The quality of life and the intensity of movement-related symptoms can both be enhanced by physical activity in Parkinson’s disease patients. According to the initial Cochrane evaluation of the available research, any form of organised exercise is preferable than none. The review examined 156 randomised controlled trials comparing exercise with no exercise, different types of exercise, and no exercise at ...

A court in Dhaka has granted bail to Dhullywood actress Mahia Mahi three and a half hours after sending her to jail. Iqbal Hossain, judge of Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Court-5, granted bail to Mahi on Saturday (March 18) afternoon. Mahi’s lawyer Advocate Anwar Shahadat Sarker said the court granted bail to his client taking her pregnancy and considering her status ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the threat of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other BNP leaders to topple the government has become a joke to the people. “BNP started hatching conspiracy to oust our government just one month after its formation in 2009. They made repeated attempts to topple the government but they couldn’t do it, ...

Another mastermind involved in robbing Dutch-Bangla Bank money has been arrested from Savar. At the same time, Tk 87.50 lakh more were recovered from his possession. Mastermind Sohel Rana was arrested from Savar by the Mirpur Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch. DB said with the latest recovery, a total of Tk 8.10 crore have been recovered. Besides, a ...

The governor of the US state of Wyoming has signed a bill banning abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature, reports Al Jazeera. Governor Mark Gordon’s decision on Friday comes after the issue of access to abortion pills took centre stage this week in a Texas court. A ...

Leaders and activists of the main opposition BNP thronged the party’s Nayapaltan central office to take part in their protest rally, which started on Saturday afternoon. The party is holding the rallies in cities across all divisions on Saturday to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, ...

Actress Mahiya Mahi was sent to jail in Digital Security Act (DSA) case, hours after arrest from Dhaka airport on Saturday. Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Md Iqbal Hossain passed the order following a seven -day remand petition.  

The Bangladesh economy has shown signs of improvement in overcoming the deepening dollar crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, with an improvement in forex supply at banks. This has led to importers suffering less from the dollar crisis, as banks are approving more import Letter of Credit (LC) openings than during the peak crisis moment, according to insiders in the ...

Two cases have been filed against popular film actress Mahiya Mahi and her husband – on charge of “defaming police” after going live on Facebook and alleged involvement in extortion and assaulting a businessman. Rokon Mia, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station, filed a case under Digital Security Act against Mahi and her husband Rakib Sarkar while Ismail Hossain, a businessman, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the children to grow as smart citizens following the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “The Father of the Nation Bangabandu sheikh Mujib is no longer with us, but he left his ideals for us to follow,” she told a National Children’s Day programme in Gopalganj. The premier said the country’s children must ...