India is planning to allow booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine for all those above the age of 18 given a surge in infections in parts of the world and ease difficulties faced during international travel, sources said today.

At least 116 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government yesterday reduced the price of bottled soybean edible oil at the retail level by Tk 8 per litre to Tk 160.

Amid high prices of daily essentials, many in need returned empty-handed from the TCB sales points outside the capital yesterday as they did not have “family cards”.

At least 82 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

During the early stages of the pandemic, governments all over the world neglected World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance and imposed

A new study in Diabetologia suggests a link between mild COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Professors from the German Diabetes Center conducted the research.

The number of healthy years a person lives is, on average, increasing even for people with common chronic conditions, according to a new study published recently in PLOS Medicine by Holly Bennett of Newcastle University, UK, and colleagues.

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It is not characterised by a single symptom but comes with various symptoms.

At least 62 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, its first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an Omicron outbreak that has triggered the country's highest case count since the pandemic's onset.

On this day in 2020, one person died in the country for the first time from the Covid-19 infection.

At least 108 new infections were recorded and two persons died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The prices of edible oil have gone up at the wholesale level yesterday despite the 30 percent tax exemption at the import and production stages.

Nasima Begum, in the advanced stages of pregnancy and carrying her two-year-old, was waiting for over two hours at the designated point in the capital’s Kazipara Bus Stand for a TCB truck to arrive with daily essentials.

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. The word means “porous bone”. It weakens your bones and makes them more prone to fractures.

The government and World Bank have signed a $120 million financing agreement to help improve the irrigated agricultural and fisheries production and increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people vulnerable to climate change.

With a view to providing better treatment to critical neonatal patients, the authorities of Chattogram Medical College Hospital introduced Special Care Neonatal Unit yesterday, marking the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day.

At least 233 new Covid-19  cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

South Asians, especially people from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, are six times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to Europeans.