Bangladesh, Nov. 14 -- The World Diabetes Day will be observed today (Thursday) in the country as elsewhere in the world in a befitting manner to make the people aware about diabetes,
This year's theme of the day is "Come, keep our family Diabetes free".
On the eve of the World Diabetes Day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages urging all concerned to work together for creating awareness among the people about diabetes.
In his message, President Abdul Hamid said the number of diabetic patients is increasing in Bangladesh like other countries of the world because of changes in lifestyle and food habit and lack of physical labour.
According to the specialists, the number of diabetic patients is...