The internet has turned nutrition into the Wild West, where viral wellness trends often outpace clinical reality. For many, navigating the grocery store feels like a minefield of conflicting labels and superfood claims that don’t always hold up under medical scrutiny. To cut through the noise, Dr Sanjay Bhojraj, a California-based cardiologist with 20 years of experience, took to Instagram ...

State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr MA Muhit conducted a surprise inspection of healthcare services at an upazila health complex in Sylhet via video call today (24 March), according to a health ministry press release. He joined the Dakshin Surma Upazila Health Complex remotely from the Secretariat in Dhaka at around 12pm and monitored overall operations. At the ...

The global energy crisis is deepening as emergency measures by governments worldwide have fallen short of plugging the huge shortfall in oil and gas supply caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, executives and oil ministers said on Tuesday. Costs for energy, fertilisers and petrochemicals are soaring as the world is losing as much as 20 million barrels of oil ...

Two of the final remaining tickets to the World Cup will be up for grabs when a high?stakes playoff tournament kicks off in Mexico on Thursday, bringing together six teams from across the globe. New Caledonia, Suriname, Jamaica, Bolivia, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo form the diverse cast of hopefuls each chasing one of the two berths on ...

Oil prices fell around 4% on Wednesday on the prospect of a possible ceasefire easing supply disruptions from the key Middle East producing region after reports the U.S. sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war between them. Brent crude futures fell $4.89, or 4.7%, to $99.60 a barrel by 0335 GMT, after declining to as low as $97.57. ...

The nation is solemnly observing Genocide Day on Wednesday (March 25) various programmes commemorating the brutal crackdown by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators on unarmed Bengalis during the night of March 25, 1971, as part of Operation Searchlight. The Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) unanimously adopted a resolution on March 11, 2017, to observe March 25 as Ganohatya Dibas (Genocide ...

Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman has ordered the introduction of a loan facility to assist Bangladeshi students planning to pursue higher education overseas, aiming to ease financial barriers such as bank guarantees and solvency requirements. State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Hoque Nur shared the development with reporters on Tuesday following a meeting with the Prime Minister ...

Bangladesh’s youth footballers made a dominant start to the SAFF Under-20 Championship, beating Pakistan 2-0 in their opening group match, with debutant Ronan Sullivan scoring both goals. The American-born footballer of Bangladeshi descent was the center of attention even before kickoff. His brother Declan Sullivan was also in the squad but did not make it onto the pitch. Ronan, however, ...

I completely agree with the points made in Devi Sridhar’s article on meningitis (Meningitis is back – and here is why, 17 March). She says that the NHS routine vaccination schedule covers children born after 2015. In fact, it was extended to babies born from May 2015 in a catchup programme. I remember this clearly as my eldest son was ...

The internet is constantly evolving with new ways to describe how we think, feel and relate to others. The latest word gaining attention across social media is “otrovert” – a term that many people feel quietly captures something they’ve struggled to explain about themselves. Who Is An Otrovert? Coined by American psychiatrist Rami Kaminski, the term emerged from his observations ...