- Consensus Commission resumes talks Saturday
- Miraz gets best sportsperson of the year award
- Cricketer Anderson awarded a knighthood
- ‘Some illegal foreign assets to be frozen within 6 months’
- US welcomes Bangladesh's signing of Artemis Accords
- Announce election roadmap immediately after completing the necessary reforms: Golam Parwar
- Bangladesh, EU to conclude PCA negotiations by 2026
- Accountability key to resolving Rohingya crisis: Dhaka
- ICC considers revising two-ball rule in ODIs
- 648 brick kilns shut down in anti-pollution drive
- New logo for Bangladesh Police finalised
- Earthquake felt in Dhaka, various parts of country
- China now slaps 125% tariffs on US goods
- Dismembered bodies of 2 women, a kid recovered in N'ganj
- Nasrul Hamid is the greatest 'electricity thief' of all time: Siddique Nazmul
- Shamit begins process to represent Bangladesh
- Residential buildings, farms hit in new US strikes in Sana’a
- Metro Rail’s 2 stations to be closed on Bangla New Year
- Protom Alo, Daily Star represent Hindustan: JAGPA Chhatra League
- 167 more Bangladeshis return from Libya
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Chief Advisers Press Secretary Mohammad Shafiqul Alam on Wednesday stressed the need for innovative social mobilisation to prevent youth from taking up smoking, saying that raising tobacco prices alone is not enough to curb tobacco use, reports UNB. He said this while addressing a workshop on...
Misinformation on vaping keeps smokers hooked
Smokings less harmful alternative is vaping but study shows people are hesitant to switch with the widespread negative misinformation about vaping. Growing health consciousness is coming down hard, cracking down on all forms of smoking and condemning all nicotine consumption as harmful to...
Lung cancer among non-smokers increases; air pollution could be culprit
Lung cancer cases among non-smokers are rising, with air pollution potentially contributing to the increase, according to a new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal on World Cancer Day. The findings of the study showed that adenocarcinoma, a cancer that originates in the...