Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection. The scientists were inspired to develop a synthetic molecule using some properties of the spider’s poison to create a gel to treat erectile dysfunction, which is now undergoing promising clinical trials. Covered in thick ...

The United States has said it expects that the government of Bangladesh will take all necessary actions to maintain the safety and security of all foreign missions and personnel in the country, including those from the US. “The United States values its relationship with Bangladesh,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular briefing on Thursday, September ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked officials of the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC to work with sincerity and patriotism to further enhance the country’s image. “Discharge duties with utmost sincerity, professionalism, honesty and patriotism to further enhance the country’s image,” she said. The Prime Minister made the remarks while exchanging views with the officials while visiting Bangladesh Embassy in ...

The first batch of fresh uranium, the nuclear fuel of the first unit of Rooppur nuclear power plant, is being taken to the project site at Rooppur in Ishwardi in Pabna by road from Dhaka. The vehicles, carrying the fresh uranium, started its journey for Pabna in the morning under special security arrangements. The vehicles crossed the Bangabandhu Bridge on ...

Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in their first warm up game of the ICC Cricket World Cup on Friday at Guwahati at a moment when the country’s cricket is in deep trouble, following Tamim Iqbal’s omission from the World Cup squad and later his outburst toward the team management and board. The problem further deepened when Shakib Al Hasan’s ...

Icddr,b, and the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM), jointly conducted trial of dengue vaccine for the first time in Bangladesh. The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM) and icddr,b, are the first to study a promising tetravalent dengue vaccine in dengue-endemic Bangladesh, said a press release on Thursday. Their work, evaluating ...

Actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died at 82 following a “bout of pneumonia,” a statement issued on behalf of his family said on Thursday, PA Media news agency reported. “We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” the statement issued by his publicist Clair Dobbs ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC. The prime minister laid the foundation stone of the Chancery Building in 1997, and inaugurated it in 2000. On her arrival at the embassy on Wednesday, the PM was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Muhammad Imran with a flower bouquet, said a message from the mission, UNB ...

Another application was submitted to the Home Ministry on September 25 last seeking permission to take BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical treatment. Khaleda Zia’s younger brother Shamim Eskander submitted the application, said BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan. Earlier on September 4 last, Shamim Eskander submitted an application to the home ministry from the family ...

Britain on Wednesday authorised oil and gas production in its largest undeveloped field to bolster its energy security, one week after the government diluted its net zero targets, triggering further condemnation by environmentalists. Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor and Ithaca Energy, a subsidiary of Israeli group Delek, will together invest $3.8 billion in developing the Rosebank field in the ...