JS body orders action as audit finds irregular commissions at BMU
8 September 2026
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Health
Contraceptive, medicine supply to become normal in 2-3 months: Health minister
7 September 2026
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Health
Bangladesh needs nearly 89,000 doctors to meet WHO standards: Health minister
7 September 2026
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Health
Three more die with measles-like symptoms
7 September 2026
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Health
8 divisional cities to get cancer, kidney and cardiac hospitals by next fiscal year: State minister
7 September 2026
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Parliament
Type 1 diabetes could affect 2.7 million more people by 2049
6 September 2026
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Health
World physiotherapy day 2026 / A healthy heart starts with movement
6 September 2026
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Health
Can doctors prescribe friendship instead of medicine?
6 September 2026
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Health
Planning for parenthood? Could tobacco be getting in the way?
6 September 2026
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Health
NICRH, NIKDU get new directors
Notifications issued from Health Services Division
25 March 2026
Bangladesh's Senjuti Saha wins 2026 Sabin Award for vaccine research
Recognised for using genomics to help guide a mass typhoid vaccine rollout that has already reached more than 40 million children
25 March 2026
Health ministry orders nationwide inspections to curb irregularities at private facilities
Health minister pushes for inspections, strict attendance
25 March 2026
DGHS cracks down on errant clinics, diagnostic centres
Muktijoddha Tower-1, a residential-slash-commercial building in Mohammadpur’s College Gate area, houses five private hospitals and two blood banks on its first to fifth floors, along with a residential hotel.
25 March 2026
Young cancer patients need more than treatment — they need support
At the 3rd SingHealth Peritoneal Surface Oncology Conference, held in Singapore this March, one message stood out with striking clarity: cancer care for young people cannot follow the same template as that for older adults.
19 March 2026
Infant’s death prompts move to reopen ICU at Dhaka’s Infectious Diseases Hospital
Eight-month-old measles patient could not access critical care as staff contracts expired and the unit remained inoperative for over a year
17 March 2026
Two patients die minutes after pre-surgery injection at SBMCH Barishal; nurses suspended
Families accuse on-duty nurses of negligence
15 March 2026
The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
Rare cancers are often overshadowed by more common malignancies such as breast, lung, or colorectal cancer.
15 March 2026
Study Findings: Obesity linked to higher risk of severe infections
Adult obesity significantly increases the risk of severe infections and infection-related deaths, according to a large international study published in The Lancet.
15 March 2026
Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
A new oral drug that could simplify treatment for sleeping sickness has received a positive scientific opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), raising hopes for faster elimination of the deadly disease in Africa.
15 March 2026
Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
Bangladesh is widely recognised as a global success story in public health. Over the past few decades, the country has made remarkable progress in reducing maternal and child mortality, expanding immunisation coverage and increasing life expectancy.
15 March 2026
Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
A new multi-country initiative aimed at improving maternal health and nutrition across Africa has been launched with an initial investment of $54 million from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).
15 March 2026
Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
Bangladesh’s Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has received a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate severe viral pneumonia in children, marking a significant milestone for the country’s biomedical research landscape.
15 March 2026
Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
Smoking traditional cigarettes or using e-cigarettes may significantly raise the risk of high blood pressure, according to new research that adds to growing concerns about nicotine use.
15 March 2026
Prices of meat jump before Eid
With Eid-ul-Fitr around the corner, the prices of chicken, beef and several spices commonly used during the festival have gone up.
14 March 2026
4 years on, hospital not fully operational
Even after four years since its inauguration, the 50-bed Islamic Mission Hospital, Sirta in Mymensingh Sadar upazila has yet to become fully operational due to acute staff shortage.
14 March 2026
Bangladesh introduces national protocol to detect, treat kidney disease early
Protocol jointly developed by NCDC and icddr,b
12 March 2026
e-Health Card to be launched by June: Health minister
It will serve as a fundamental identity framework in the healthcare sector, he says
11 March 2026
Nationwide cleanliness campaign from March 14: PM
Aimed at preventing mosquito-borne diseases including dengue and chikungunya
11 March 2026
Four years on, Narsingdi 250-bed hospital building still unused
Patients crowd old 100-bed facility while new 8-storey building remains non-operational due to lack of staff, equipment
11 March 2026