Vitamin K deficiency, a critical factor in chronic kidney disease

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin found in food and supplements. Vitamin K is needed for blood coagulation and calcium-binding in bones and
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Watch the warning signs: How blood sugar levels affect your body

Keep your blood sugar levels in your target range to avoid or prevent heart disease, vision loss, and kidney damage. In addition, the target range can boost energy and mood.
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly resistant to essential antibiotics and have spread widely over past 30 years

According to a study in The Lancet Microbe, Typhoid-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to necessary antibiotics.
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Dengue fever: 35 patients hospitalised in 24 hours

At least 35 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (June 25, 2022).
25 June 2022, 13:45 PM

3 Covid-19 deaths, 1,280 cases reported in 24 hours

Three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
25 June 2022, 11:41 AM

Covid cases on the rise

The number of coronavirus cases rose to 1,685 yesterday, the highest in the last four months.
24 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Another 21 cases of dengue recorded

At least 21 dengue patients were hospitalised in different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, which is showing an alarming trend of rising dengue cases.
24 June 2022, 12:27 PM

No Covid-19 death, 1,685 cases reported in 24 hours

At least 1,685 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
24 June 2022, 10:51 AM

1,319 Covid cases logged in a day

At least 1,319 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, against the 9,214 samples tested, in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, while one death was reported during the period.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Residents suffer as TCB sales postponed

Chattogram residents who buy essentials from Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) had to suffer yesterday, as Chattogram District Administration postponed TCB operations, reportedly without notice.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM

29 hospitalised with dengue

At least 29 dengue patients have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, till 8:00am yesterday.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh slashes rice import tariffs to 25 percent

Bangladesh has cut customs tariffs and duty on rice until October 31 this year in order to encourage imports to increase supply of the staple grain in the domestic market and cool its prices, according to a notification today (June 23, 2022).
23 June 2022, 17:53 PM

WHO may declare Monkeypox global health emergency

The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
23 June 2022, 16:52 PM

Russia offered to export 2 lakh metric tons of wheat to Bangladesh

Russia has already given offer to export two lakh metric tons of wheat to Bangladesh, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told the parliament today (June 23, 2022).
23 June 2022, 13:29 PM

Covid-19 Positivity rate now 14.32%

At least 1,319 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
23 June 2022, 11:34 AM

29 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

At least 29 dengue patients were hospitalised in hospitals across the country over 24 hours till 8am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
23 June 2022, 10:46 AM

India exported 1.5 lakh tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh since restrictions imposed

India has exported 1.5 lakh tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh since the country restricted the export of the grain on May 13, according to the Indian Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey.
23 June 2022, 06:23 AM

Covid-19 cases on the rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe

The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.
22 June 2022, 18:47 PM

Collective effort need of the hour

Collective efforts are very important to save people from dengue. Everyone will have to come forward to destroy all breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM

1,135 new Covid cases recorded

The number of daily Covid-19 cases in the country crossed 1,000-mark after nearly four months, with 1,135 new cases reported in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.   
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM