Khaleda unable to eat properly: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Mar 19 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged…
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Tracking cholera in a drop of blood
Bangladeshi researchers and US collaborators have jointly developed a method to use blood samples to…
Quader improves, life support removed: Physician
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – The artificial life support of ailing Road, Transport and Bridges…
Country’s 1st woman DNA analyst honoured
Health Desk Padma Bank Limited today honoured the country’s first woman DNA analyst, Nusrat Sharmin,…
Break the menstrual taboo
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – It is time to rise up…
Doctors thinking of bypass surgery on Quader
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – Doctors at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore are considering conducting…
Khaleda Zia to be in BSMMU hospital soon: Minister
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, jailed in a corruption case, will…
MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism
A study following more than 650,000 Danish children for over a decade has led researchers…
HIV-positive man in remission, second case ever: study
A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after…
Quader sick: Being sent to Singapore for treatment
Obaidul Quader, LGRD minister $ gs of AL, was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the BSMMU hospital on Sunday morning following breathing complications.
Number of jaundice patients rapidly rising in Chittagong
A Hepatitis E outbreak has spread panic among city residents in the Halishahar area. The…
Potential new weapon against malaria found
For years, insecticide-soaked mosquito nets have helped dramatically lower malaria infections, but insecticide resistance has…
45 percent children with cancer left undiagnosed, untreated
Some 45 percent of children with cancer are left undiagnosed and untreated. According to an…
Food, nutrition research and policy workshop opens in Dhaka
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A 7-day training workshop for mid-level officials of Ministry of Food…
Slovakia slaps emergency checks on Polish beef
Slovakia decided to slap checks on beef imports from Poland has begun. After veterinarians in…
6 ‘drug traders’ held in Ashulia
Savar, Feb 23 – Detectives in a drive arrested six suspected drug traders from Aukpara…
Kidney awareness society gives free service to poor patients
Dhaka, Feb 21 – At least 3000 poor patients have received free health consultancy, medicine…
PM orders proper treatment to Chawkbazar fire victims
Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNB)- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to…
Vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer
The rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in…
Container-based sanitation: one way to reach the last mile
Submitted by Clementine Marie Stip On Tue, 02/19/2019 co-authors: Seema Thomas, Martin Gambrill Cities are…
Dhaka’s air quality unhealthy; world’s 5th worst
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked fifth on Wednesday in the AirVisual…
Former rice farmer praises vitamin A orange sweet potatoes
Angella Atero, Nutrition, Communication, and Advocacy Specialist, Uganda Walter Odongo, a 31-year-old farmer from Dokolo…
Two under-5 Bd children die of Pneumonia every hour: Report
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – The burden of Pneumonia in Bangladesh is one of the…
Pakistani women seek abortions as birth control
Pregnant, desperate, and poor, Pakistani mother Zameena faced a stark choice: risk her life by…
Yaba traders surrender, a mockery: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday termed mockery…
102 Yaba dealers surrender to Bangladesh Police
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 16 – A total of 102 Yaba dealers surrendered to the police…
Dismantling sexual health stigma in India
NEW DELHI, Feb 15 2019 (IPS) – Results from a survey with young and unmarried women…
Big fire at Suhrawardy Hospital
Dhaka, Feb 14 (UNB) – A big fire broke out at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College…
9 signs your Thyroid is underactive
Your thyroid—a small gland in your neck—has a huge impact on your body. It produces…
Mildly cold weather more devastating than extreme temp
A study has revealed moderately cold temperatures (13.8 degree Celsius to roughly 30 degree Celsius) are responsible for…