This is the moment in history when Bangladeshi medical science marked a milestone by successfully completing the remarkable surgery separating the ten-month-old pygopagus twins Tofa and Tahura. Twenty-four doctors spent nine hours inside an operating theatre operating on the spine of the twins.

Taking a common vitamin supplement could significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects worldwide, says Australian scientists, in what they described as a major breakthrough in pregnancy research.