Don’t advertise carbonated beverage as energy drink: BSTI

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has called on all electronic and print media and manufacturers to refrain from misleading advertisement on carbonated beverages.
1 March 2021, 13:33 PM

Noakhali nursing institute hit by food poisoning

Noakhali Nursing Institute is hit by food poisoning with 32 students falling victim to it so far.
9 August 2017, 07:20 AM

3 ways to know if someone is a psychopath

Here are three things to watch out for if you suspect someone to be a psychopath.
10 April 2016, 12:10 PM

UK air pollution 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year'

Air pollution is contributing to about 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Paediatrics and Child Health have said.
23 February 2016, 06:24 AM

China confirms first case of Zika virus

China has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus in a man who had recently travelled to South America, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.
10 February 2016, 06:36 AM

2,100 pregnant Colombian women infected with Zika virus

More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute says, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas.
31 January 2016, 06:59 AM

Zika virus could become 'explosive pandemic'

US scientists have urged the World Health Organisation to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say has "explosive pandemic potential".
28 January 2016, 05:56 AM

Working longer hours increases stroke risks

Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a one third greater risk of stroke compared to a 35-40 hour work week.
22 August 2015, 05:17 AM

'Human breast milk trade' health warning

Human breast milk being bought online by fetishists, bodybuilders and cancer patients is a danger to health, UK researchers say.
18 June 2015, 08:32 AM

The man who cut out his own appendix

During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill. He needed an operation - and as the only doctor on the team, he realised he would have to do it himself.
20 May 2015, 04:54 AM

Kids eat more veggies when tasty

Influential study finds US children in Massachusetts ate up to 30 percent more vegetables when school meals were made more palatable with the help of a professional chef
24 March 2015, 06:52 AM