Toll in Bangladesh mosque AC explosion goes up to 16

At least 50 people were injured in a blast at a mosque in Narayanganj Sadar upzila in Bangladesh on Friday night. The blast was reportedly caused by fire in an airconditoner  in the mosque. Subsequently, several other ACs are also reported to have caught fire. The injured were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital … Read more

First trial run on newly-opened inland waterways from Daudkandi in Bangladesh to Sonamura in India completed successfully

The newly opened 93 kilometers long route on the river Gumti marks another major step in enhancing connectivity between India and Bangladesh. Land Customs Station (LCS) at Srimantpur was also handed over to the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI) to facilitate trade through this border point on Saturday. Chief Minister of Tripura Biplob Kumar … Read more

New indigenous device can bring down cost of tracking open-heart surgeries

Tracking the results of open-heart surgeries may soon become easier and low cost, thanks to a simple, cost-effective blood flow meter that Indian scientists have developed. India is currently fully dependent on imported blood flow meters for precise measurement of blood flow rates, a critical parameter to measure the outcome of open-heart surgeries. However, it … Read more