Health centre’s generator out of order for 20 years
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A new chance at life, closer to home
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2 more die with measles-like symptoms, combined toll reaches 1,065
22 September 2026
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Dengue claims 5 more lives, record 1,872 hospitalised in a day
22 September 2026
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A Tk 50 lakh liver transplant abroad seemed out of reach. Josna Begum got one in Bangladesh
22 September 2026
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Kulaura hospital's generator out of order for 20 years
22 September 2026
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BMU performs six liver transplants in one year
22 September 2026
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Dengue surge in Khulna leaves patients struggling for hospital beds
22 September 2026
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Six more die with measles-like symptoms
22 September 2026
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Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital / MRI machine out of order for nine years
22 September 2026
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28 Covid-19 deaths, 1,354 new cases recorded in 24 hours
Twenty-eight people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
23 May 2021
Non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients have low-risk of serious long-term effects
A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal has found that the risk of delayed acute complications after non-hospitalised SARS-
22 May 2021
Bemcentinib: potential oral drug for COVID-19
University of Bergen spin-off biotech company BergenBio proclaimed that their drug bemcentinib is fast-tracked in a phase-II clinical trial as a potential treatment against COVID-19.
22 May 2021
Urgent action needed to reduce global burden of CVD in women by 2030
In the first-ever global report on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, researchers call for urgent action to improve care and prevention, fill
22 May 2021
NCDs: a greater threat than COVID-19 to women
The matters of grave concern in health are not the epidemic, flues or parasites that reign over the news and take most of the government’s effort, rather they are the everyday diseases that people can address yet fail to take action.
22 May 2021
Mucormycosis: the deadly black fungus
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a rare but dangerous infection. It is being increasingly seen in vulnerable patients in India, including
22 May 2021
Indian villagers turn to unlicensed clinics as COVID spreads to the countryside
An Indian former hospital worker with no medical education is running a small unlicensed clinic, tending to patients with breathing difficulties and checking their oxygen levels as they lie on cots on the mud floor.
22 May 2021
First death due to ‘black fungus’ reported in West Bengal
A 32-year-old woman died of mucormycosis, commonly associated with Covid-19 infection, while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata in the first instance of death due to “black fungus” in West Bengal, a state Health Department official said today.
22 May 2021
Covid-19: 26 dead, 1,504 infected, 1,529 recover in 24 hours
Twenty-six people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 May 2021
Home-based rapid Covid-19 testing kit to be available in India soon
The price of India’s first home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for Covid-19 has been fixed at Rs 250 and will be available in chemist shops and online without prescription, the manufacturer has said.
21 May 2021
36 Covid-19 deaths, 1,457 new cases reported in 24 hours
Thirty-six people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
20 May 2021
UK increasingly confident Covid-19 vaccines work against Indian variant
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a variant that has spread like wildfire in India and denied the government was being lax on travel from hotspots.
20 May 2021
Malawi destroys 20,000 expired doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Last month the World Health Organization urged African nations not to destroy expired doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine after several countries received doses from India with a very short shelf life. But this week, WHO reversed its position and said that the vaccines should be destroyed.
20 May 2021
Rapid spike in Covid-19 cases post-Eid; 37 dead, 1,608 infected in 24 hours
Thirty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
19 May 2021
Bangladesh will buy Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines from China
Bangladesh will purchase Covid-19 vaccines from China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).
19 May 2021
US will donate 80 million ‘excess’ Covid-19 vaccines to COVAX: Biden
President Joe Biden has announced that the US will give away 80 million Covid-19 vaccines. Previously, the US announced the donation of 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
18 May 2021
India’s coronavirus infections cross 25 million, record 4,329 dead in a day
India's total coronavirus cases surged past the 25 million mark on today, boosted by 263,533 new infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths from Covid-19 rose by a record 4,329.
18 May 2021
Pfizer jab can be stored in fridge for a month: EU drug agency
The European Union's drug agency on Monday approved the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in fridges for up to a month, in a move that should boost its rollout across the bloc.
18 May 2021
Numbers of daily Covid-19 deaths, new cases slightly up post-Eid
32 dead, 698 infected in 24 hours
17 May 2021
Sanofi-GSK reports success in virus vaccine, after setback
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline’s potential COVID-19 vaccine triggered strong immune responses in all adult age groups in preliminary trials, boosting optimism the shot may join the fight against the pandemic this year.
17 May 2021