Researchers say they are closer to developing a vaccine to give life-long protection against any type of flu, after promising trials in animals. Two separate US teams have found success with an approach that homes in on a stable part of the flu virus. That should remove the problem with current flu vaccines which must be given anew each year ...

Exclusive breastfeeding is a right of the child. The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding are enormous not only to the baby, but also in many other ways to the family and nation. Seema, a mother of 2 month old boy lives at Kamrangirchar slum and works at a garments factory. When she was asked about exclusive breastfeeding, she smiled and said, ...

Experts have stated that diabetes crisis in Britain can cripple the National Health Service (NHS) as there is a huge increase in the number of sufferers. There is an increase of 60 percent of diabetics compared to the last decade and almost four million adults in Britain are suffering from the disease, the Daily Express reported. Campaigners have urged people ...

The likely toll of long working hours is revealed in a major new study which shows that employees still at their desks into the evening run an increased risk of stroke – and the longer the hours they put in, the higher the risk. The largest study conducted on the issue, carried out in three continents and led by scientists ...

Want to drop those extra pounds? It’s time to consult your doctor as a new study has revealed that physician’s support is the key to successful weight loss. Johns Hopkins researchers have said that their findings could inform the development of weight loss programs that give primary care physicians a starring role. In the study, Primary care physician Wendy L. ...

For most of us, sweating is one of the major decisive factors that make us feel that we have worked hard and achieved the day’s fitness goals thoroughly. Truly, sweating is one of the major determinants of increased fitness levels. However, as it turns out, there are many factors about exercise sweat and sweating, in general, that we are completely ...

Motorists in the capital spend four days each year stuck in traffic, study finds London was today named as Europe’s most congested city for the first time, with motorists spending four whole days on average stuck in traffic each year. The capital was ranked eighth in Europe in 2011 but quickly climbed to first place in 2014, overtaking Brussels, Cologne ...

Two 24-hour Tube strikes planned for this week have been called off after talks between unions and London Underground (LU) managers. Tube workers have been in dispute with LU over rotas and working conditions on the new Night Tube service. The Unite union said it had suspended its action as a “gesture of goodwill” to allow further talks. Unions have ...

UK living Bianibazar businessmen and sports enthusiasts recently formed a sports organisation called Bianibazar Sports Clubs UK.  On 16th August, this club organised a dual badminton tournament in Redbridge Leisure Centre.  Abid-Jenath duo won the tournament on that day and became champion where Emdad-Dowel duo became the runners-up. General Secretary Fakhrul Islam conducted the daylong event.  Chairman of the organisation ...

Long standing Dighol Bak Sheikh Bari Welfare Trust UK organised its annual reunion at Empire Hall in East Ham on 16th August. A huge number of people across the UK came to join this reunion party.  Many expats this time met each other after a long period of time and reminisced their olden days. The reunion was presided over by ...