienced statistically greater reductions in HbA1c and body weight compared to treatment with dulaglutide. Results from the SUSTAIN 7 trial, which investigated...

Genetic surveillance should be incorporated into malaria control programmes to improve treatment and reduce the risk of drug-resistant major outbreaks. The current spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia is likely to be the result of...

EMA has accepted the application under a special procedure called “Article 58” which allows the EMA to give a scientific opinion, in co-operation with the World Health Organization (WHO), for the evaluation of medicinal products that...