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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
13 more infected with Covid
Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Dengue claims 2 more lives
Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs; positivity rate 0.53%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)..The total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country remains at 29,441 and the mortality rate is 1.45 percent..At least 13 new cases were
18 January 2023, 11:24 AM
Govt to remove smoking zones from all airports: Mahbub Ali
The government will take measures to remove the smoking zones from all the airports as part of the government's goals to build a tobacco-free country by 2040, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali told parliament today.
17 January 2023, 15:08 PM
12 dengue patients hospitalised in last 24 hrs
At least 12 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till morning today.
17 January 2023, 13:53 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs; positivity rate 0.42%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
17 January 2023, 11:49 AM
Dengue fever: 13 hospitalised in 24 hours
At least 13 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till this morning.
16 January 2023, 11:42 AM
No Covid death in 24hrs; positivity rate 0.38%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
16 January 2023, 11:26 AM
Life-saving transplant: Sister donates part of liver to save brother
Fifty-three years old Monetzar Rahman from Bogura got a second chance at life after surgeons at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) performed a life-saving liver transplant on him.
16 January 2023, 08:12 AM
Dengue: One dies, 22 hospitalised in 24 hours
At least one dengue patient died and at least 22 were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till this morning.
15 January 2023, 14:30 PM
No Covid death in 24hrs; positivity rate 0.47%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
15 January 2023, 12:51 PM
China reports huge rise in Covid-19 deaths after data criticism
China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with Covid-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country's coronavirus data.
15 January 2023, 04:18 AM
Managing winter Asthma
For many people, Asthma attacks may happen more often in the winter. The common cold and flu are both more likely to strike in the winter and can lead to asthma flare-ups.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Cervical cancer prevention
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths in 2020. About 90% of the new cases and deaths worldwide in 2020 occurred in low- and middle-income countries. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer is mainly transmitted through sexual contact and most people are infected with HPV shortly after the onset of sexual activity. More than 90% of them clear the infection eventually.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Catch Cortisol if you can!
Cortisol is widely known as the body’s stress hormone. Chronic stress harms our mind and body. “It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it.”
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Third-hand smoke and its harmful effects on children
The dangers of smoking and exposure to smoke have been well-documented for many years. Researchers have recently discovered third-hand smoke. It is the residue of tobacco smoke that remains on surfaces and in the air after a cigarette is smoked. It sticks to almost everything in a smoking area, including skin, hair, clothes, furniture, floors, dust, car seats, and pet hair and feathers. Inhaling third-hand smoke gases or touching contaminated surfaces can expose people to these chemicals.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Signs that you may have had COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus may have been around longer than we originally thought. So people may have had the virus and recovered from it without knowing. Some telltale signs could indicate that you’re one of those people.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24 hrs, positivity rate 0.50%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 January 2023, 14:54 PM
15 more Covid cases registered in 24hrs
Bangladesh registered 15 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
13 January 2023, 18:00 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24 hrs, positivity rate 0.51%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 January 2023, 10:53 AM