Drugs
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Drugs & corruption elimination will accelerate national progress: Jahangir Alam
May 18, 2025Home Affairs Adviser Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury asserted today that the eradication of drugs and corruption would substantially accelerate Bangladesh’s developmental trajectory. He made this statement during the inauguration of a newly established boat workshop at... -
Singapore hangs 14th drug convict since last year
Jul 26, 2023A local man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Singapore on Wednesday, according to officials, two days before the first woman prisoner to be put to death in the city-state in nearly 20 years. The... -
Billions of dollars worth of drugs were seized off the coast of Florida
Mar 6, 2022More than $1 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana has been intercepted by the US Coast Guard. According to the country’s media, this is the greatest narcotics cargo intercepted in recent history. Sky News has breaking... -
Pfizer’s corona drugs may come this year
Apr 28, 2021Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company is now launching oral drugs for corona. Pfizer’s chief executive officer (CEO) Albert Borla told CNBC that the drug could hit the market later this year. The corona vaccine, co-produced by... -
EU funds 10 billion dollar for COVID-19 vaccine and drugs
May 27, 2020The European Union (EU) has so far raised more than $10 billion in global efforts to develop vaccines and drugs to prevent Covid-19. Experts believe the fund was raised as part of the ongoing efforts of... -
Five drugs found in Woods’ system after arrest
Aug 15, 2017News Hour Tiger Woods had five drugs, including the opioid painkiller hydrocodone, in his system when he was arrested in May on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a toxicology report released Monday. A... -
Save the Children starts one stop services in Dhaka for HIV positive people who inject drugs
Jun 10, 2017News Hour: Considering the rising HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Dhaka, Save the Children introduced one-stop-services through comprehensive drop-in-centers (DICs) to reverse the trend. In this process, PWID is tested for HIV.... -
Alcohol, drugs and lesbianism: Arab Israeli film faces backlash
Feb 19, 2017News Hour: The culture clash in “Bar Bahar” starts off when Nur, a veiled and conservative Muslim, moves into a flat with two other Arab Israeli women and sees their drug-taking, party-going lives. But for its... -
Bangladeshi women failing to receive basic lifesaving drugs in pregnancy and childbirth
Oct 11, 2016Global health organization PATH and local NGO SERAC-Bangladesh joined together to highlight the fact that many Bangladeshi women lack access to the life-saving medicines that can prevent the two leading causes of death during pregnancy and... -
Sporting leaders back proposals to give more powers to WADA
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against drug-cheating by athletes, it said on Saturday. The IOC said it was agreed at...
