The chilling truth about winter joint pain and simple ways to manage it
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Healthcare
Can AI predict suicide?
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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
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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
Teaching emotional intelligence could help children succeed
Could it be time for schools to implement programmes teaching emotional intelligence in order to boost child development?
15 July 2017, 10:02 AM
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq apologises for remark on chikungunya
Apologising for his yesterday’s comment on chikungunya, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq says he could not express himself properly.
15 July 2017, 08:03 AM
Not only joints, Chikungunya messes with your mind too
During the last two months, anticipations and suspense regarding the Chikungunya viral fever caused by Aedes Aegypti mosquito have gone viral. Half of the Dhakaites still are in physical pain left by the virus, half are half-relieved that they have been spared so far, and half-anxious about being the next victim.
15 July 2017, 06:34 AM
The curious case of the C-section
Ideally, caesareans are a process that should be used only when there's an emergency and when the life of either the baby or the mother is in danger. But in Bangladesh, more than 80 percent of the deliveries in private hospitals are caesarean.
13 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Ways to maintain good eyesight
It's the age of technology and we are more than ever using our eyes to check our phones, computer screens, gaming consoles and televisions, which can lead to eye fatigue. Eat healthy, exercise regularly and more to take care of eyes, suggest experts.
13 July 2017, 16:04 PM
5 ways to use oils in the kitchen to improve health
While too much fat, especially of the "bad" variety, can lead to weight gain and health problems, a moderate amount of fat is essential to a healthy lifestyle.
12 July 2017, 06:36 AM
One step closer to a gonorrhoea vaccine?
A discontinued vaccine against a bacteria that causes brain inflammation also shielded people against gonorrhoea, the first drug ever to offer such protection against the sexually transmitted disease, researchers said Tuesday.
11 July 2017, 07:55 AM
‘1 in 11 affected by chikungunya’ is fake news, IEDCR clarifies
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has objected to the news about actual numbers of chikungunya affected people in Dhaka city.
10 July 2017, 04:43 AM
A new era for WHO with 5 top priorities
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian politician, academic, and public health authority who is the Director-General of the World
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Gonorrhoea is evolving to resist antibiotics
Gonorrhoea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a press release.
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Tips: How to ameliorate joint pain induced by Chikungunya
Chikungunya fever caused by a virus is more frequent this year. Usually it is not a fatal disease. High fever along with joint pain makes
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Ramadan fasting vs post Ramadan feasting
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize establishing the truth that fasting is good for health. He coined the
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Family planning saves lives and transforms the community
World Population Day is observed around the world since 11 July, 1987 when the world’s population reached 5 billion. The world
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Five reasons to take a nap this summer
As long as it doesn't take more than 30 minutes to an hour, a nap is good for our health in many ways. It's perfectly natural for mammals and is even part of the work culture in China.
2 July 2017, 07:49 AM
Low-dose Aspirin helps prevent preterm preeclampsia
Use of low-dose aspirin lowers the risk for preeclampsia among women determined to be at high risk during first-trimester screening, according to a study presented at a meeting of the Fetal Medicine Foundation and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Influenza in children
In the last two weeks parents are coming in the outpatient departments and in private chambers with their sick children having high fever, runny nose, headache, body ache, cough, sore throat, nasal stuffiness, decreased appetite and sometimes vomiting as well.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Delivering confidence in healthcare
When you visit a doctor for your treatment or health checkup, the doctor usually says, “I am advising you some blood tests, please visit
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
The doctor-patient relationship
The powerful communication between doctor-patient and doctor-attendant can overcome the stressful unpleasant emotions of diseases;
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Ice cream headaches
Ice cream headaches are brief, stabbing headaches that can happen when you eat, drink or inhale something cold. Digging into an ice
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
A high IQ in childhood could lead to a longer life
A new study reports that children with a high IQ have a greater chance of being alive when they reach the age of 79.
30 June 2017, 09:40 AM