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Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
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Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
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Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
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1,319 Covid cases logged in a day
At least 1,319 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, against the 9,214 samples tested, in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, while one death was reported during the period.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Residents suffer as TCB sales postponed
Chattogram residents who buy essentials from Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) had to suffer yesterday, as Chattogram District Administration postponed TCB operations, reportedly without notice.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
29 hospitalised with dengue
At least 29 dengue patients have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, till 8:00am yesterday.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh slashes rice import tariffs to 25 percent
Bangladesh has cut customs tariffs and duty on rice until October 31 this year in order to encourage imports to increase supply of the staple grain in the domestic market and cool its prices, according to a notification today (June 23, 2022).
23 June 2022, 17:53 PM
WHO may declare Monkeypox global health emergency
The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
23 June 2022, 16:52 PM
Russia offered to export 2 lakh metric tons of wheat to Bangladesh
Russia has already given offer to export two lakh metric tons of wheat to Bangladesh, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told the parliament today (June 23, 2022).
23 June 2022, 13:29 PM
Covid-19 Positivity rate now 14.32%
At least 1,319 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
23 June 2022, 11:34 AM
29 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours
At least 29 dengue patients were hospitalised in hospitals across the country over 24 hours till 8am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
23 June 2022, 10:46 AM
India exported 1.5 lakh tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh since restrictions imposed
India has exported 1.5 lakh tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh since the country restricted the export of the grain on May 13, according to the Indian Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey.
23 June 2022, 06:23 AM
Covid-19 cases on the rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe
The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.
22 June 2022, 18:47 PM
Collective effort need of the hour
Collective efforts are very important to save people from dengue. Everyone will have to come forward to destroy all breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM
1,135 new Covid cases recorded
The number of daily Covid-19 cases in the country crossed 1,000-mark after nearly four months, with 1,135 new cases reported in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Doctor who died in Sylhet 2 days ago was Covid positive
The physician of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, who died on June 20, 2022, was infected with Covid-19.
22 June 2022, 14:21 PM
Dengue fever: 27 patients hospitalised in 24 hours
At least 27 dengue patients were hospitalised in different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am today which is showing an alarming trend of rising dengue cases.
22 June 2022, 12:28 PM
Covid-19: 1 dead, 1,135 cases reported in a day; positivity rate now 13.3%
At least 1,135 Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
22 June 2022, 12:20 PM
874 new Covid cases, positivity rate over 11pc
The number of coronavirus cases is going up with the rising trend of the infection rate.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Season’s first dengue death recorded
The first death from dengue this year was reported yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Singapore confirms imported monkeypox case
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox here.
21 June 2022, 17:37 PM
First dengue death of 2022 in Bangladesh recorded
The first death from dengue this year was reported today (June 21, 2022), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 June 2022, 12:12 PM
1 Covid-19 death again in 24 hours, 874 cases reported
At least 874 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 June 2022, 11:12 AM