Infant’s death prompts move to reopen ICU at Dhaka’s Infectious Diseases Hospital
17 March 2026, 18:01 PM
Health
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
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.63%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
16 December 2022, 11:56 AM
4th Covid shot campaign begins on December 20
A special campaign for administering the fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose will start on December 20.
15 December 2022, 18:00 PM
2 die of dengue fever in 24hrs, cases cross 61,000 mark
At least two dengue patients died while 163 others were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till this morning.
15 December 2022, 12:27 PM
Administration of 4th Covid dose to start Dec 20
A special campaign for administering fourth Covid vaccine dose will start on December 20.
15 December 2022, 06:54 AM
WHO eyes end to Covid-19 emergency in 2023
The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started.
15 December 2022, 01:11 AM
Dengue fever: No deaths, 184 hospitalised in 24hrs
At least 184 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till today morning.
14 December 2022, 14:50 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.78%
No Covid-19 death was reported in the 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
14 December 2022, 11:48 AM
Govt to buy 2.75cr litres of Soybean oil from local suppliers
The government will buy 2.75 crore litres of Soybean oil from local suppliers for Tk 184-186 per litre.
14 December 2022, 08:59 AM
Dengue fever: 1 death, 220 hospitalisations reported in 24hrs
At least one dengue patient died while 220 others were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till this morning.
13 December 2022, 12:22 PM
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.69%
No Covid-19 death was reported in the 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 December 2022, 11:30 AM
Rice Price Hike: JS body for action against those responsible
Expressing resentment over the hike in rice prices despite high yields of paddy, the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture ministry yesterday asked senior officials of the agriculture ministry to identify and take action against those responsible.
12 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Dengue fever: No death, 224 hospitalised in 24hrs
<B>At least 224 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours until this morning.</B>.Among the 224 new cases, 105 are from outside Dhaka..With the new hospitalisations, the total number of dengue cases rose to 60,522, this year..Of the
12 December 2022, 14:28 PM
1 Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.64%
<B>One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</B>.The total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country is currently 29,437 and the death rate stands at 1.45 percent..At least 19 new
12 December 2022, 11:46 AM
Dengue: No deaths, 220 hospitalised in 24 hours
At least 220 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours until this morning.
11 December 2022, 11:42 AM
No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 1.82%
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)..The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country remains at 29,436 and the mortality rate is 1.45 percent..At least 29 new infections from Co
11 December 2022, 11:32 AM
UK medics laud world-first treatment for resistant leukaemia
Doctors in Britain have hailed a pioneering treatment for an aggressive form of leukaemia, after a teenager became the first patient to be given a new therapy and went into remission.
11 December 2022, 04:26 AM
Hallucinations are more common than you think
"Everyone experiences hallucinations," Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in the UK, said.
11 December 2022, 03:20 AM
Fading the age spots
Age spots are characterised by their flat, dark appearance and their small size. They range in size and most frequently show up on areas of the body that are exposed to sunlight, such as the face, hands, shoulders, and arms. Age spots, also known as sunspots, liver spots, and solar lentigines.
10 December 2022, 18:00 PM
FIFA and WHO marked International Human Rights Day with anti-discrimination message
On the International Human Rights Day (December 10), the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) both talked about how discrimination has no place in football or in society.
10 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Arsenic-contaminated water associated with antibiotic resistance in children, study finds
In rural Bangladesh, areas with more arsenic in the drinking water have more antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in the water and in the stool samples of children than areas with less arsenic. This is according to a new study by Mohammad Aminul Islam of Washington State University and his colleagues, which was published on December 8, 2022, in PLOS Pathogens.
10 December 2022, 18:00 PM