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Leading COVID-19 vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US

COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine

Trials on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University have resumed in Japan but not the United States, where the pharmaceutical giant is working with regulators, a statement released Friday said.

The Financial Times, citing sources close to the case, reported that the US drug regulator the FDA had expanded its investigation into the serious side effects suffered by one trial participant, which had led to a brief halt in the tests, reports AFP.

The British company did not respond immediately to an AFP request for comments.

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After 30 years of autocracy’s demise, democracy still remains a distant dream

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democracy

To the question, “how democracy is faring in Bangladesh”, a ruling party’s answer has always been “we are a global example” and that of the opposition “we are the pits”. Since we have had the same ruling party in power for the last 12 years at a stretch, the narrative of democracy’s success has been unrelenting, and whatever little voice the real opposition has been allowed, “we are the pits” story continues.

But what say “WE, the PEOPLE”? Well, to the extent we are allowed to or safely can.

One method of gauging democracy’s health would be to look at the institutions that embody it in a country like Bangladesh: the judiciary, the legislative and the executive branches of the state.

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Waterlogging in Dhaka: Collective failure made it perennial

Waterlogging
Waterlogging

The desire expressed by the two Dhaka city mayors to take over the responsibility of drainage management from Dhaka Wasa in a bid to end the capital’s perennial waterlogging problem has widely been regarded as a popular idea.

But experts said just changing the custodian without addressing the core issues that have failed Wasa — such as the absence of total authority of one particular body and lack of coordination with six other organisations — might also fail the two city corporations.

The idea of handing over the drainage management to city corporations came to light last month when the two mayors — Dhaka South’s Shekih Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka North’s Atiqul Islam — said theywished to take over the job.

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Cricket Sports

Anderson Enters History, Pakistan Saves The Test Sands

Pakistan Vs England Test Series
Pakistan Vs England Test Series

Pakistan Vs England Test Series
Third Test Played at Ageas Bowl Southampton from 21st to 25th August 2020 
Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Three 

England 1st Innings 583 /8 Declared in 154.4 Overs (Zack Crawley 267, Jos Buttler 152, CR Woakes 40, JR Root 29, Fawad Alam 2/46, Shahin Afridi 2/141, Yasir Shah 2/ 173, Asad Shafiq 1/24 ) , Pakistan 1st Innings 273 All Out  in 93 Overs ( Azhar Ali 143* ,  Mohammad Rizwan 53  , JM Anderson 5/ 56 , SCJ Broad 2/ 40 ) , Pakistan 2nd Innings 187/4 ( Babar Azam 63* , Abid Ali 42 , Azhar Ali 31 , J Anerson 2/45 ) 
 

Match Drawn
England Won the Series 1-0 
Man of the Match: Zack Crawley 
Man of the Series: Jos Butller and Mohammad Rizwan. 

Rain and inclement weather impacted England Pakistan enthralling test series just concluded. England sort of hijacking test win from the grasp of Pakistan in the first test at Manchester won the series 1-0. The rain impacted second test at Southampton ended in a tame draw. Pakistan following on in the third test with generous assistance of weather managed salvaging a draw. ……………….

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NSU holds webinar on Rohingya Crisis

NSU holds webinar
NSU holds webinar

North South University (NSU)) in collaboration with the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), NSU and the High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh organized a webinar on “The Rohingya Crisis: Western, Asian, and Bilateral Perspectives” on Monday.

Former Foreign Minister of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Syed Hamid Albar joined the programme as the speaker of “Asian politics: role of ASEAN and other regional forums impacting Rohingya Crisis” session while US ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R. Miller on “US policy on Rohingya crisis”, SIPG senior fellow Md. Shahidul Haque on “Rohingya crisis in the context of Bangladesh-Myanmar bilateral relations” session, Canadian high commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine on “Canada’s approach to the Rohingya crisis” and foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen on “Bangladesh’s approach towards hosting Rohingya” sessions.

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Ishrat Zakia Sultana with NSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Atiqul Islam in the chair, said a press release.

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COVID-19

Tests reduce yet cases rise in 5 days

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coronavirus-covid19

Though the number of tests dropped significantly in the last five days, including the Eid holidays, the country witnessed a spike in the rate of daily Covid-19 positive case.

Between July 21 and 30, a total of 1,22,534 samples were tested, and results showed that 22.39 percent were positive.

From July 31 to yesterday, 9,131 were positive out of 37,061 samples tested, taking the infection rate to 24.6 percent.

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When masks are dangerous to health, new guidelines from the World Health Organization

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bdnews24

Many people have become accustomed to wearing regular masks to avoid coronavirus infections. However, in some special cases, wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health!

Just as wearing a mask is important to prevent coronavirus infection, the use of masks can be dangerous in some cases, according to the World Health Organization!

Let’s find out in which cases wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health …
According to the World Health Organization,
Exercise, after the mask
Morning walk
Or jogging can reduce the oxygen in the body and vice versa it can be dangerous for health!
So it is better not to wear a mask at this time.

Wearing a masks during heavy work, which involves a lot of physical exertion, causes a lack of oxygen in the body. The normal rhythm of blood circulation to the brain may be disrupted. Multiple sudden health problems can occur. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that you do not wear a mask during work that involves too much physical activity.

According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask during exercise, morning walks, jogging, heavy physical activity can lead to abnormal fatigue, muscle cramps or nausea, nausea, dizziness and even brain stroke. So in all these cases it is better not to wear a masks.

Source: Zee news

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