The chilling truth about winter joint pain and simple ways to manage it
1 February 2026, 05:09 AM
Healthcare
Can AI predict suicide?
1 February 2026, 05:06 AM
Healthcare
Health records could help spot diabetes early
1 February 2026, 05:04 AM
Healthcare
Meeting clean air targets could curb the diabetes burden in Bangladesh
1 February 2026, 05:01 AM
Healthcare
7,000 steps a day could be the sweet spot for better health!
1 February 2026, 04:58 AM
Healthcare
Silent threats before birth: Air pollution and climate risks for infants
1 February 2026, 04:55 AM
Healthcare
AI in colonoscopy: A helpful tool or a risk to doctors’ skills?
1 February 2026, 04:52 AM
Healthcare
3,200 doctors to join field services in 10 days
1 February 2026, 04:05 AM
Hospitals
Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
29 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh
Injected with 'wrong medicine': Nurse suspended after child’s death at Suhrawardy hospital
28 January 2026, 18:27 PM
Healthcare
Loneliness, social isolation can impact longevity
The growing phenomenon of loneliness, which international experts have described as a global epidemic, may be responsible for as many deaths as obesity, according to American Psychological Association in Washington.
9 August 2017, 13:11 PM
Chinese villager hero to US leukemia patient
Zhao Yuedong, a 39-year-old villager from China's Liaoning province, becomes a hero to a leukemia patient in the US city of Los Angeles when he became the first international bone marrow donor from Shenyang.
9 August 2017, 05:22 AM
How to use your vacation to find inner peace with mindfulness practice
Being on vacation is a great time to get some much-needed rest and recharge the batteries. However, if you can set new healthy habits while away it can also help you maintain a feeling of relaxation even when you return to the regular routine.
6 August 2017, 14:45 PM
Career Camp 2017 a big success
IPDC presents Career Camp 2017 powered by Cooper's Bakery took place on the 5th of August 2017 at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre. The event started off with a huge blast with the support of an enthusiastic crowd and exceptional speakers.
6 August 2017, 08:35 AM
Massively discounted hepatitis C drugs are not being bought
No developing countries have so far come forward to buy massively discounted hepatitis C drugs to treat their populations. The Global
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Urban Health Department must be strengthened
Very recently city dwellers of Dhaka were in great crisis and had to pay enough money out of their own pocket to get recovery from a
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Eliminate hepatitis
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or liver
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM
DMCH doctors collect tissue samples from Muktamoni’s hand
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital collect tissue samples from Muktamoni, a 12-year old girl from Satkhira afflicted by a disease mainly in her right hand, a condition leading to her hand swelling up like a bee hive, to determine her treatment procedure.
5 August 2017, 04:51 AM
Innovation Summit Chittagong held
Organised by CheesecakeTech, Innovation Summit Chittagong was a rare opportunity for the youth to learn about recent tech trends.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Second treble for aamra companies
aamra has received awards in three different categories at Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 2017.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM
World's blind population to soar: study
The world's blind will increase threefold from about 36 million today to 115 million in 2050 as populations expand and individuals grow ever older, researchers say.
3 August 2017, 14:37 PM
Vitamin A plus campaign Saturday
Around 2.25 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A plus capsules under a national campaign on August 5.
3 August 2017, 11:24 AM
Kissing unlikely to pass on Zika virus: researchers
Kissing is unlikely to pass on the Zika virus, which is harmless for most people but can cause severe brain damage in unborn children, a study with monkeys shows.
2 August 2017, 07:09 AM
Bangladesh conjoined twin sisters Tofa, Tahura doing well
Tofa and Tahura, the 10-month-old babies from Gaibandha who were joined at the waist, are doing well after they were separated through a pioneering surgery in Bangladesh.
2 August 2017, 06:46 AM
Myanmar schools in 10km radius of H1N1 virus infected area closed
After the reported outbreaks of H5N1 and H1N1 virus, schools located within a 10-km radius of the infected area in Dawei Township of Myanmar from August 1 to 7 have been ordered closed.
2 August 2017, 04:43 AM
Popular method of cooking rice may be poisonous
Millions of rice lovers could be putting themselves at risk by cooking it incorrectly, scientists warn.
1 August 2017, 15:23 PM
Transcatheter valve implant now in Bangladesh
Good news for patients suffering from aortic valve stenosis as the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant surgery makes its way to Bangladesh.
30 July 2017, 16:00 PM
Bangladeshi dermatologist visits UMMC
Prominent scholar and dermatologist Prof Dr M U Kabir Chowdhury has been invited to the University of Mississippi Medical Center
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Special package for liver cirrhosis patients
The world-renowned Max Super Speciality Hospital Saket in New Delhi has launched special treatment packages for Bangladeshis who are
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Long-acting antiretroviral injection safe
An injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) consisting of two drugs (cabotegravir and rilpivirine) administered every four or eight weeks
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM