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The total internet users in Bangladesh increased to 93.702 million in April, 2019, according to BTRC, an ominous sign to create harmful obstacles on way to children’s mental and physical development. Experts say, teens spend most of their time in the virtual world gradually move away from the ...
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Mostly office goers, students and a section middle income class of society, and not the people in general are getting benefits from the growing number of ride sharing services in Dhaka. However, there are mountains of allegations against riders and concerned companies.Ride sharing service apps frequ...
Cylinders used by balloon sellers generally contain helium gas. But, according to the Department of Explosives, vendors selling gas baloons in Bangladesh illegally produce highly combustible hydrogen gas inside the cylinders, putting lives at risk. Over the years, numerous people have been killed an...
With people already disgusted with fraudulent acts using mobile phones, they are now faced with a new type of fraud called 'spoofing', a software which is used by criminals to duplicate the mobile number of any person.The new type of fraud has been detected by law enforcers who have termed i...
Organised vested quarters at home and abroad are engaged in a continuous plot to destabilize the country through spreading sensitive propaganda on social media. Their main aim is to tarnish the image of the ruling Awami League, and disrupt the country’s ongoing development work as well, intell...
Rohingyas have destroyed 8000 acres of forestland causing a financial loss of over Tk 2420 crore. According to the Department of Forest, forests and hilly areas of Cox's Bazar are now occupied by the Rohingyas. After destroying the forests and cutting the hills, these areas are being occup...
Use of one-time plastic-made cups, glasses and utensils for taking tea, coffee, juice or any other foods can cause harmful effects on human body as its use leads to develop many incurable diseases. People are often seen taking tea, coffee, fruit juice, liquid drinks and foods in one-time plastic use...
As a craze apparently seems to drive children and younger people to eat junk foods considering those as tasty and preferred items, the intake of junk foods leads many to face the shocks of multiple diseases. Generally junk foods denote to foods that people expect to eat quickly, either on- or off-si...
As drinking sugary carbonated beverages has serious bearing on good health, widespread spree of drinking soft drinks has raised alarming concerns due to its adversarial impact leading to chronic kidney diseases (CKD). According a Harvard Public School of Health (HSPH), soft drinks contain phosphoric...
Electronic cigarette or popularly known as e-cigarette nicotine may have several negative health effects. Chronic nicotine exposure may lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, although this risk may be offset by the well-known appetite suppressant effects of nicotine, according to Havard Med...
The long-time use of cotton buds can cause permanent deafness, health experts warned. These buds consist of one or two small wads of cotton wrapped around one or two ends of a short rod made of wood, rolled paper or plastic. According to a new research conducted by YouGov, in the United Kingdom (UK)...
The Moghul time Muslin, the finest hand woven soft cotton fabric, is being revived aiming at its export opportunities. Muslin that grew under the royal patronage has a worldwide reputation as a glamorous attire. The globally famed 18th century Muslin was known for its magical production of the fine ...
Availability and low price of smokeless tobacco products, especially ‘zarda’, ‘sadapata’ and ‘gul’ are the major catalysts behind the increasing number of non-smoking tobacco users in the country.Bangladesh has made progress in tobacco control in recent years. On ...
The number of CCTV users is increasing day by day in the capital Dhaka due to rising awareness about security issues among the city dwellers, according to CCTV traders. CCTV (Closed Circuit TV) is a self-contained surveillance system comprising cameras, recorders and displays for monitoring activiti...
As suicide is considered to be a major cause of death in Bangladesh, a large number of suicide incidents can be escaped if families, friends and colleagues can detect suicidal ideation or phantasm and resort to counseling beforehand, experts say. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among te...
The use of chemical fertilizers in the country’s agrarian sector has shown an increasing trend, posing serious health risks to humans, as chemical fertilizers bear some harmful health-affecting ingredients. Due to superfluous use of fertilizer and absence of any safety option, people are falli...
Most of the commercially-sold bottled water is not as safe as drinkers feel because around 65-70% of bottled water is ‘contaminated,’ experts indicate. According to reports, a total of 287 factories, including multinational water companies, are authorized to produce plastic bottles...
The safety of pedestrians has come under serious threat in the past few years in the capital city as people tend to ignore the signalised systems on important and bigger roads and cross the roads traditionally. Causing much worries to everyone, the concerned departments, entrusted with the task...
Over one-third (35%) of ischemic heart disease, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and about 42% of strokes, the second largest contributor to global mortality, occur mainly for exposure to harmful chemicals, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Experts say, this could...
Allegations are rife that the former chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) in exchange of bribe handed over the corporation’s buses to some syndicate agencies. Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan, former BRTC chairman admitted that he handed over buses to outsiders in the interest of managi...
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