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18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Which therapy really helps knee arthritis?
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Cheaper drinks will see a rise in noncommunicable diseases and injuries!
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Pvt healthcare facilities: Govt to regulate service charges
The government will fix charges and set the services that private healthcare organisations can provide based on their capability, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
6 October 2022, 18:00 PM
“Cultural therapy” for mental health patients!
Research is needed to determine the best approach to treating patients with mental illnesses. A group of Dhaka University students of theater and performance studies department started research at Pabna Mental Hospital -- on how patients suffering from mental illness can be treated using "cultural therapy".
5 October 2022, 06:48 AM
New law to curb misuse of antibiotics
Drugstores will not be allowed to sell antibiotics without prescriptions from registered physicians and their licences will be revoked if they do so, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Licence will be cancelled if pharmacies sell antibiotics without prescription: Minister
No pharmacies will be allowed to sell antibiotics without prescriptions of physicians and if they do so, their liscences will be revoked, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today (October 4).
4 October 2022, 10:55 AM
Cancer patients suffer as CMCH’s lone brachytherapy machine lying out of order
The only brachytherapy machine, a type of internal radiation therapy that is often used to treat cancers, of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months bringing suffering to the patients.
27 September 2022, 09:30 AM
The reasons you are so tired
When you think why you are so tired, often the answer is obvious - you are not getting enough sleep.
17 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Do you know the signs & symptoms of Hyperglycemia?
Our bodies give us clues about our health. Knowing the signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia, or elevated blood sugar and how to spot them can be key to improving your health and helping you manage diabetes.
17 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Stricter blood sugar control in gestational diabetes leads to better outcomes for babies
Lowering the target blood sugar level for mothers with gestational diabetes did not reduce the risk of large babies, a new study finds, but it did
17 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Health services: Absent doctors a headache
A doctor of a government hospital in Gopalganj has been absent from work since March 16, 2020.
16 September 2022, 02:50 AM
No illegal clinics to be allowed to operate
No one will be allowed to operate irregular businesses in the name of providing healthcare facilities, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Reduce out-of-pocket costs
Along with strengthening the existing general tax-revenue-based healthcare financing system, new avenues like an insurance-based financing system can be a way to reduce the burden of out-of-pocket costs on patients, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM
None can profit from peoples' lives: Maleque on drive against illegal hospitals
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the ongoing drive against illegal hospital and clinics will continue so that no one can do business with peoples’ lives.
15 September 2022, 14:34 PM
Spend more time in research: PM to doctors
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 14, 2022) re-emphasised to put concentration on research in the country's medical sector, saying excellence is not achieved without research.
14 September 2022, 08:48 AM
PM inaugurates BSMMU Super Specialized Hospital
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 14, 2022) inaugurated the much-awaited Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Super Specialized Hospital, first of its kind in the country, aiming to provide specialised treatment at a cheaper cost.
14 September 2022, 06:15 AM
Healthcare facilities: DGHS to make mandatory display of licence number
The Directorate General of Health Services is going to make it mandatory for healthcare facilities to display their licence numbers on their signboards.
1 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Only 6% private hospitals had licences in 2019
Only six percent of the private hospitals were found to have licences during an assessment conducted in the country in 2019.
31 August 2022, 11:13 AM
DGHS closes 92 healthcare facilities
Health officials yesterday shut down 92 illegal private healthcare facilities across the country.
29 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Treatment Eye, Desh hospitals of Ctg ordered to halt operations
The civil surgeon of Chattogram has ordered to halt all operations of two private hospitals in the port city as various irregularities were found by a team from his office during inspection today (August 29, 2022).
29 August 2022, 12:41 PM
Drives against unauthorised hospitals, clinics to resume Monday
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is going resume its drives against unregistered hospitals and clinics from tomorrow (August 29, 2022) after a three-month break.
28 August 2022, 10:23 AM
All districts will have special units to reduce infant mortality rate: Health Minister
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today (August 13, 2022) said the government will set up Special Care Neonatal Unit (SCANU) in every district hospital in phases to reduce the infant mortality rate in the country.
13 August 2022, 11:10 AM