Cases cross 25,600; death toll rises to 753

A cigarette may cost only a few taka at the corner shop, but its real bill can stretch far beyond the smoker’s pocket. It appears in hospital wards, family budgets, workplaces, homes and even the air breathed by people who have never smoked.

In a city where health often means prescriptions, test reports and hurried doctor visits, Summer Flow 2026 is asking Dhaka to look at wellbeing differently.

Cancer care has long been built around surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Now, a different idea is moving closer to reality: a vaccine made for one person’s cancer, designed to teach the body to recognise the disease and fight back.

A restless night may feel like little more than an exhausting inconvenience. But for some older women, repeated sleep problems could be telling a deeper story about the brain.

Waiting for the lift? We reach for our phones. Stuck in traffic? Instagram opens. Eating alone? A video plays. Heading to bed? Another twenty minutes of scrolling.

Cancer treatment has changed in the past two decades. One of the biggest shifts has been immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the body’s own defences recognise and fight cancer.

The government has decided to upgrade all upazila health complexes (UHCs) to 151-bed facilities, revising its earlier plan for 101 beds, to strengthen healthcare services at the grassroots level.

Dengue cases have surged across Khulna in recent weeks, putting hospitals under severe pressure.

New facility raises hospital’s total bed capacity to 1,000

Dengue cases in Chattogram district are surging rapidly in August, triggering concern among residents.

A girl’s weight during childhood may influence more than her health at the time. It could also be linked to her chances of becoming a mother later in life.

A short walk should not feel like a test of endurance. Yet for many people, pain begins after only a few minutes on their feet; perhaps as a cramp, burning feeling, tingling, numbness or a sharp ache.

“Don’t cry.” “Stay strong.” “Move on.” These familiar words are often meant to comfort us. Yet when strength becomes a habit of hiding sadness, anger or fear, the feelings may not simply vanish. They can linger beneath the surface, while the body continues to carry the strain.

Stress has quietly become one of the most common companions of modern life. A little pressure can sharpen our focus before an exam, help us meet deadlines or encourage us to perform better.

Extreme heat is no longer just an uncomfortable part of summer. As the planet warms, longer and harsher heatwaves are quietly becoming a serious threat to health, work and everyday life.

As World Breastfeeding Week is observed from August 1–7, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF have renewed a simple but urgent message: countries must stop treating breastfeeding as a mother’s responsibility alone and start building health systems, workplaces and communities that make it possible.

Four more people died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the country’s combined confirmed and suspected measles-related death toll to 867 this year.

Barguna General Hospital, the district’s main government-run healthcare facility serving nearly 12 lakh people, has long been grappling with an acute shortage of doctors.

Shows BBS survey; experts blame poverty, poor nutrition, early pregnancy and unhealthy feeding practices