Open a new era of permanent data capacity, scientists at Southampton University, five-dimensional (5D) digital recording nanostructured write data using Ultrafast Laser glass and retrieval process is developed.

The government is planning to set up three more public hospital’s in the capital’s Mirpur, Uttara and Jatrabari areas, said health minister Mohammad Nasim.

Travelling, as considered by most people, is a welcome break needed from the realities and stressful scenarios of the phenomenon called life. Every once in a while, you may have ...

From 2009 onwards we have been increasingly seeing media reports on swine flu (H1N1). Swine flu is contagious. Influenza viruses infect the cells lining your nose, throat and lungs. It ...

Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.

He was affectionately called “Daktar Bhai” (doctor brother). Rightly so, because he served them for decades in a Tangail village, thousands of miles away from home, to live up to ...

Eating raw oysters and shellfish may increase the risk of getting infected by human norovirus that causes stomach pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, a study says.

We all deal with period cramps which make our lives hell during that time of the month. Even though we take medicines, it just provides short-term relief. Besides, consuming too ...

Former president APJ Abdul Kalam was passionate about the ancient Indian medicine system of Ayurveda and was keen to modernise it on a global scale, the chief of an international ...

Scientists have for the first time found that a novel combination therapy is highly effective at treating melanoma patients with skin metastases.

Sprouts are considered as the wonder-food because they are packed with nutrients and can be eaten raw or cooked. It is also a rich source of protein, anti-oxidants and other ...

Nocturnal enuresis or nighttime urinary incontinence, commonly called bedwetting or sleepwetting, is quite common in school-age kids. It is an involuntary urination that occurs usually at night.

The need for sex education as a part of the Indian education system has been a topic of heated debate for a long time. Many arguments have been given as ...

If you love to include chillies in your diet, you have another healthy reason to do so. According to a study, consumption of hot chillies can prevent overeating via an ...

Dengue fever is a dangerous and debilitating disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. But, what's even scarier is that the mosquito-borne disease can affect vision and in rare cases, ...

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne have formulated a solar-powered device that replicates the photosynthesis process that plants and bacteria follow. In spite of the fact that it doesn't precisely ...

Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a one third greater risk of stroke compared to a 35-40 hour work week, according to research published Thursday.

Indians are more concerned about their fitness now as they want to look and feel better, says David Jack. But the global master trainer of the brand Reebok feels that ...

A Dhaka court today jailed six owners and employees of the now-defunct BCI (Bangladesh) for 10 years for producing lethal paracetamol.

living obese teenagers extra vitamin D pills can elevate their cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides levels, an Indian American researcher has discovered.