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On the popular fiction; The Indian Yoga

BIJON B. SARMA | 2 May 2012 8:44 pm

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Introduction :

Nowadays Indian Yoga has gained tremendous popularity in business market. Both in the eastern and western world it is said to bring excellent returns. Even though this age is known as the age of science, the harsh reality is, in this society ’science has been defeated to business’ and if we are to speak the truth we must say, ‘this is the age of business’. Details…


Arsenic

dipak debnath | 4 April 2012 8:29 pm

cawst-2008-treatments_large.jpgThough we are expressing less interest in arsenic pollution but gradually the condition is deteriorating throughout Bangladesh. Proper steps should be taken to reduce the malicious threat of arsenic.


Drug addiction in Bangladesh

Mahamudul Hasan (sumon). | 31 March 2012 2:30 pm

stopdrugabuse.gifDrug addiction is not a recent problem in Bangladesh. But it has been rising. In recent years Drug Addiction has significantly increased in Bangladesh. This agent of human devastation has spread its tentacles worldwide and also in our country. Details…


Cancer epidemiology & alternative medicine to treat cancer

Md. Nasir Ahmed | 10 January 2012 7:39 pm

alternative_medicine_symbol.jpgCancer is an abnormal growth of cells caused by multiple changes in gene expression leading to deregulated balance of cell proliferation and cell death and ultimately evolving into a population of cells that can invade tissues and metastasize to distant sites, Details…


Medicinal plants and its importance

Md. Nasir Ahmed | 31 December 2011 7:24 pm

medicinalplants1.jpgA medicinal plant is any plant which, in one or more of its organs, contains substances that can be used for therapeutic purposes, or which are precursors for chemo-pharmaceutical semi-synthesis. Details…


Seasonal pneumonia increase highlights need for more attention

Alauddin | 8 December 2011 8:25 pm

The recent increase in pneumonia cases highlights the need for more focus on preventing and treating the disease said experts today at a press briefing. The change of season has prompted many hospitals to report an increase in the number of pneumonia cases and an increased demand on services.

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LGBT community calls for the repeal of Section 377

Rainer Ebert | 22 November 2011 5:06 pm

Gay couple in Dhaka

Sam is a university-educated guy of 25 years. He is living in Dhaka and works as a university teacher. Six years ago, after graduating from college at the age of 19, he discovered that his sexual orientation deviates from the cultural norm in Bangladesh. Today he is in a romantic relationship with a man. Details…


World Sight Day 2011: Every 5 seconds someone goes blind, needlessly

Alauddin 1 | 13 October 2011 7:58 pm

Mohammed Alauddin & Dr. Ikhtiar Uddin Khandaker

wsd2011.jpgWorld Sight Day (WSD) has the global date to observe of the Second Thursday in October. This year it falls on the 13th October 2011. For raising public awareness of blindness and vision impairment this day will be marked by organisations and institutions in many different ways in Bangladesh. It’s a global event and it was integrated into the global program of the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

 

The eyes are one of the most important parts of the body. Details…


‘Out, Out–’

Ariful Islam Mithu | 19 September 2011 8:58 pm

Independent Television junior researcher Ariful Islam Mithu comments on safety, injury and death at workplace in the country touching on worldwide situation on the eve of World Day for Safety & Health which falls on April 18.

American poet Robert Frost’s poem ‘Out, Out–’ stirred me in my university-going days. Details…


A needle can save the life of a stroke patient

Sirajul Islam | 23 February 2009 11:52 am

Prof Irene Liu (Ms.), a Chinese Professor

Keep a syringe or needle at your home to do this. It’s amazing and an unconventional way of recovering from stroke. It can help somebody one day. My father was paralysed and later died from the result of a stroke. Details…