Bangladesh, India, Nepal on track to cut tobacco use by 30%: WHO
Bangladesh, India and Nepal are on track to achieve at least a 30 per cent relative reduction in tobacco use by the end of this year, WHO said on Wednesday. Six other countries -- Bhutan, DPR Korea, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand -- are projected to see smaller declines, it said in a statement. The WHO South-East Asia Region has made the fastest progress globally in reducing...
Finland again ranked happiest country in world
Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday. Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the...
Air pollution from fires blamed for 1.5m deaths a year
Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday. This death toll is expected to rise in the coming years as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense, according to a study in The Lancet journal. The international team of researchers looked at...
Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke
The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million Americans have a stroke every year. But up to 80% of strokes may be preventable with better nutrition, exercise...
One in three tree species at risk of extinction
More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published on Monday. The warning came in the Global Tree Assessment, contained in an update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Issued to coincide with the UN’s COP16 summit on biodiversity,...
Passive smoking threatens health of mothers' and children
The Formation Meeting of the Anti-Tobacco Mothers' Forum was held on Wednesday morning (Oct 23) at Krishibid Institute Bangladesh. The meeting was organized by Nari Maitree. During the event, 18 prominent mothers gathered to raise their voices against the harmful impact of direct and secondhand smoking on women and children. The forum called for the immediate passage of the proposed...
Immigration is not a ‘bad’ thing, France’s Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday that immigration was not necessarily a “bad” thing, in a thinly veiled riposte to the country’s hard-line interior minister who has vowed to crack down on migration. “Is immigration bad? The answer is no. It depends,” Macron told broadcaster France Inter. “Is immigration from Africa bad in general? In truth, not totally,” Macron...
US woman dies after first use of ‘suicide pod’
A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used on Monday outside a village near the German border. The portable human-sized pod, self-operated by a button inside, has...
Know about Skin Cancer: Everyone at risk
Skin cancer is a very common type of cancer throughout the world. It is a disease that occurs when skin cells grow abnormally in the epidermis (the outermost skin layer), usually due to the overexposure of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. As for Caucasian (white-skinned) people, they are more prone to getting skin cancer due to the exclusion of non-producing melanin (natural skin...
Maria Branyas Morera, world's oldest person, dies at 117
The world's oldest living person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the US and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said. "Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain," her family wrote Tuesday on her account on social network X. "We will always remember her for her advice and her kindness," they...
Why Switzerland is home to two of the world's most liveable cities
It has been quietly making its case for being one of the best places in the world to live, with multiple cities listed in 2024's Global Liveability Index and Smart City Index. When it comes to the world's best country rankings, Scandinavia typically tops the charts. We're used to seeing Denmark, Finland and Norway leading the pack in the world's happiest country lists – but another European...
First Aid and Recovery for Bullet Wounds
Most likely, you'll never have to deal with a gunshot wound. Some paramedics even go their whole careers without treating one. Treatment and recovery for a gunshot wound depend on the size of the bullet, where the bullet enters your body, and how soon you seek medical care. Prompt medical attention often prevents a gunshot wound from becoming deadly. This article walks you through what to...
How much sleep do you need according to your age: Study
Adults aged 18-60 years should aim for at least 7 hours of sleep each day, a new report has revealed. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the daily recommended hours of sleep vary significantly across age groups. How much one should sleep according to their age Here are the CDC's recommended sleep guidelines: •Newborns (0-3 months): 14-17 hours...
Japan's population falls for 15th year in a row
Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low. Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record high. Japan's population was 124.9 million as of Jan 1. The data released by...
India set to remain world's most populous country
India is poised to remain the most populous country in the world throughout the 21st century, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 report released recently. The report anticipates that India will reach its population peak in the early 2060s with approximately 1.7 billion people, followed by a 12% decrease by the end of the century. The UN's projections also indicate that...
Saving money regularly helps you sleep, study suggests
Saving money regularly can help improve sleep, a new report suggests. Putting a monthly amount aside, however small the sum, also helped people to relax and be more optimistic about the future, the study by academics at Bristol University found. Regular savers on low incomes have similar life satisfaction levels as richer non-savers, they said. A quarter of UK adults have savings of less...
Indigenous ritual practiced for 12,000 years, study shows
Archaeologists have discovered evidence that shows how Indigenous oral traditions were able to pass down knowledge over 500 generations, the journal Nature Human Behaviour reported on Monday. Miniature fireplaces with protruding trimmed wooden artifacts smeared in fat were found in a series of caves in Australia's Victorian Alps that match the description of Gunaikurnai healing rituals written...
Report: Air pollution linked to nearly 2,000 child deaths a day
Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday. Exposure to air pollution contributed to the deaths of 8.1 million people -- around 12 percent of all fatalities -- in 2021, according to the report from the U.S.-based Health Effects Institute. This means air...
Apex Footwear Ltd. Celebrates Double Win at Retail Asia Awards 2024
Apex Footwear Limited is humbled to have been recognised at the Retail Asia Awards 2024, held on June 11 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. Apex was honored in two categories: “Footwear Retailer of the Year - Bangladesh” and “Sustainability Initiative of the Year - Bangladesh." The Retail Asia Awards, now in its 19th year, is renowned for recognizing...
