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Swimming lessons made law to stop drownings

The government has made swimming lessons compulsory in schools, to reduce the number of children who drown in the country’s many waterways. According to UN figures, about 18,000 children between five and 17 die each year because they cannot swim. The education ministry says rural ponds and lakes will be made suitable for lessons and university pools opened up. swimmingBut some say the directive will be hard to implement because of a lack of pools in urban areas. Drowning has been described as a hidden epidemic in Bangladesh, one of th...

Why some women can’t say no to junk food

Eating a healthy diet during adolescence could reverse the junk-food cravings in males but not females, reveals a fascinating research. [caption id="attachment_14726" align="alignleft" width="300"]junk food Reuters Photo[/caption] The study published in the FASEB Journal also showed that intensity of junk food cravings depends a lot on mother’s diet during late pregnancy. There are two critical windows during the developmental pathway to adulthood when exposure to junk food is most harmful, particularly for female offspring, the researchers not...

5 cities having impact on real estate sector in BD

The real estate industry is booming day by day in Bangladesh, currently there are only two cities which are in spotlight. of this sector and expanding every day. There are some other cities which have strong potential influence on the real estate sector in near future. Cox’s Bazar: 5-top-citiesCox’s Bazar is the city with the longest beach in the world and on the rise to becoming a tourist hotspot. Whether you are looking for an undeveloped land or constructed property, prices are still fairly moderate. Investors are constantly bui...

Energy drinks bad for youngsters’ heart

Excessive consumption of energy drinks can trigger sudden cardiac deaths in youngsters, apparently healthy individuals, warns a new study. The study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology focused on how the marketing of these drinks as a means to relieve fatigue and improve physical and cognitive performance may be ignoring dangers. drinks“As energy drinks consumption continues to grow, physicians are advised to ask adolescent patients whether they consume energy drinks, to be aware of the symptoms of energy drink overconsumption, and...

The trials of Asian democracy

These are times of trial – literally in the courts – for a growing number of Asia’s democracies. The list of major national political leaders in the region who have faced, or are about to face, criminal charges has grown soextensive that it is plausible to wonder whether democracy itself can survive in a number of these countries.Perhaps the gravest allegations have been leveled at Bangladesh’s opposition politics BDleader Khaleda Zia, who has been charged with murder in a case going back many years. India’s former prime minister, Manmohan Singh, who...

Muslims to equal Christians by 2050

Islam will grow faster than any other major religion and if the current trends continue, the number of Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world by 2050. By then, according to Pew Research Center’s latest report, Hindus will be the third largest religious group, surpassing the number of people with no religious affiliation. muslim.png.pagespeed“Muslims will be more numerous in the US than people who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion,” said the report titled “The Future of World Re...
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