Step carefully: Protecting your feet from diabetes
23 August 2026
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Small ways to stop stress stealing your day
23 August 2026
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The insulin resistance paradox scientists are unravelling
23 August 2026
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Exercise for the mind, not just the mirror
23 August 2026
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A second chance after goodbye
23 August 2026
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Did You Know? / Diabetes has an emotional side - especially for women
23 August 2026
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Bangladesh Health Watch criticises cancellation of essential medicines list
20 August 2026
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Govt launches oral cholera vaccination campaign; 51.75 lakh targeted
20 August 2026
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Cholera vaccination campaign targeting 51.75 lakh people starts Aug 22
19 August 2026
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Interview / ‘We expect visible changes in health sector within one to one-and-a-half years’
18 August 2026
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Dengue fever: 1 dead, 91 more hospitalised in 24 hours
One dengue patient died while 91 more were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
4 August 2022
2 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate now 5.14%
Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
4 August 2022
How to read a nutrition label (without being tricked)
Try spending a few minutes reading the underappreciated label at the back.
4 August 2022
Osmani Medical College Hospital: Patients suffer as intern doctors continue strike
The strike that started on Monday to protest the attack on students of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and harassment of a trainee doctor continued yesterday as well.
3 August 2022
5.80 lakh kids registered for Covid jabs
Around 5.8 lakh schoolchildren aged 5-11 years were registered for taking the Pfizer’s specially prepared Covid-19 vaccines as of yesterday afternoon.
3 August 2022
Cholera Vaccination: 2nd round campaign begins in 5 Dhaka areas
The second round of the oral vaccination campaign against cholera began yesterday in five selected Dhaka areas.
3 August 2022
Novavax Covid vaccine should come with heart side-effect warning: EU
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending Novavax's (NVAX.O) COVID-19 vaccine carry a warning of two types of heart inflammation, based on a small number of reported cases, an added burden for a shot that has failed to win wide uptake.
3 August 2022
3 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate now 6.53%
Three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
3 August 2022
Cholera vaccination: Second round campaign begins in 5 Dhaka areas
The second round of the oral vaccination campaign against cholera began today (August 3, 2022) at 8 am in five selected Dhaka areas.
3 August 2022
TCB starts sale of essentials to 1 crore families
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh yesterday started selling essential items across the country at subsidised rates to one crore low-income families that have TCB cards.
2 August 2022
Osmani Hospital: Two cases filed over attack, harassment
Two separate cases were filed yesterday over the attack on two students of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and harassment of an intern doctor.
2 August 2022
Dengue claims two more lives
Two patients died of dengue while 65 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
2 August 2022
3 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate 7.72%
Three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
2 August 2022
2 dengue patients dead, 65 hospitalised in 24 hours
Two patients died of dengue while 65 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
2 August 2022
Aged 5-11: Dhaka kids to get Covid jabs first
Around 7.5 lakh schoolchildren, aged 5-11, in Dhaka city will get Covid-19 vaccine shots first, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate.
1 August 2022
One more dies from Covid; 349 infected
One person died from Covid, and 349 tested positive for the virus in the country yesterday.
1 August 2022
Lone X-ray machine lies idle for 3 decades
The lone X-ray machine at Kulaura Upazila Health Complex has remained inoperative since its installation nearly three decades ago due to shortage of necessary manpower, depriving treatment seekers from the service.
1 August 2022
‘Dengue menace may spiral out of control’
In July, the number of dengue cases was double than that of June, showing signs that the situation might get out of hand.
1 August 2022
1 Covid-19 death in 24 hours, positivity rate now 5.86%
One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 August 2022
Administering 2nd dose of cholera vaccine from Aug 3 to 10 in Dhaka
Icddr,b will administer the second dose of oral cholera vaccine in five areas of Dhaka from August 3 to 10, under the supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 August 2022