Six more die with measles-like symptoms
22 September 2026
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Disease
Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital / MRI machine out of order for nine years
22 September 2026
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Healthcare
All 6 dengue deaths in 24 hours reported in Rajshahi division
21 September 2026
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Disease
Fresh measles vaccination drive starts Sept 26
21 September 2026
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Healthcare
‘Baba, I want to go home’
21 September 2026
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Disease
‘Baba, I want to go home’: 7-year-old Anushree’s last words to her father
20 September 2026
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Disease
4 more die with measles-like symptoms, combined toll reaches 1,057
20 September 2026
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Disease
Govt to launch intensified measles vaccination drive on Sept 26: Health minister
20 September 2026
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Disease
Hospital OT sealed after woman dies following C-section in Jashore
20 September 2026
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Healthcare
Five more die from measles, symptoms
20 September 2026
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Disease
The poor suffer, as usual
Hundreds of people from lower-income backgrounds in the haor and tea garden areas in Moulvibazar depend on the Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex for affordable medical treatment.
12 October 2022
Pvt healthcare facilities: Govt to regulate service charges
The government will fix charges and set the services that private healthcare organisations can provide based on their capability, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
6 October 2022
“Cultural therapy” for mental health patients!
Research is needed to determine the best approach to treating patients with mental illnesses. A group of Dhaka University students of theater and performance studies department started research at Pabna Mental Hospital -- on how patients suffering from mental illness can be treated using "cultural therapy".
5 October 2022
New law to curb misuse of antibiotics
Drugstores will not be allowed to sell antibiotics without prescriptions from registered physicians and their licences will be revoked if they do so, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
4 October 2022
Licence will be cancelled if pharmacies sell antibiotics without prescription: Minister
No pharmacies will be allowed to sell antibiotics without prescriptions of physicians and if they do so, their liscences will be revoked, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today (October 4).
4 October 2022
Cancer patients suffer as CMCH’s lone brachytherapy machine lying out of order
The only brachytherapy machine, a type of internal radiation therapy that is often used to treat cancers, of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months bringing suffering to the patients.
27 September 2022
Do you know the signs & symptoms of Hyperglycemia?
Our bodies give us clues about our health. Knowing the signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia, or elevated blood sugar and how to spot them can be key to improving your health and helping you manage diabetes.
17 September 2022
Microplastic in our seafood: Macro problem for our health
Microplastics are tiny fractions of plastics measuring less than 5 millimeters in size. Often smaller than the tiniest grains of sands, these particles pose a grave danger to our health.
17 September 2022
Stricter blood sugar control in gestational diabetes leads to better outcomes for babies
Lowering the target blood sugar level for mothers with gestational diabetes did not reduce the risk of large babies, a new study finds, but it did
17 September 2022
The reasons you are so tired
When you think why you are so tired, often the answer is obvious - you are not getting enough sleep.
17 September 2022
Health services: Absent doctors a headache
A doctor of a government hospital in Gopalganj has been absent from work since March 16, 2020.
16 September 2022
No illegal clinics to be allowed to operate
No one will be allowed to operate irregular businesses in the name of providing healthcare facilities, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
15 September 2022
Reduce out-of-pocket costs
Along with strengthening the existing general tax-revenue-based healthcare financing system, new avenues like an insurance-based financing system can be a way to reduce the burden of out-of-pocket costs on patients, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
15 September 2022
None can profit from peoples' lives: Maleque on drive against illegal hospitals
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the ongoing drive against illegal hospital and clinics will continue so that no one can do business with peoples’ lives.
15 September 2022
Spend more time in research: PM to doctors
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 14, 2022) re-emphasised to put concentration on research in the country's medical sector, saying excellence is not achieved without research.
14 September 2022
PM inaugurates BSMMU Super Specialized Hospital
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 14, 2022) inaugurated the much-awaited Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Super Specialized Hospital, first of its kind in the country, aiming to provide specialised treatment at a cheaper cost.
14 September 2022
New horizon in healthcare
The much-needed BSMMU Super Specialized Hospital, first of its kind in the country, will be inaugurated today.
13 September 2022
Put more emphasis on research
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked physicians to dedicate themselves to serve people and take care of patients properly.
13 September 2022
Pabna mental hospital: SOS from a troubled facility
Pabna Mental Hospital has been struggling to provide services to patients for at least two months due to the lack of supply of necessary food, medicine and other materials.
13 September 2022
Audit questions Tk 193cr Covid expenditure
The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised objections about Tk 193 crore spent by the Covid-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project in the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
4 September 2022