Women in urban slums who viewed community health workers as part of their social support network are more likely to adopt healthy maternal and child healthcare practices, says a new icddr,b research, reports UNB. It reveals that social networks are powerful tools to help improve the healthcare delivered…

Members of Coast Guard in Chandpur have seized banned current nets worth about Tk 4 crores in a drive in a passenger launch on the Meghna river near Chandpur launch terminal early yesterday. Acting on secret information, the Coast Guard members, led by Chandpur Station Comma-nder Lt Md Nuruzzaman, intercepted…

Matlab Uttar Thana Police arrested four youths from a madrasa at Adurbhiti village and recovered 20 pieces of yaba tablet from their possession early yesterday. The youths are Suman Bepari, 24, and  Rabiul Bepari, 23, of Adurbhiti village, Sarker Md Joy, 25, and Jewel Hossain, 22, hail from Chhengarchar…