Bangla Mirror Desk: Britain’s parliament approved legislation on Wednesday to ban branding on cigarette packs, drawing immediate threats of legal action from the country’s $29 billion (19.43 billion pounds) tobacco industry. Aimed at improving public health and cutting the number of child smokers, the measure is likely to crimp tobacco company profits and emulates Australia, which in 2012 enacted a ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: A Bangladeshi man has died after being shot in what police believe is a “targeted attack”.  Police say an ambulance was called to a shop on Markham Avenue where a man had gunshot injuries. They  believe he might have been shot in his car and then gone to the shop for help.  Five persons were  arrested including ...

Sylhet district Bar Asociasion former president Veteran advocate Azizul Malik Chowdhury died of old age complications at city’s hospital Wednesday at the age of 75. He was under treatment at the hospital, said an release here today.He left behind wife, one daughter, two sons, relatives and admirers to mourn her death. Azizul Malik Chowdhury also worked for longtime with fortnightly ...

Two youths allegedly committed suicides by hanging themselves on Wednesday at separate places in Sylhet district. The deceased were identified as Yeasin Mia, 25, son of Monjur Ali of Jaflang union of Gowinghat upazila and Sharufa Akter, 20, daughter of Abdul Hasem of Syedmugni area in the city.

Members of Joint Force arrested two Jamaat activist from Kaistorail village in Dakshin Surma upazila here on Wednesday midnight. The arrested person is identified as Jahangir Kobir Shipon, 30, and Alomgir Kobir Lemon son of M.A Mosobbir of Kaistorail village here. Mohammad Jalaluddin Ahammad, assistant director of RAB-9 (media), confirmed the matter

By A Shahid 7th March should become an official National day and declared a public holiday in Bangladesh says a new initiative, which is spearheaded by a social research company, based in Bow Tower Hamlets. Agroni Social research is currently working on a groundbreaking socio educational study focusing on the significance of the famous speech given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...

Love to munch on those salted chips? You may want to lay off them as new study claims that salt does more than just affect your blood pressure. A review paper co-authored by two faculty members in the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences and two physicians at Christiana Care Health System provides evidence that even in the absence ...

A new study has claimed that the “exercise hormone” irisin cannot be produced by humans. Thus, irisin may be just a myth as scientists provide evidence against the existence of the “exercise hormone” in humans and and other species. Irisin, first discovered in 2011, was described as a hormone produced by exercise. The finding ignited hope and press coverage that ...

A new study has revealed the five most common health issues in men and how to prevent them. Kevin Polsley of Loyola University said that a lot of men think going to the doctor is just one more thing on a seemingly endless “to do” list, but to get all those other “to dos” done men need to starting thinking ...

A new study has revealed that vegetarian diet lowers the risk of colorectal cancers compared to non-vegetarian diet. The study explained that diet of an individual plays a vital role in causing colorectal cancer, like red meat had been linked to increase the risk whereas fiber rich food reduces the cancer risk. The researchers examined almost 380 cases of colon ...