For decades, menstruation has been viewed largely as a reproductive concern. However, emerging evidence highlights a crucial but often overlooked dimension, nutrition. Experts now argue that menstrual health cannot be fully addressed without recognising its strong link to dietary status.

On World Health Day 2026, the World Health Organisation is calling for a renewed global commitment to science under the theme “Together for health.

Inclusive education for children with autism in Bangladesh requires more than enrolment in mainstream schools.

Observed globally on 2 April, World Autism Awareness Day highlights the urgent need to improve the lives of people living with autism.

A growing number of doctors are discouraging their children from entering the medical profession, raising concerns about the future of healthcare in South Asia.

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, a quieter crisis is unfolding behind glass offices and crowded meeting rooms, workplace loneliness.

On a small planet suspended in a vast, silent universe, a rare light flickers—the light of human consciousness.

Rare cancers are often overshadowed by more common malignancies such as breast, lung, or colorectal cancer.

A new oral drug that could simplify treatment for sleeping sickness has received a positive scientific opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), raising hopes for faster elimination of the deadly disease in Africa.

Bangladesh is widely recognised as a global success story in public health. Over the past few decades, the country has made remarkable progress in reducing maternal and child mortality, expanding immunisation coverage and increasing life expectancy.

A new multi-country initiative aimed at improving maternal health and nutrition across Africa has been launched with an initial investment of $54 million from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

Bangladesh’s Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has received a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate severe viral pneumonia in children, marking a significant milestone for the country’s biomedical research landscape.

Smoking traditional cigarettes or using e-cigarettes may significantly raise the risk of high blood pressure, according to new research that adds to growing concerns about nicotine use.

WD2026 centers community-led, feminist solutions grounded in lived experience, dignity, and long-term resilience. The Conference will show and celebrate approaches that invest in what works at the community level, alongside concurrent sessions focused on advancing community-led solutions.

As the world marks International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”, Women Deliver is calling for changes in how global systems operate and how power and resources are distributed.

Dr Maliha Khan, President and CEO of Women Deliver, speaks to Dr Tareq Salahuddin of The Daily Star about decolonising aid, defending gender justice, and why the next decade could redefine global cooperation.

Digestive diseases range from common problems such as acidity and ulcers to life-threatening cancers of the stomach, pancreas and colon. During a recent visit to Dhaka, Clin Associate Professor Christopher Khor Jen Lock, Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at Singapore General Hospital, spoke to The Daily Star about modern endoscopic procedures, cancer prevention, lifestyle risks, and how artificial intelligence is reshaping gastroenterology.

Bangladesh continues to face a disproportionately high burden of head and neck cancers, many of which are detected late. During two separate visits to Dhaka, Dr Szymon Mikulski, Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon at Singapore General Hospital, spoke at length about early warning signs, lifestyle risks, advances in treatment, and why timely diagnosis can make the difference between cure and lifelong disability.

Since the last Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2023 (WD2023), the global gender equality landscape has shifted sharply. Across regions, movements are facing widening pressure on rights and civic space while also accelerating movement-building, cross-border collaboration and youth leadership in response.

Dr William Herbert Foege, a lifelong servant of medicine and public health, was born on 12 March 1936 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. He was not only a physician but also an epidemiologist, public health leader, scientist, and global vaccine expert. He helped lead humanity to one of its greatest collective achievements: the eradication of smallpox. He passed away at the age of 89 on 24 January 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.