Pregnancy complications can also affect child’s health later in life

Two of the most frequent pregnancy problems are hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes (GDM), which increase pregnant people’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. A new study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, suggested that pregnancy problems may lead to poor … Read more

Journalist’s dismembered body found in Bogura

The police recovered dismembered body of journalist Manjurul Islam, 49, from the east side of Joy Filling Station in Adamdighi’s Muril Bazar on Naogaon-Bogura road around 11:00pm on Wednesday. Manjurul was upazila correspondent of Dainik Bhorer Kagoj and son of late Mohammad Ali Master from Ujjalata village under Amdighi upazila. The police recovered his body … Read more

Bangladesh slips 2 notches to 75 in EIU democracy index

Bangladesh has slipped two notches to rank at 75 in the Democracy Index 2023 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It has scored 5.87 out of 10 and been marked as a hybrid regime. The countries that combine elements of formal democracy and authoritarianism have been classified as hybrid regimes in the index. In the … Read more

Rampant extortion: Who will protect the people?

The news of violence perpetrated by extortionists has now reached the national parliament and the secretarial meeting. Recently, former Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, participating in the discussion regarding the ‘attention to matters of urgent public importance’ notice in the National Parliament, highlighted that some miscreants in his constituency of Sylhet are regularly extorting money … Read more

Three killed after fresh clashes in restive Indian state

Three people were killed in India’s restive northeast when a mob attempted to storm a police building, demanding the reinstatement of an officer who took a selfie with a militia group. Manipur state on India’s border with Myanmar has since last year been riven by ethnic conflict that has claimed the lives of at least … Read more