3 educationists made national professors
Staff Correspondent
The government has appointed three eminent educationists as national professors of the country.
They are Professor Alamgir Mohammad Sirajuddin, Professor AK Azad Khan, and Professor Mahmud Hasan. The Ministry of Education issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday.
Alamgir Mohammad Sirajuddin is a reputed professor of history and a former Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University. A Barrister-at-law, he was an emeritus professor of the university. He also served as a UGC Professor. His scholarly writings are considered as assets for students, legal academicians and historians.
AK Azad Khan is the President of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS). As the founder President of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, he organised Gastroenterology services in the country. This honourary fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and the University College London was also the founder general secretary of Bangla
DAP demands doubling taxes on sugary drinks in Pakistan
Karachi
April 17, 2021
The Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) has demanded of the authorities to double the taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the coming budget, saying diabetes is growing at an alarming rate in Pakistan, which has the 4th highest burden of type 2 diabetes worldwide with more than 19 million cases.
“The Diabetic Association of Pakistan requests increasing the Federal Excise Duty from 11.5 per cent to 20 per cent on sugar- sweetened beverages (SSBs), which are, unfortunately, becoming an increasingly essential part of household food consumption with more than a 10 per cent point increase in the last few years along with a gradual increase in production and decrease in the price,” said Prof Abdul Basit, secretary general of DAP, in a letter to the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday.
One year into the pandemic: What lessons have we learnt?
Another glaring deficiency is the lack of adequate high flow oxygen delivery systems across hospitals in the country. Photo: Anisur Rahman
As I settle down to pen this write-up, the incessant calls and messages on my phone serve as a poignant reminder of how our lives have been reshaped and defaced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, I offer what medical advice I can regarding Covid tests, treatment and follow-up, but can t oblige the requests of help with admissions in hospital beds, especially in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). There are no vacancies anywhere, it seems. The increasing frequency of the news of deaths of near and dear ones is unnerving and unsettling. A year on, and we re back to square one. It has been a little more than a year since the first coronavirus cases were detected in Bangladesh, but the same, if not deeper, challenges and uncertainties remain.
Green Star Products Inc.: Green Star Products New President to Head Antiviral Program
Salt Lake City, Utah (Newsfile Corp. - March 12, 2021) -Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC PINK: GSPI) has announced it now has a new president. Miss Kristy Hunt has been appointed President of Green Star Products, Inc., and will also bring new resources to expand the Antiviral COVID Program.
Kristy Hunt stated, Green Star Products is an Environmental Company; we must concentrate immediately on this pandemic which is far from over and negatively impacts all parts of our environment.
Michael Osterholm, a former Biden adviser on COVID-19, appeared on Meet the Press . Mr Osterholm warned on Sunday that although progress was being made in combatting the Coronavirus Pandemic, the threat from new virus variants still loomed. Also noted; several countries in Europe have recently reported requiring 2-month lockdowns to contain the new variants. Early research has found that it is possible that variants s
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