Nine dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours.

Long-term school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis have impacted the life transitions of adolescents in a multitude of ways beyond disruption in education, finds a recent study on “Adolescent Girls' Vulnerabilities and Transitions in the Context of Covid-19”.

Around 1.42 crore people -- aged 18 and above and have received their second jabs at least four months before -- will get booster dose during the weeklong special campaign slated to be started from Saturday, said a press release from the health directorate.

Total confirmed cases of monkeypox across Portugal and Spain have surpassed 250, health authorities reported on Wednesday, as the Iberian Peninsula remains the main hot spot of the recent outbreak.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The ongoing drives against unauthorised private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and other outfits is positive, but not enough, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today.

All the private hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres with no license will be shut down, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with people driving cars again or cramming into trains and buses to go back to work, hoping to never go through a similar ordeal again.

A week-long special campaign for administering Covid-19 booster jabs will start countrywide on June 4, said the Directorate General of Health Services.

The health directorate has shut down 185 more unauthorised private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, and blood banks as the countrywide drive stepped to the fourth day yesterday (May 31, 2022).

As China's yuan climbs rapidly to its strongest levels in six years against the currencies of the country's trading partners, a notable absence of concern and intervention by the authorities is unnerving investors.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A day after PM’s directive at Cabinet meeting, the Food Ministry launched a drive against illegal hoarding of rice.

Unicef delivered over 190 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through Covax in one year.

A nationwide special campaign to administer booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines to eligible people will start from Saturday (June 4-10, 2022).

The health directorate is seeing a barrage of applications from healthcare facilities for authorisation following the countrywide drive against unauthorised healthcare organisations.

The World Health Organization does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa will lead to a pandemic, an official said on Monday, adding it remains unclear if infected people who are not displaying symptoms can transmit the disease.

Artisanal fishers produce 40 percent of the world's fish and provide us with the nutrients and protein we need, experts have said at a workshop.

At least 34 new infections were recorded and one person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to take immediate action against rice hoarders.