Measles, once considered largely under control, has returned with alarming force across the globe.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) revised yesterday’s measles figures within a few hours of uploading the data to its website, lowering the numbers of suspected measles cases and hospital admissions.

Says health minister

Commission delegation holds talks with health minister

Bangladeshi physician honoured at World Health Assembly for lifelong service to marginalised communities

During a surprise visit to Khulna 250-bed General Hospital, the minister also questioned why patients were allegedly forced to buy rabies vaccines

Bangladesh is facing a worrying resurgence of measles, with thousands of suspected cases reported within a single month. The outbreak, spreading across the country, has already claimed many lives, most of them young children.

Health specialists now say PMOS better explains what the condition actually involves.

Hypertension has become a major public health threat in Bangladesh, contributing to rising cases of stroke, heart attack, kidney disease and other non-communicable diseases, said experts at a seminar yesterday.

Rafiqa (not a real name), a 32-year-old school teacher from Dhaka, thought her constant tiredness was simply the result of long working hours and sleepless nights.

Long hours behind the wheel may seem harmless at first, but for many drivers, the real damage begins quietly; with a stiff neck, an aching lower back, or sore shoulders after yet another journey.

A new global study has raised fresh concerns about how steady weight gain through adult life may quietly raise the risk of several serious cancers.

Camellia Duncan Foundation Hospital closed after teenager’s death for 1.5 months

A remote cruise ship outbreak has once again pushed the world to confront an old fear - how quickly disease can travel across borders.

Physicians recommend 'fever corners', WHO-approved treatment guidelines and nationwide awareness

New initiative aims to provide integrated care and social support for children with disabilities

Alikadam upazila administration recovered the assets after finding evidence that they had been kept at the UP chairman’s home instead of being used for emergency healthcare services

icddr,b researcher Shahria Hafiz Kakon explains how Covid-era habits, shrinking play spaces and parents’ own screen use are deepening children’s screen dependency

The family initially accused a hospital staff member of negligence but later said they did not want a post-mortem

Also directs expedited implementation of 1,000-bed Bangladesh-China Friendship Hospital in Nilphamari