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Nahid Islam, a key organisers of the anti-discrimination student movement, was picked up by plainclothes persons from a house in Sabujbagh early yesterday, according to witnesses.

“Please help! We need money to send this body to his village for funeral. Donate whatever you can.”

It was absolute mayhem in Rampura and Badda areas on Friday..Quota protesters clashed with police and BGB personnel since morning to dusk, leaving at least 13 killed and over 500 injured. Many of the victims had bullet and shotgun pellet wounds on the upper part of their bodies..Thes

It was absolute mayhem in Rampura and Badda areas yesterday.

Subarna Akhter, a 31-year-old mother of two from Chuadanga, was diagnosed with gallbladder stones recently.

Although allocation for the health sector has increased in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, the major challenge for the government will be to ensure its proper utilisation.

Bangladesh has successfully eliminated two vector-borne diseases -- Kala-azar and filariasis.

Amid the blistering heatwave across the country, specialised hospitals in the capital are grappling with an influx of patients with conditions such as heart and chronic kidney diseases.

Nineteen-month-old Nazmul Hasan has been suffering from diarrhoea since Friday. He was initially admitted to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh, but his condition worsened. Yesterday, in a critical situation, Nazmul was transferred to the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) hospital in Dhaka

With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.

Arosh Mia, a 35-year-old autorickshaw driver from Narsingdi’s Raipura, found himself in a difficult situation in the afternoon of Eid-ul-Fitr. After his right leg was broken in an accident, he knew he needed medical attention fast. He rushed to the National Orthopedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute (Nitor), popularly known as Pongu Hospital, hoping to get the help he needed.

Every time five-year-old Ariyan goes outside home, his grandfather Razu Ahmed accompanies him and holds his hands tightly fearing that something might trigger his recently-developed erratic behaviour.

The rate of Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries in Bangladesh has increased by more than nine percent in one year.

The authorities of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College are going to recruit 34 office assistants, violating the recruitment guidelines for this post.

With tears in her eyes, Noorjahan was looking towards the hospital’s ward. Kamala Khatoon, her mother, was fighting for her life at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery

Students recognised for their outstanding results in O- and A-level exams were buzzing with excitement yesterday. They said they wanted to become decent human beings and work for the country.

Nearly half of the country’s women suffer from malnutrition, with the majority of them being overweight, according to a recent study.

Seven Bangalee students have been selected under the “tribal” quota in the recent MBBS admission test, raising eyebrows and concerns about irregularities.

Microplastic particles are accumulating in riverbed sediments that entered Bangladesh through India’s Ganges river, reveals a recent study published in Elsevier’s ecotoxicology and environmental safety journal. 

Children and elderly are mostly flocking to the hospitals to get treatment for winter-related diseases like pneumonia, asthma and diarrhoea.