All six radiotherapy machines of the NICRH have been out of order for 19 days, depriving over 200 cancer patients of their scheduled therapy every day.

The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of reovirus for the first time in Bangladesh.

Benapole Immigration Health Department today started to check the passengers travelling between India and Bangladesh as part of its initiative to prevent the spread of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)

Two patients died from dengue while 70 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

The influx of child patients suffering from pneumonia, winter diarrhoea and other cold-related diseases has been straining hospitals.

Unclean drains, scattered waste key contributors, say locals

The year 2023 was one of dengue devastation, breaking all previous records. As the new year approached, there was much discussion about improving the situation. However, it turned out to be all talk and no show, as dengue still claimed hundreds of lives in 2024.

The death toll rises to 575

One person died from dengue while 114 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

With the latest, the death toll rose to 573.

67 patients were hospitalised during the period

At least five people died from dengue while 274 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

107 patients hospitalised in the last 24 hours

After several months of continuous deaths from dengue fever, the country witnessed zero deaths today

At least three dengue patients died and 316 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

241 patients hospitalised till this morning

At least two dengue patients died in the 24 hours till yesterday morning, while 478 patients were hospitalised.

At least seven died of dengue fever in the last 24 hours while 596 patients were hospitalised till yesterday morning.

At least three dengue patients died while 186 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Dr Firdausi Qadri, a senior scientist and globally respected expert in infectious disease prevention, has been awarded the 2024 VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators from Developing Countries