Pfizer Inc will pay $11.6 billion to buy migraine pill maker Biohaven Pharmaceutical, marking the biggest deal by the cash-rich drugmaker since 2016 to beef up its portfolio ahead of patent losses for some cancer drugs.

Police in a raid seized 92,616 litres of edible oil illegally stored at four warehouses and a truck at Baneshwar Bazar of Rajshahi's Puthia upazila today (May 10, 2022).

People with larger striatum are more likely to exhibit impulsive and sometimes psychopathic behaviour, which include anti-social and egocentric traits, a study has found.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 20 days straight in Bangladesh, while 26 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

With the government still struggling to bring stability to the volatile edible oil market, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said it was a mistake on his part to trust the businesspeople as they hoarded edible oil and hiked prices abnormally after the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Police in a raid seized 20,400 litres of edible oil illegally stored at a warehouse at Taherpur Bazar of Rajshahi's Bagmara upazila this evening.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

After the new prices came into effect, edible oil companies started supplying bottled, loose soybean and palm oil through distributors from Saturday.

A start-up company in India’s IT city Bengaluru has allowed half-an-hour for power nap for its employees in office, in the latest of novel moves by such firms to be staff-friendly amidst rising attrition post-Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 8, 2022) underscored the innovation of climate tolerant crops by agriculture scientists and the adaptation of modern technology for ensuring food security across the globe.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 18 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 23 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

Bangladesh is now ranked first out of eight countries in South Asia and fifth out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.

Protesting the decision to hike edible oil price, left-leaning political parties yesterday alleged that syndicates that control the oil market and the government are reasons behind the hike.

Novo Nordisk recently announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted the company a positive scientific opinion for a proposed update to the storage conditions of two human insulins.

The primary goal of the Drinking Water Quality Guidelines is to protect public health. The Guidelines contain the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendations for managing the risk of hazards that may jeopardise drinking water safety.

Many studies show a general association between greater physical activity and a lower risk for depression. In this meta-analysis, researchers sought to quantify a dose-response relation by evaluating 15 observational studies (190,000 participants with follow-up ranging from 3 to 25 years) with a wide range of activity level measures that could be harmonised into a single measure of marginal metabolic equivalent task hours per week (mMET-h/wk).

Among different types of cancers worldwide, pancreatic cancer holds 11th position (only 3%). However, no matter how rare this is, pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers.

Despite recent progress, the world is on track to miss its child and adolescent health targets, with over 8.6 million deaths expected in 2019. Children and adolescents need comprehensive, coordinated care from conception to adulthood, according to a new Lancet Series.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 17th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while 10 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

Bangladesh has advanced eight notches to rank 5th out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.