According to studies, a pregnant woman who has gestational diabetes is more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life. Gestational diabetes is another common cause of large-for-gestational-age neonates (LGA). Infants who weigh more than 90 per cent of all infants of the same gestational age are considered to be LGA. LGA newborns had a higher likelihood of being ...

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved separate proposals for procuring some 1.60 crore litres of soybean oil and 60,000 metric tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demand in the country. The approval came from the 7th meeting of the CCGP in this year held virtually with Finance Minster AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair. Briefing reporters ...

Voting in the by-elections to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency will be held on April 27. The Election Commission announced the date on Wednesday after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal. The last date of nomination submission will over on march 27, while scrutinising on March 29. The withdrawal of nomination papers on April 5, said EC secretary Jahangir ...

A fire service rescue team, part of Bangladesh’s rescue efforts in Turkey, returned to the country on Tuesday night after completing their work in Turkey’s quake-hit areas. At around 8 p.m. on February 21, the team returned to Dhaka in a C-130 special aircraft of the Air Force along with the joint rescue team of Bangladesh. The director of operations ...

The voting in two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2023-2024 of Dhaka Bar Association, believed to be the largest Bar of Asia, started at 9am on Wednesday. The balloting will go on till 5pm with one hour recess from 1pm to 2pm on both of the days. A total of 46 candidates are vying for 27 posts. Some ...

Holders Real Madrid produced a stunning comeback from two goals down to earn a devastating 5-2 victory at Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. In a re-run of last year’s final, the first half was played at a ferocious pace, with the hosts racing into a fourth-minute lead through a superb Darwin Nunez ...

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed throughout the country on the night of March 7 (Tuesday) as the new noon of the holy month of Shaban of Hijri 1444 was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Tuesday evening. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Islamic ...

Jatiya Janata Party chairman and former lawmaker Nurul Islam Khan has died. He died at about 12:50pm on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Sylhet. Aklis Ahmed Chowdhury, Sylhet Divisional Co-coordinator of the party, confirmed the news of death. He said Nurul Islam Khan would be buried at his family graveyard at Sreedharpur village in Biswanath municipality ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for research to preserve, revitalise and develop the mother languages of the world. “I always put emphasis on research. The reason is that enrichment of anything is not possible without research,” she said. The PM said this while inaugurating a four-day programme of the International Mother Language Institute at Segunbagicha to ...

Rangana Herath, the spin bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, has expressed his excitement and confidence in Chandika Hathurusingha, the new head coach of the team. Herath has played with and under Hathurusingha before and believes that Bangladesh cricket will benefit from his presence. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has made a recent announcement that Chandika Hathurusingha will take ...