Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
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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
Graphical health warnings on cigarette packs found effective
A recently completed sample-based study done in Bangladesh claims that the health warning labels describing the harmful effects of tobacco products using text and/or pictures are found to be effective.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Physiotherapy in the management of stroke
Mr Idrish Ali, A 55 year old man came to a physiotherapist to consult about his personal complication.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Marketing whiz kids fight it out at Teer BRANDRill ‘17
After an extremely close competition among the 10 qualifying teams, Second String from Bangladesh Universities of Professionals became winners of the first ever nationwide branding competition in the country.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
2.24 lakh TB patients detected in 2016
At least 2.24 lakh tuberculosis (TB) patients were detected in 2016, which is four percent higher than that of the previous year, according to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP).
23 March 2017, 14:03 PM
1st Japan birth achieved via egg from unnamed donor
A woman unable to become pregnant with her own eggs due to illness has given birth to a baby conceived using a donated egg from an anonymous third party, a Kobe-based nonprofit organization that mediated between them announces.
23 March 2017, 04:53 AM
A mobile tower radiation harmful: Government report
Radiation emitted by a tower of a mobile operator in Bangladesh is harmful for public health, the government says in a report.
22 March 2017, 08:25 AM
Yaba: A killer of young generation
Yaba tablets which are a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine have become very popular in Bangladesh over the past decade. The numbers regarding the yaba users reported is far less than the actual users.
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Ahoy Bangladesh Ltd. launched services in Dhaka
Ahoy Bangladesh opens its services to residents of Bangladesh for making medical treatment in India easy and trouble free in association with Ahoy India, a pioneer in medical value travel company in India.
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
The weaponisation of health care
Marking six years since the start of the Syrian conflict (15 March), a study in The Lancet provides new estimates for the number of
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
A guide to brain cancer
Like any other part of your body, your brain can have a tumour, which happens when cells grow out of control and form a solid mass.
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Global campaign for gender equality unveils high-level leaders
Deliver for Good, a global campaign powered by Women Deliver in coordination with 10 founding partners that applies a gender lens
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
4th National Conference on Natural Science and Technology
The Science and Math programme of Asian University for Women (AUW) is set to organise the fourth National Conference on Natural
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Hat-trick for aamra at World HRD Congress
Bangladeshi conglomerate, aamra, was awarded for Best Global CSR Practices by CHRO Asia at the World HRD Congress held in Mumbai
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Apollo Hospitals celebrates World Kidney Day
Apollo Hospitals in the capital Dhaka arranges various awareness programmes in collaboration with East West University and Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Limited in order to celebrate World Kidney Day on March 9, 2017.
13 March 2017, 09:59 AM
Ways to improve the quality of care in health facilities
There is increasing global awareness that good quality care is key to keeping mothers and babies alive and well.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Praava Health announces PCR lab in Dhaka
Praava Health is going to launch its first outpatient health center in Dhaka, featuring family doctors and diagnostics.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
1.7 million child deaths a year
More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments.
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
The association between type 2 diabetes and risk of death from cancer
A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) reveals that type 2 diabetes
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Heart diseases of the children and its management
Rehnuma came to a paediatrician to consult about her 7 months old baby with the complaints of frequent cough and cold since birth,
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM
StartUp Cup ‘17 kicks off
StartUp Cup, the international business model competition, is back for the second year in Bangladesh. On March 6, the organisers
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM