According to the World Bank, the combination of the pandemic and the aftermath of the coup hit Myanmar’s economy with an 18 percent contraction in 2021. About 40 percent of the population was living in poverty in 2022, and Douglas said that financial hardship had forced many laborers to leave urban areas to work in […]
In 2018, the government launched a special campaign against drugs. Small-scale drug dealers were caught in that campaign but the big fish and godfathers remained out of reach. Allegations of extrajudicial killings and widespread human rights violations emerged during the operation. In February 2019, some 101 drug dealers listed by the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
More than 5 million people suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) annually, and new research suggests that cannabis may help them find relief and may even offer better care than the current class of drugs commonly used to treat the disorder. According to research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the administering of synthetic […]
RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) and NCD (Narcotics Control Department) workers jointly recovered 45 kg of hemp from Chandana crossing in Gazipur Sadar upazila on Friday morning. They have arrested 3 three drug peddlers in this connection. They are: Abdul Hye, 42, son of Isahar of Kamarchar village, Osiuzzaman, 34, son of Jakim Uddin and Sona […]
55 kg of cannabis were seized from bus at Mirpur section 2 by the police. In this connection the driver was arrested as at the time of search only the driver was found. Police raided the bus that came from Brahmanbaria and recovered the cannabis from specially made ceiling. Narcotics could be kept hidden in […]
Astronauts on long space missions cannot afford to rely on drugs as some recent studies represent the view that drugs like paracetamol and antibiotics lose their effectiveness in space. Johnson Space Centre’s Scientists have shown the rapidly declining effectiveness of drugs in space. One of the reasons may be the way of preservation that our […]