October 2023 - Page 5 of 5

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Controlling Hypertension Crucial for Heart Health: Speakers at World Heart Day Webinar

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) claim more than 20 million lives worldwide every year, with hypertension being one of the major contributing factors. The prevalence of heart disease and the number of deaths attributed to it are increasing in Bangladesh despite 80 percent of such fatalities being preventable. The risk of hypertensive heart disease can be reduced to a great extent by leading a healthy lifestyle, ensuring the supply of hypertension medicine at the grassroots level, and by increasing the budget allocation in this sector. On the occasion of World Heart Day 2023, public health experts and heart specialists highlighted these issues at a webinar titled "Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Bangladesh and Way Forward", organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for P...

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Space Robotics Camp was held for the second time

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The role of robots in space exploration is essential. Robotics activities are involved in every space research. From the International Space Station to the Chandra mission and the Mars mission, robots are being used everywhere. The use of these robotics will increase in the future. Different fields of science, technology, mathematics, and engineering are involved in the various activities of robotics. In continuation of this, Bangladesh Innovation Forum and Space Innovation Camp organized South Asia's largest "Space Robotics Camp" on September 29-30, 2023 at the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) campus. 200 students aged 4-16 years from all over Bangladesh participated in this two-day event. Divided into 30 groups, they built around 30 robots on a space theme. Th...

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Theater Honors in New York

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Tanveer Sheikh, a young dramatist studying in America, received a special honor for performing the play 'Oedipus' and a translated play based on mime acting on the same day at New York's Long Island Theater Festival. Tanveer Sheikh received the award from Ekushey Padak award-winning actor Abul Hayat on the concluding day of the theater festival at Levittown Hall on Monday. Center for Bengali Creative Works, an organization of Bengali stage dramas in America, regularly organizes 'Shilpangan Natyamela-2023', playing an important role in the timeless drama 'Raja Oedipus' produced by Kristi and directed by actress Bonya Mirza and a translated play produced by the theater organization 'Shilpangan' and directed by Nazrul Islam. Blackflame Theater chief Tanveer Shaikh participated in a special r...

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Fall-2023 Orientation held at UIU

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United International University (UIU) organized the Orientation Program for the newly admitted students of the Fall 2023 semester yesterday in the UIU playground. Students from the School of Science and Engineering (SoSE), School of Business and Economics (SoBE), School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS), and School of Life Sciences (SoLS) took part in the orientation program. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor (In-charge) of UIU Prof. Dr. Md. Abul Kashem Mia was present as the Chief Guest in the program. Among others, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Musa, Dean, of the School of Business and Economics, UIU, and Prof. Dr. Hasan Sarwar, Dean, of the School of Science and Engineering, UIU spoke in the program. The presentation on the UIU was delivered by Dr. Sheikh Shafiul Islam, Head, Dept. of Medi...

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Networking Meeting held with journalists on palliative care at the Bandar Press Club

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A networking meeting was held on 30 September in the hall of the Bandar Press Club of Narayanganj district under the CompassionateNarayanganj project implemented by Ayat Education and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University with journalists of Bandar regarding palliative care of incurable patients. Md Kabir Hossain, advisor of Bandar Press Club presided over the meeting conducted by Sumit Banik, Project Coordinator of Ayat Education. Bandar Press Club Vice President Md. Mehebub Hossain, Joint General Secretary GM Sumon, Executive Member Imran Mridha, Former Joint General Secretary Hazi Nasir Uddin, Office Secretary Mehedi Hasan Ripon, Organizing Secretary Amir Hossain, Daily New Nation representative & press club member Mahfuzul Alam Zahid, Daily Neer Bangla Bandar representativ...