Bangladesh Health Watch criticises cancellation of essential medicines list
20 August 2026
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Health
Govt launches oral cholera vaccination campaign; 51.75 lakh targeted
20 August 2026
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Health
Cholera vaccination campaign targeting 51.75 lakh people starts Aug 22
19 August 2026
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Health
Interview / ‘We expect visible changes in health sector within one to one-and-a-half years’
18 August 2026
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Health
Adulterated, toxic food puts Jashore children at growing health risk
18 August 2026
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Food
Fatty food raises risk of colorectal cancer
18 August 2026
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Health
Health ministry form teams to inspect hospitals on regular basis
17 August 2026
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Health
6 suspected measles deaths in 24 hours, combined toll rises to 908
16 August 2026
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Disease
3 die of dengue as 805 more are hospitalised in a day
16 August 2026
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Disease
Events / Summer Flow 2026: Two days to move, create, connect and heal
16 August 2026
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Health
Adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated with increased prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis
A recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular events.
6 May 2023
Childhood adversity is linked to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes as young adults
According to a recently published article in Diabetologia, the official journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), there is a higher likelihood for individuals who have undergone childhood adversity to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) at a young age.
6 May 2023
A kind road to happiness
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a month, get married. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody else.
6 May 2023
Know the physical symptoms of depression for better management
Depression can affect not only your mental state but also your physical health.
6 May 2023
Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme
As part of the world-first national scheme, almost 1 in 5 of all smokers in England will be provided with a vape starter kit alongside behavioural support to help them quit the habit as part of a series of new measures to help the government meet its ambition of being smokefree by 2030 - reducing smoking rates to 5% or less. Local authorities will be invited to take part in the scheme later this year and each will design a scheme which suits its needs, including deciding which populations to prioritise.
6 May 2023
Cardiac Treatment: Patients hit hard by costly stents
Mohiuddin Ahmed was extremely anxious. And it was just not because his 68-year-old father was undergoing a cardiac stent implantation surgery.
6 May 2023
Covid Pandemic: WHO declares end to global emergency
Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said yesterday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.
5 May 2023
Dhaka North Chief Heat Officer Bushra tests positive for Covid
Bushra Afreen, the newly appointed Chief Heat Officer (CHO) of Dhaka north city, has been infected with the coronavirus.
5 May 2023
Covid is no longer global health emergency: WHO
Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.
5 May 2023
No let-up in price hike
When people are already struggling to cope with high prices of daily essentials, a fresh hike in the prices of soybean oil, sugar, onions, and potatoes has dealt them a further blow.
5 May 2023
16 more hospitalised with dengue
At least 16 patients were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.
3 May 2023
Bangladesh may witness worse dengue outbreak this year: experts
Health experts have warned that the country may witness an even worse outbreak of Aedes mosquito-borne dengue this year as the presence of this virus-carrying insect has increased in the early days of summer
3 May 2023
Over a quarter billion people needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN
Some 258 million people needed emergency food aid last year because of conflict, economic shocks and climate disasters.
3 May 2023
Digitalisation can reduce heart diseases in country
The digitalisation of the healthcare sector will help reduce the burden of heart diseases in the country, speakers said at the two-day international cardiovascular conference in Dhaka, which ended today.
2 May 2023
Eleven more hospitalised with dengue
At least nine dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning. With the new ones, the total number of dengue cases rose to 986, according to the DGHS. The total number of deaths stands at 11 this year.
30 April 2023
Biscuit maker Olympic's profit jumps 42%
Local biscuits manufacturing giant Olympic Industries today said its profit jumped 42 per cent in the first three quarters of the current financial year of 2022-23, powered by increased sales revenue.
30 April 2023
Relationship with bipolars
Having bipolar disorder can make life difficult. Bipolar disorder (previously called manic depression) is a mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person’s temper, activity levels, and concentration.
29 April 2023
The big catch-up
celebrated in the last week of April (24 to 30 April 2023), aims to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases.
29 April 2023
High-level discussion urges political action for AMR research
Recently, the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) hosted a forum in which government leaders,
29 April 2023
Time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care
6–7 million infected, worldwide
29 April 2023