2b people drinking contaminated water: WHO

Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization says, warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water.
13 April 2017, 05:14 AM

Dead bat found in salad at US Walmart sparks recall

US Health officials want to find out how a dead bat in a “deteriorated condition” ended up inside a packaged salad sold at a grocery store in Florida.
12 April 2017, 07:14 AM

Dealing with depression in diabetes

People who are diagnosed with a chronic physical health problem such as diabetes are 3 times more likely to be
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

"Bangladesh is a role model in scaling up nutrition"

Since the inception of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) in April 2010, Bangladesh has made tangible progress in bringing
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Patient Aid: Health app for Bangladesh

Patient Aid is the first ever app in Bangladesh which will provide all kinds of health-care related information in an
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

How to treat the unusual holes in the heart?

Heart is a muscle pump having four chambers (upper two and lower two). There may be any unusual holes in the
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Small & medium farms are essential to sustain quality of global food supply

Small and medium farms produce more than half of the food globally, and produce the vast majority of food and
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

New cancer drugs show success at a steep price

Newer cancer drugs that enlist the body's immune system are improving the odds of survival.
4 April 2017, 04:27 AM

High Court upholds ban on penicillin, cancer drugs of 23 firms

The High Court upholds its earlier order that directed the government to stop production and selling of penicillin and cephalosporin-group and anti-cancer drugs of 23 companies.
3 April 2017, 07:20 AM

Free medical camp organised in Narsingdi

Dr Nuruzzaman Khokon Memorial Trust organised a free medical camp in Narsingdi, Bangladesh recently at the premises of Satirpara K K
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Global effort to halve medication-related errors

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Restoring functional arm movements to man with complete paralysis

A system that decodes brain signals and transmits them to sensors in the arm has allowed a man paralysed from the shoulders down to
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation

The cabinet division of the Government of Bangladesh has bifurcated the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare into two separate
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Depression: Let’s talk

It is the World Health Day on April 7; the day marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Contraceptive usage: Bangladesh 8th, China top in Asia

China, South Korea and Thailand are few Asian countries where a high number of people are using contraceptives. In China, there is 83 percent usage of contraceptives while in both South Korea and Thailand the figure is 78 percent.
1 April 2017, 05:23 AM

Youth Voice of Bangladesh holds corporate leadership workshop

Youth Voice of Bangladesh (YVB) conducted its second corporate leadership workshop titled Corpo Route Key 2 on March 25.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

GP Accelerator Batch 3 startups begin their journey

Grameenphone Accelerator (GPA) has unveiled the newest batch of startups beginning their four-month long acceleration journey on
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Mobile tower radiation: Govt asked to obtain expert report on health risk

The High Court directs the health ministry to obtain a report from the experts of three international organisations about public health risk from radiation emitted from mobile phone towers set up in different areas across the country.
28 March 2017, 08:53 AM

Global rise of multidrug resistant TB threatens to derail progress

The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) threatens to derail decades of progress in controlling the disease, according to a new report in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine published on World TB day on 24th March.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Are vegetable oils healthy?

In small amounts, vegetable oils are healthy, as they contain fats that are essential in our diets. But our consumption of vegetable oil has increased considerably, and the health effects of high intakes are a source of scientific debate.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM