Three-quarters of the world’s adults with hypertension live in lower and middle-income countries and may lack access to proper care, says a study.  The researchers found that more than 30 per cent of adults worldwide live with high blood pressure, and 75 per cent of those adults live in lower and middle-income countries. The findings, published in the American Heart Association’s…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s detention at Los Angeles airport in the USA is very “unfortunate and embarrassing”. “I am shocked to hear about the harassment caused to @iamsrk. Security is security but this is very unfortunate and embarrassing,” Banerjee tweeted.  Khan, who was in the USA to visit Yale University,…

RIO DE JANEIRO, - Joseph Schooling sensationally upset Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly on Friday to seize Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games. The 21-year-old Asian champion denied Phelps a fourth straight victory in the event, leading from start to finish to win in an Olympic record of 50.39sec. Phelps, sixth at the turn, couldn't do enough coming home, but he…

NEW YORK, - Millions of Americans will spend the weekend hot under the collar as soaring East Coast temperatures and stifling humidity slapped excessive weather warnings on New York and Philadelphia. The combination of heat and humidity would make it feel as hot as 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) in the two cities. Temperatures would stay in the mid 90s from Friday through Sunday,…

Hillary Clinton has released her tax returns, adding to the pressure on her Republican rival for the White House, Donald Trump, to do the same.  The Democratic presidential candidate paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2% last year. Her running mate Tim Kaine, along with his wife Anne Holton, paid a rate of 20.3%, his returns show. Trump, a hotel developer with a fortune estimated to be…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its 2nd five-year strategic plan says it has little hope to achieve its four long-term goals unless it is made an efficient and effective institution. In the strategic plan, the NHRC plans to develop a human rights culture throughout Bangladesh with a view to ensuring the rule of law, social justice, freedom and human dignity. To attain this over the…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday reiterated his earlier conviction that there is no existence of the international militant outfit-IS- in Bangladesh. "We have visited and searched each and every corners of Bangladesh, but could not found any trace of the IS," the minister said while speaking at an anti-militancy rally on Savar College ground here this evening. Asaduzzaman said…

Squally weather is unlikely over North Bay and adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh.  Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower signal, a latest weather bulletin of Met Office said here today.  All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till this morning.