Two patients die minutes after pre-surgery injection at SBMCH Barishal; nurses suspended
15 March 2026, 20:14 PM
Health
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
Prices of meat jump before Eid
14 March 2026, 05:45 AM
Price of essentials
4 years on, hospital not fully operational
14 March 2026, 02:05 AM
Hospitals
Sudden health problems after 50
As people age, they may experience sudden and painful ailments, some of which may indicate more significant health problems. These include:
1 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Social health, brain reserve, and cognition
In a study conducted in Sweden, researchers analysed the impact of social health and brain reserve on the cognitive abilities of 368 individuals aged 60 years or above, who did not have dementia at the beginning of the study.
1 April 2023, 18:00 PM
How short can we go?
Researchers have conducted a phase 2-3 open-label noninferiority trial to determine if a shorter treatment duration is possible for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
1 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt Hospitals: 51 begin serving outpatients after working hours
A total of 51 public hospitals have started serving outpatients after regular working hours in exchange for fees, read a press release.
30 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Is enough being done to curb smoking?
Smoking is alarmingly still prevalent among the youth.
30 March 2023, 11:12 AM
1 Covid-19 death in 24hrs, current positivity rate 0.37%
One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 March 2023, 10:51 AM
The psychology behind social media
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web (www) talked about its first 30 years, the rise of the toxic internet, and whether Facebook needs to be broken up.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
World TB Day 2023
World TB Day 2023, with the theme ‘Yes! We can end TB!’, aims to inspire hope and encourage high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake of new recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO), adoption of innovations, accelerated action, and multisectoral collaboration to combat the TB epidemic.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Nutritional effects on pregnancy
During pregnancy, nutrition is more important than ever. Because a pregnant woman needs more of many important nutrients than a normal, non-pregnant woman. It should be noted that a lactating woman requires additional nutritional support. Therefore, the selection and consumption of healthy foods will help to give birth to healthy babies, i.e., babies with proper body weight and proper physiological functions. This also helps to maintain the health of pregnant women.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
You could reverse your diabetes!
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease occurring when the body does not process blood sugar correctly. It either does not produce enough insulin, or it resists insulin. Millions of adults in the world are at high risk for developing this condition. The best way to prevent or manage type 2 diabetes is through diet, exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Tips for taking them safely
If you are taking a blood thinner prescribed by your doctor to prevent blood clots, it is important to take some precautions:
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Chicken prices fall
The price of broiler chicken has started falling at the retail level in Bangladesh as four major poultry companies are now selling the meat for a maximum of Tk 195 per kg directly from their farms
25 March 2023, 15:26 PM
Tangail general hospital: Lone X-ray machine inoperative for 5yrs
The only digital X-ray machine at 250-bed Tangail General Hospital has been lying inoperative for over five years, depriving patients of its service.
22 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Multi-sectoral response crucial to end tuberculosis
Experts at an event yesterday stressed a multi-sectoral strategy to accelerate efforts to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2035 in the country.
22 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Early pregnancy linked to low income
Pregnancy before the age of 18 is prevalent among those with low per capita household income, revealed a survey.
22 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Dead chickens supplied to Dhaka restaurants!
5,000-7,000 chickens die on the way to the capital and end up in eateries, claims the state minister for industries
22 March 2023, 14:43 PM
BSTI to run countrywide drives during Ramadan
Police and RAB will cooperate in the mobile court drives
22 March 2023, 13:16 PM
Buet opens biomedical research lab
A state-of-the-art laboratory for biomedical research was launched at the Biomedical Engineering department in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet)
22 March 2023, 12:45 PM
DNCC to monitor kitchen markets during Ramadan: Mayor Atiqul
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said they would monitor the kitchen markets strictly to keep supply of daily essentials and its prices in a stable state during the month of Ramadan.
22 March 2023, 11:05 AM
Prevalence of post-Covid complications up to 4 times higher in women
A joint study by BSMMU and icddr,b also found that Covid survivors over 60 face more long-term complications than those under 40
21 March 2023, 08:08 AM