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Study finds: Proteins forecast dementia risk a decade ahead

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several forms of dementia more than 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, researchers from the ... Read More


Dhaka's air 3rd most polluted in the world on Tuesday morning

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Dhaka ranked third on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 232 on Tuesday morning. Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy' at 8:55 am ... Read More


Saber urges global leaders to immediately disburse loss and damage fund

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has emphasised the immediate need to capitalise and distribute funds for loss and damage as decided at the COP28, held in UAE last year. ... Read More


Banking sector faces provision shortfall at Tk 192.61 billion

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Despite some banks maintaining provision surpluses, the provision deficit across the country's banking sector remains high at Tk 192.61 billion, according to central bank statistics.... Read More


DU Prof Naadir Junaid sent on three months' forced leave

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Naadir Junaid, a senior professor of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University (DU), has been sent on three months' compulsory leave on charge of sexually ... Read More


Mobile internet speed improves

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The country has made an improvement in mobile internet speed with four notches up from 105 to 101 among 146 countries in December 2023. The US-based Ookla Speed Test Global Index ha... Read More


Education, jobs, and economic growth

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Among the purposes of education, jobs, and economic growth are at the top. The higher the education, the more the job prospects, the better the salary. Yes, this correlation has been... Read More


Regulator to crack down on misleading info in food ads

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The food safety watchdog will take actions for using any kind of misleading information in advertisements of food products. Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) will fine adverti... Read More


International trade fair to begin Chattogram on Thursday

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- A month-long Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) 2024 begins at Railway Polo Ground in Chattogram on Thursday (February 15). State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu w... Read More


BD's tourism in trouble for Myanmar conflict

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Winter is typically a time to break away from the urban routine and travel to the verdant hills of Chittagong, the sandy beaches of Cox's Bazar or the crystalline waters of Saint Mar... Read More