Refiners yesterday slashed retail prices of soybean oil by Tk 14 a litre as its prices in the international market dropped and the government kept the reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on it.

The deadline for the ongoing first and second dose special vaccination campaign to prevent Covid-19 infection has been extended till October 8.

Three dengue patients died while 525 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours across the country till 8:00 am today.

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 3, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries "concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution", the award-giving body said on Monday.

Two dengue patients died while 568 others were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 2, 2022).

The Covid-19 testing facility for outbound passengers run by the government at Army Stadium in Dhaka will be shifted to 250-bed TB Hospital in Shyamoli, said a press release today.

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 2, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

An estimated 8.4 million people were living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) across the globe in 2021, according to the results of a new modelling study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. This number is predicted to increase to 13.5-17.4 million people living with T1D by 2040.

Intentionally losing weight can bring long-term health benefits for individuals with obesity, regardless of the method or strategy they use, according to a study of almost 200,000 people.

Have you ever felt good after accompanying a sick neighbour to the hospital in the middle of the night? Then there was the time when you left food and essentials in front of your friend’s door regularly at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The association of COVID-19 with thrombotic events was initially inferred from case series. Now, investigators have analysed U.S. claims and medical records data to evaluate incidence of inpatient arterial and venous thrombotic events among adults hospitalised with COVID-19 between April 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021 (41,443 before vaccine availability and 44,194 after). Controls comprised 8,269 adults hospitalised with influenza during the 2018–2019 season.

Use heart for every heart — the theme is about celebrating and connecting like-minded people on the occasion of World Heart Day this year. It created a sense of commitment around the common cause of heart health, and it is a concept that encapsulates the values of World Heart Day.

Five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 1, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Millions of people around the world are believed to suffer from long Covid yet little remains known about the condition -- though research has recently proposed several theories for its cause.

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 30, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Two people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours proceeding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 

Amid delays in completing the vaccine manufacturing and research plant in Gopalganj, a parliamentary watchdog yesterday asked the health ministry to finish all works and start making vaccines within this fiscal year (2022-23).

At least 506 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8:00 am today.

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 29, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).