Bangla Mirror Desk 5 March, 2016 A common blood test already used to measure people’s risk of developing heart disease could also predict a patients’ risk of having a second ischemic stroke, new research has found.   Ischemic strokes result from blockages preventing blood flow to the brain, and they are responsible for approximately 85 percent of all stroke cases. ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk 5 March, 2016 Researchers have proved that depression is more than a mental disorder as it causes important alterations affecting the whole body.   Scientists from University of Granada (UGR) in Spain said depression should be considered a systemic disease that affects a number of organs and tissues or the body, reports BS.   The results showed ...

 Bangla Mirror  Desk 5 March, 2016 Consumption of vitamin D during pregnancy may not help in improving bone density of babies, according to a study.   The study showed that there was no significant difference in bone mass between the babies born to women who consumed vitamin D supplements compared to those who did not.   However, the findings suggest ...

5 March, 2016 Sourav Ganguly Before getting into any analysis of the Asia Cup final, I would like to state that the health of Asian cricket has started to concern me. There has been a massive drop in the quality of Sri Lanka and Pakistan, who were once the powerhouses in Asian and world cricket. I know that every team ...

Sports desk : 5 March, 2016 Cricket has evolved significantly over years, from Tests to ODIs to T20s. The Bangladesh cricket team’s evolution over years can be compared to the evolution of cricket.   Starting off by becoming a Test-playing nation in 2000, Bangladesh have grown a lot as a side in the last 15 years to become a formidable ...

5 March, 2016 Bangladesh will face mighty India in the final of the 13th Asia Cup T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The high voltage final of the five-nation Asian tournament will start at 7:30pm (local time) amid passionate excitement of country’s cricket loving people. On the way to final, the 10th ranked Bangladesh started their ...

5 March, 2016 China’s National People’s Congress has set the country’s growth target for 2016 in a range of 6.5%-7%.   Premier Li Keqiang will announce the target in his address to delegates, according to the text of his speech.   The annual congress in Beijing sets out to determine both the economic and political agenda for the country.   ...

5  March, 2016 Volkswagen T-Cross Breeze concept. Volkswagen is having a hard time selling cars in the US right now.   VW reported on Tuesday that its US sales plunged more than 13% last month.   For the year, Volkswagen sales are down nearly 14%.   At a time when many of its rivals are reporting double-digit growth in a US ...

5 March, 2016 An employee displays gold models of elephants at the “Gem and Jewellery India International Exhibition 2013” (GJIIE) in the southern Indian city of Chennai I wrote a few weeks ago about record slowdowns in gold sales across India. With buyers in the world’s number-one consuming nation holding off on purchases ahead of an expected cut in import ...

5 March, 2016 Kabul has repeatedly called for all Taliban groups to sit at the negotiating table though President Ashraf Ghani has said his government will not make peace with those who kill civilians.   The Taliban today refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, a statement said. “We want to ...