Misuse of antibiotics reduces sensitivity of the drugs against various diseases, leaving people more vulnerable, said experts at a programme yesterday.

At least four dengue patients died, one from outside Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1,686 deaths, 3,19,475 cases this year

Google has recently introduced MedLM, a suite of AI models designed for the healthcare sector. Built upon the foundation of Med-PaLM 2, Google's large language model (LLM) for the medical domain, MedLM will be made available on the Vertex AI platform for Google Cloud users in the United States.

Four dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

At least four more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

Bangladesh saw no deaths from dengue in 24 hours, a first since June 29, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

India today confirmed a case of JN 1, a sub-variant of Covid-19 whose cases have surged in China and the United States, has been detected in the southern state of Kerala

However, public health experts are advising caution in interpreting the data

Despite December being a month which sees less dengue cases, the first 15 days of the month this year have seen 54 deaths and 6,722 cases.

1,678 deaths, 3,18,803 cases this year

At least two more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

The country’s drug administrator has fixed retail prices of 129 types of contact lenses from 29 importing companies.

1,676 deaths, 3,18,613 cases this year

The country's drug administrator has fixed retail prices of 129 intraocular lenses from 29 importing companies

At least seven dengue patients, all from outside Dhaka, died in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Much to the relief of heart patients in the country, the government has reduced prices of cardiac stents up to 43 percent, effective from December 16.

At least seven more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

Sixteen traders were fined Tk 68,000 for selling onions at higher prices, storing, and not showing price list in the port city today

The Vitamin A plus campaign began across the country today, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to more than 2.30 crore children aged 6-59 months