Scientists at the icddr,b, in partnership with Incepta Pharmaceuticals, have developed a low-cost device which can detect cholera in only 15 minutes.

With a heat wave sweeping across the country, several hundred diarrhoea patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country.

The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities of icddr,b to explain under what authorities the human resource director has been holding her office.

In Ramadan, the body uses more energy as one carries on with his or her daily activities along with fasting. As a result, higher levels of perspiration and dehydration can cause electrolyte imbalance.

A promising cereal formula has been invented by Bangladesh experts to fight deadly acute malnutrition in children. The ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is made of locally available ingredients.