Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
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Bangladesh
Injected with 'wrong medicine': Nurse suspended after child’s death at Suhrawardy hospital
28 January 2026, 18:27 PM
Healthcare
World Leprosy Day 2026: Time to put an end to stigma as disease remains curable
25 January 2026, 02:06 AM
Five minutes that could change everything!
25 January 2026, 02:03 AM
Menstrual migraine: The hormone-linked headache many dread
25 January 2026, 01:58 AM
Kidneys in silent mode: Early signs you should not ignore
25 January 2026, 01:54 AM
The silent health threat many people carry alone
25 January 2026, 01:49 AM
Vaping, smoking and teenage wellbeing: Understanding a growing mental health concern
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Why does digestion often feel slower in winter?
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Did You Know? / We might inhale lung-penetrating microplastics daily!
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
DMCH doctors collect tissue samples from Muktamoni’s hand
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital collect tissue samples from Muktamoni, a 12-year old girl from Satkhira afflicted by a disease mainly in her right hand, a condition leading to her hand swelling up like a bee hive, to determine her treatment procedure.
5 August 2017, 04:51 AM
Innovation Summit Chittagong held
Organised by CheesecakeTech, Innovation Summit Chittagong was a rare opportunity for the youth to learn about recent tech trends.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Second treble for aamra companies
aamra has received awards in three different categories at Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 2017.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM
World's blind population to soar: study
The world's blind will increase threefold from about 36 million today to 115 million in 2050 as populations expand and individuals grow ever older, researchers say.
3 August 2017, 14:37 PM
Vitamin A plus campaign Saturday
Around 2.25 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A plus capsules under a national campaign on August 5.
3 August 2017, 11:24 AM
Kissing unlikely to pass on Zika virus: researchers
Kissing is unlikely to pass on the Zika virus, which is harmless for most people but can cause severe brain damage in unborn children, a study with monkeys shows.
2 August 2017, 07:09 AM
Bangladesh conjoined twin sisters Tofa, Tahura doing well
Tofa and Tahura, the 10-month-old babies from Gaibandha who were joined at the waist, are doing well after they were separated through a pioneering surgery in Bangladesh.
2 August 2017, 06:46 AM
Myanmar schools in 10km radius of H1N1 virus infected area closed
After the reported outbreaks of H5N1 and H1N1 virus, schools located within a 10-km radius of the infected area in Dawei Township of Myanmar from August 1 to 7 have been ordered closed.
2 August 2017, 04:43 AM
Popular method of cooking rice may be poisonous
Millions of rice lovers could be putting themselves at risk by cooking it incorrectly, scientists warn.
1 August 2017, 15:23 PM
Transcatheter valve implant now in Bangladesh
Good news for patients suffering from aortic valve stenosis as the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant surgery makes its way to Bangladesh.
30 July 2017, 16:00 PM
Bangladeshi dermatologist visits UMMC
Prominent scholar and dermatologist Prof Dr M U Kabir Chowdhury has been invited to the University of Mississippi Medical Center
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Special package for liver cirrhosis patients
The world-renowned Max Super Speciality Hospital Saket in New Delhi has launched special treatment packages for Bangladeshis who are
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Long-acting antiretroviral injection safe
An injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) consisting of two drugs (cabotegravir and rilpivirine) administered every four or eight weeks
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
How to avoid yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of an
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Shouting: Your way to awful life
If you are short tempered or impatient all the time, you just might find yourself feeling sick more often. In fact, shouting and screaming
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
What is really killing the children of Tripura Para?
Forgotten by healthcare workers for seven years, 10 children in Sitakunda died from a disease that takes a single shot to prevent.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Career Camp 2017 is right around the corner
Don Sumdany Facilitation & Consultancy is organising IPDC presents Career Camp 2017 powered by Cooper's Bakery Bangladesh on August 5, 2017.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Spark* Bangladesh Accelerator: An exciting opportunity for emerging social entrepreneurs
Spark* Bangladesh is launching its fourth Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator programme.
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Male fertility falling sharply in developed world, researchers say
An analysis of 185 studies appears to confirm sperm counts in men from North America, Europe and Australia have dropped by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years, with no sign of abating.
27 July 2017, 06:10 AM
Early menopause linked to an increased risk of developing diabetes
Women with early or normal onset menopause are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) than those with late onset
22 July 2017, 18:00 PM