Hepatitis is a term used to describe liver inflammation. It can be caused by a variety of reasons such as viral infections, alcoholism, certain drugs, autoimmune problems, toxins, and metabolic disorders. According to the National Centre for Biotechnology Information, the prevalence of Hepatitis A ranged from 2.1 percent to 52.5 percent. Hepatitis B was discovered in a wide range of ...

BNP alleged that their 50 supporters, including two bullet hit, were injured in an attack by Awami League (AL) in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday. Houses and other establishments were also vandalised during the attack. The bullet-hit Jubo Dal leaders Firoz and Monir were admitted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital, said BNP Chairperson’s Advisor and former lawmaker Monirul ...

The 47th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country in a befitting manner on Sunday. On August 27 (12 Bhadra of Bangla calendar year) in 1976, the poet breathed his last at the then PG Hospital, now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, in the city. The poet was buried with state honour ...

Teesta river’s water level has surged 41 cm above the danger mark in Kurigram district, while water levels of Brahmaputra, Dudhkumar, and Dharla rivers are also on the rise. The escalating water levels have instilled fears of potential flooding among the residents living along the riverbanks. Kurigram Water Development Board has forecast short-term flooding. According to the district’s Water Development ...

There were 63 landings recorded yesterday, in the span of 24 hours, with a total of 1,826 people, in Italy’s Lampedusa, reports ANSA. A record, for the number of rescues and for the total number of migrants landed, never reached before on the largest of the Pelagie islands where from midnight to now there have already been another 17 landings ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR)’s joint commissioner of taxes Masuma Khatun was abducted allegedly at the directive of her former husband. Former husband Harun-ar-Rashid, who was a retired official of BCS Admn Cadre, hired their suspended car driver Masud and his associates at Tk 70,000 to abduct Masuma Khatun. After abduction, the victim was supposed to be taken to ...

FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain’s football federation on Saturday for kissing Spanish Women’s World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on the lips, and banned him from making contact with her, AFP reports. “(We) decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level,” said world football’s governing body in a statement, ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas alongwith his wife Afroza Abbas left Dhaka for Singapore on Saturday morning for treatment. A flight of Biman Bangladesh carrying the couple left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 8:45am. But, it is not known about which hospital in Singapore he will be treated and when he will return home. Earlier on ...

More than 1.47 million people worldwide were infected with COVID-19 between July 24 and August 20, a 63 per cent increase over the previous 28 days, and over 2,000 people died, a 48% decrease over the same period, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported. According to the WHO report, 1,470,201 COVID-19 cases and 2,059 deaths were reported worldwide during the ...

■ Muhammed Shahed Rahman ■ A press conference was held in East London on the occasion of Sylhet’s DhakaDakkin Bohumukei High School and College, Dattarail, to celebrate its 125 years and alumni reunion celebrations, UK 2023. On Friday (25 August 2023), the press conference held at the London Bangla Press Club was chaired by the convenor of the celebration committee ...