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Perfecting her swimming strokes in a pond for hours in her village home, did the thought ever cross Mahfuza Khatun

If you have been to Chalan Beel, the country's largest marshland, which covers Sirajganj, Pabna and Natore, this winter, it is highly likely that you took notice of the vast mustard fields and the farmers working with dozens of wooden boxes there.

In nothing less than a dramatic flip-flop, Malaysia yesterday announced suspending recruitment of foreign workers

Private recruiting agencies yesterday wrote to the prime minister seeking her intervention in halting possible monopoly by a “syndicate led by a Malaysian company” in hiring Bangladeshi workers there.

The United Nations Population Fund has expressed worries over the fund shortages for family planning in the developing countries as

Youths are deprived of information and services related to sexual or reproductive health.

Bangladesh needs to focus on promoting long-term and permanent contraceptive methods to control further growth of population, experts say at an international conference in Bali.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-chair Melinda Gates yesterday announced increasing funds for family planning programmes by 25

The day is not far when farmers would not need soil to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers in Bangladesh.

They call it "Long Man Society" and it is literally so. All the men in the club are at least six feet tall. Care to know why they formed it?

Malaysian public health experts have warned of high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like heart diseases, cancer, and diabetes both in Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Inspired by a steady rise in the number of Bangladeshis seeking healthcare in Malaysia, the Southeast Asian nation is eying Bangladesh as a lucrative market for its internationally accredited hospitals.

A man and a woman from two different countries can make a happy family if they respect each other's culture and values.

Would Bangladesh ever be able to protect the rights of its citizens who work on foreign soil? The ongoing negotiation on labour recruitment with the Malaysian government makes it doubtful.

Diseases like dengue would see rapid rise in the coming years as a result of climate change and unplanned urbanisation, health and environmental experts said.

Malaysia has appointed a private company to manage recruitment of Bangladeshi workers under the new G2G Plus system, despite fear that the firm will monopolise the hiring process and indulge in irregularities.

At least 1,930 dengue cases were reported in the last nine months, the highest in nine years, but the authorities are apparently slow in taking measures to prevent spread of the viral disease. In 2006, a total of 2,200 people suffered from dengue. The number ranged from 375 to 1,749 a year between 2007 and 2014, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Dhaka city is seeing a rapid rise in the incidence of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection that can be fatal at times. Last month, 727 dengue cases were reported in the capital and elsewhere. The number was 558 in the first 20 days of this month, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Bangladesh's performance is poor in reducing the risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like stroke, diabetes, cancer, and

The Bangladeshis in Libya are living in extreme uncertainty amid persisting violence in the war-torn country. Fearing for their life, many are returning home while some are embarking on risky boat journeys to Europe across the Mediterranean.