Those who were overweight had an 18% reduction in dementia, researchers found. Being overweight cuts the risk of dementia, according to the largest and most precise investigation into the relationship. The researchers admit they were surprised by the findings, which run contrary to current health advice. The analysis of nearly two million British people, in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, ...

In a good news for men facing incessant hair loss, researchers have discovered that by plucking 200 hair strands in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow! Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have demonstrated this on a mouse. “It is a good example of how basic research can lead ...

singer Adnan Babu was arrested by using mobile tracking system for seeking extortion from a school headmaster in Manikganj. According to case statement filed by ACC, Adnan Babu allegedly demanded Tk. 5 lakh, disguising himself a section officer Mahbub of education ministry, from Manikganj Baradia High School headmaster Shah M Rafiqul Islam. Adnan, who was a famous singer in 1990s, ...

The prices of imported edible oil, sugar and flour are higher in Bangladesh despite a drop in the international market. The disparity became evident in reports of Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) and Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). According to the last report of BTC, the price of crude soybean oil in the international market was 32 per cent less on ...

After ending their 16-year long Pakistan jinx, Bangladesh now have the opportunity to clinch a series win for the first time against their sub-continent rivals. The second ODI of the three-match series is scheduled for 2:30pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh won the first match comprehensively by 79 runs on Friday. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe ...

Some 337 Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen have reached home in two special flights of Biman from India’s southern state of Kerala. They were evacuated by the Indian naval ships and later carried by passenger ships to Kochi port in Kerala state on Saturday. Biman Bangladesh Airlines flights carried them to Dhaka from there early on Sunday. The first flight landed ...

One person was killed in a auto-rickshaw collided with a pick-up van today in Sylhet-Sunamgonj Highway’s Tukerbazar area. The deceased was Sunafor ali of Kalarukha under the Sylhet sadar Upazila.   Jakir Hossain, sub-inspector of Jalalabad Police Station, said the accident occurred on morning 11.00 pm leaving him dead on the spot.  

Bangladesh have finally broken their 16-year old Pakistan jinx in all forms of cricket in some style, crushing them by 79 runs with a superlative all-round show in the first ODI in Mirpur. Two scintillating centuries by opener Tamim Iqbal (132) and wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (106) powered the Tigers to a daunting 329 for 6 – their highest total in ...

Rakil Hussain, Habigonj : At least Two people were killed road accidents in Habiganj districts on Friday. two men were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Olipur in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shohel Miah, 28, hailing from Sribaur village in ...

At least six people, mostly farmers, have been killed and three others injured in Sunamganj after being struck by lightning during a nor’wester, police say, reports sylhetmirror.com Five of them died, in separate incidents, while working in paddy fields at Dirai Upazila on Friday afternoon. They are – labourer Milad Mia, 30, and farmers Jamshed Ali, 45, Gyanendra Das, 50, ...