Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

Health authorities have directed hospitals, particularly those in Dhaka, to increase bed capacity to cope with the growing number of dengue patients as the outbreak worsens.

Bangladesh had the seventh-highest number of cholera cases among 47 countries that reported the infection in 2025, with more than 22,000 cases, according to the World Health Organization’s latest annual cholera report.

Naharul Ahmed, 72, retired in 2010 after more than 25 years as a depot manager at a private chemicals company in Gazipur, without a pension or any other retirement benefits.

DGHS data show that 40.47 lakh people received the vaccine across 14 high-risk areas, with Narayanganj recording the lowest coverage

The health ministry has directed the authorities concerned to urgently recruit staffers, as more than 40 percent or around 35,000 field-level posts in grades 11-20 under the Directorate General of Health Services are vacant

Daily cases, hospital admissions surpass May averages despite vaccination drives

Anchal Roy had just cleared two important milestones in her medical career when her life was suddenly cut short by dengue.

An assistant registrar at a Dhaka hospital, Anchal had recently celebrated two major exam successes with her family before falling ill