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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Bangladesh likely to get 6.34 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan on Aug 28
Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Naoki Ito said they have planned to deliver 634,920 more AstraZeneca doses on August 28.
22 August 2021
44 oxygen cylinders missing from Barishal medical college hospital’s Covid unit
Forty-four oxygen cylinders went missing from Barishal Sher-e Bangla Medical College and Hospital’s Covid unit.
22 August 2021
Pregnant woman allegedly kicked by intern doctors at Bogura hospital during altercation with her family
A pregnant woman, her family members and policemen were allegedly beaten up by over 50 intern doctors of Bogura's Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) last night.
21 August 2021
Call for experts to join Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an open call for experts to serve as members of the new WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).
21 August 2021
Signs you are low on vitamin C
Our body does not make or store vitamin C, so we have to eat it every day. If you eat a balanced diet, it is pretty easy to get enough vitamin C.
21 August 2021
Extreme heat is a clear and growing health issue
Extreme heat is an increasingly common occurrence worldwide, with heat-related deaths and illnesses also expected to rise.
21 August 2021
Managing post COVID-19 fatigue at home by physiotherapy
After recovering from COVID-19, it can take some time to feel back to normal. One most common symptom people feel after COVID-19 is fatigue. It might originate from the lingering immune response or because the lungs and heart are still recovering.
21 August 2021
Bhogtera Community Clinic: Setting precedence in normal delivery
Twenty-five-year old Khadija Akter of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila got married in Chauddagram of Cumilla. She moved to her father’s house a few months ago as she was pregnant.
21 August 2021
Dengue Menace: 80 children in treatment at Shishu Hospital
Dhaka Shishu Hospital yesterday gave treatment to 80 dengue infected children admitted to the facility, the highest ever at a time.
21 August 2021
Country sees lowest daily Covid deaths in 51 days
The health directorate has reported that 152 people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, which is the lowest daily death count in the last 51 days.
21 August 2021
Children of mothers with diabetes during pregnancy have an increased risk of eye problems
A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that mothers who have diabetes before or during their pregnancy are more likely to have children who go on to develop eye problems.
21 August 2021
4 more dengue patients die, 278 hospitalised in a day
Four more died while 278 were hospitalized with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 August 2021
120 Covid-19 deaths, 3,991 cases recorded in 24 hours
One hundred and twenty people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 August 2021
7.81 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines reach Dhaka from Japan
Bangladesh received around 7.81 lakh doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Japan, under the COVAX facility, this afternoon.
21 August 2021
Lakshmipur municipality councilor dies of Covid-19
Lakshmipur municipality councilor Mohammad Raihan died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka early today.
21 August 2021
Zydus Cadila's needle-free Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D gets approval in India
India tonight got the world’s first DNA-based Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by indigenous pharma company Zydus Cadila as the needle-free jab received emergency use authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
20 August 2021
WHO seeks 'best minds' to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to advise on investigations into new high-threat pathogens that jump from animals to humans and could spark the next pandemic.
20 August 2021
Covid-19 vaccine: 7.81 lakh AstraZeneca shots to reach Dhaka tomorrow
At least 781,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will reach Dhaka tomorrow.
20 August 2021
221 hospitalised with dengue in a single day
At least 221 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today which is indicating a fast-rising trend of the disease.
20 August 2021
Play your part, not the blame game: DNCC mayor on controlling Aedes mosquitoes
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said everyone will have to play their parts properly and not play the blame game to control Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of both the dengue and chikunguniya viruses.
20 August 2021