China urges citizens to delay foreign travel over virus fears

China urges its citizens to postpone trips abroad as the country expands a massive effort to contain a viral outbreak that has killed more than 100 people nationwide.
28 January 2020, 05:49 AM

2 of a family die in Munshiganj following sudden fever

A woman and her nephew died following fever in a village of Munshiganj, setting off panic among locals.
27 January 2020, 09:00 AM

China virus death toll leaps to 80 despite massive lockdown

The toll from China's viral epidemic spikes to 80 dead with hundreds of new infections despite unprecedented quarantines and travel lockdowns, as foreign governments scrambled to help their trapped citizens.
27 January 2020, 04:22 AM

Update on Bangladeshi students in China: Embassy assures all-out help

Bangladeshi students who are stuck in a lockdown at ‘Ground Zero’ of the Coronavirus outbreak in China are finally at ease after authorities from Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing and their university have assured them of assistance.
26 January 2020, 07:09 AM

Canada reports first 'presumptive' coronavirus case

Canada's first "presumptive" case of a new coronavirus has been detected in a man who returned to Toronto from the Chinese city where the virus first appeared, health officials announce.
26 January 2020, 05:48 AM

China virus death toll rises to 56, total cases near 2,000

The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities say. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed.
26 January 2020, 04:10 AM

Intermittent fasting may help slow ageing and diseases like cancer and diabetes

Intermittent fasting (IF) has become one of the fastest-growing nutrition trends of the year, topping lists ranging from of celebrity-endorsed eating plans to Google searches by curious dieters.
25 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Blood pressure rises at a faster rate in women than men

Women experience steeper increases in blood pressure (BP) than men as they age, according to a JAMA Cardiology study.
25 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Autism spectrum disorder and its care in Bangladesh

Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders, which is characterised by the challenges of social behaviour, speech, language, and communication.
25 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Post-antibiotic era: what are the alternatives?

Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered antibiotics almost ninety years ago. He noticed that some molds had grown on a Petri plate wherever bacteria could not grow.
25 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus: How to protect yourself

The deadly Wuhan coronavirus, officially called 2019-nCoV, has killed 56 people and infected at least 1300 others in China. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidance on the symptoms of the virus. A person could be at risk if they have:
25 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Hong Kong declares emergency, official visits to China halted

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared a virus emergency in the Asian financial hub, announcing a package of measures to limit the city's links with mainland China.
25 January 2020, 09:24 AM

Coronavirus outbreak: Bangladeshi students in China appeal for help

Bangladeshi students in Wuhan city of China, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 41 lives so far, are under a lockdown in their respective dorms and residences for the last two days.
25 January 2020, 06:49 AM

Coronavirus: 2 Indian returnees from China under observation in Mumbai

Two Indians, who returned from China, are kept under observation in the isolation ward of a hospital in Mumbai for possible exposure to coronavirus in the wake of an outbreak in China.
24 January 2020, 11:22 AM

New China virus: Symptoms and prevention

Amid fears of the breakout of a new coronavirus in China, the Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh issues a press note informing people of the symptoms of the virus and precautionary methods that should be taken.
23 January 2020, 15:45 PM

No China-returnee contracted coronavirus: DGHS

None of the 900 China-returnees screened at Dhaka and Chattogram airports are infected by coronavirus, Directorate General of Health Services claims.
23 January 2020, 09:27 AM

China locks down epicentre of virus outbreak; death toll hits 17

China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.
23 January 2020, 04:39 AM

US, Hong Kong confirm first cases of coronavirus

A Washington state man who recently traveled to China and a man from Macau are diagnosed with the coronavirus, becoming the first confirmed US and Macau cases of the newly identified virus that has killed people in China and rendered some 300 others sick across Asia.
22 January 2020, 04:41 AM

SARS-like virus spreads in China, nearly 140 new cases

A mysterious SARS-like virus has killed a third person and spread around China -- including to Beijing -- authorities say, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration.
20 January 2020, 05:20 AM

Forum for blood cancer survivors organised at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka

A patient forum for the blood cancer survivors was organised at the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka recently, says a press release. Survivors who were cured by autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy shared their experiences.
18 January 2020, 18:00 PM