Study Findings: Obesity linked to higher risk of severe infections
15 March 2026, 00:17 AM
Healthcare
Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
15 March 2026, 00:16 AM
Healthcare
Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
15 March 2026, 00:14 AM
Healthcare
Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
15 March 2026, 00:12 AM
Healthcare
Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
15 March 2026, 00:11 AM
Healthcare
The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
15 March 2026, 00:19 AM
Healthcare
Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
15 March 2026, 00:08 AM
Healthcare
4 years on, hospital not fully operational
14 March 2026, 02:05 AM
Hospitals
Woman dies after C-section at Gazipur hospital, relatives vandalise facility
9 March 2026, 17:48 PM
Healthcare
More than a period problem: why menstrual migraine needs attention and action
8 March 2026, 01:58 AM
Healthcare
ACC files case against 2 govt healthcare professionals
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two separate cases against a couple, both government healthcare professionals, for amassing around Tk 5 crore illegally.
5 December 2022, 14:25 PM
Tannery workers demand 50-bed hospital
The Tannery Workers Union (TWU) yesterday demanded a 50-bed specialised hospital for the treatment of workers at the Savar tannery hub,
29 November 2022, 18:00 PM
AL govt always prioritised health sector: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her Awami League government always keeps the development of health sector as its top priority.
25 November 2022, 15:58 PM
‘Research, database crucial for cancer treatment’
The treatment arrangement for cancer patients could not be arranged in a planned way due to the absence of comprehensive research and a database on this fatal disease in the country, speakers at an event said yesterday.
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Unchecked infections: When hospitals turn deadly
Sheikh Abdul Alam, 96, was admitted to a private hospital on December 20, 2021, with a broken hip from a fall.
16 November 2022, 02:30 AM
Govt shuts down Care Medical College in Dhaka
The government cancelled all authorisation of Care Medical College on Iqbal Road of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur today (November 2, 2022).
2 November 2022, 13:49 PM
Is drinking cold water harmful to health?
Various claims online state that drinking cold water is harmful and that it can cause everything from indigestion to cancer. Is this true?
26 October 2022, 10:49 AM
2 Hospital projects: Three sued for embezzling Tk 43.67 crore
A staffer of Tejgaon Health Complex in connivance with two businesspeople misappropriated about Tk 43.67 crore by producing fake bills for two projects, found a probe by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
24 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Shishu Hospital: Pneumonia centre launched
A new centre to treat childhood pneumonia was launched at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Dhaka yesterday.
20 October 2022, 18:00 PM
The poor suffer, as usual
Hundreds of people from lower-income backgrounds in the haor and tea garden areas in Moulvibazar depend on the Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex for affordable medical treatment.
12 October 2022, 18:00 PM
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
Microplastic in our seafood: Macro problem for our health
Microplastics are tiny fractions of plastics measuring less than 5 millimeters in size. Often smaller than the tiniest grains of sands, these particles pose a grave danger to our health.
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