With Covid-19 transmission rates declining -- yesterday’s daily positivity rate of 4.12 percent marked the seventh consecutive day of sub-five percent infection rates -- Bangladesh has ranked 39th among 53 countries in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking for September.

United Hospital observed World Heart Day yesterday by conducting free health check-up in a health check booth at the hospital.

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new cases, only 43 are from outside Dhaka.

At around 10:30am on September 22, a noisy crowd of people were seen standing in queues in front of the ticket counter of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD), eagerly awaiting an appointment with one of 12 physicians at its outdoor department.

Abdul Hakim suddenly felt severe chest pain late at night sometime in August last year.

The country more than doubled its previous record of single-day vaccinations as the government inoculated more than 66 lakh people against Covid-19 yesterday.

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased as the health directorate yesterday reported 31 more deaths.

Evercare Hospital Dhaka organised a “Patient Forum” at the Department of Paediatric Cardiology recently, marking World Heart Day 2021, said a press release.

At least two more dengue patients died while 219 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 52 are from outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Monir Hossain found himself in a precarious situation as soon as Covid-19 hit the country in March last year. The 70-year-old businessman from Faridpur has been suffering from heart disease for the past five years and as such, regularly visits Dhaka for check-ups.

“While on a trip to Bandarban with a group of about 50 doctors and their families, I noticed a professor of surgery sitting on a bench with his wife screaming for help.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to eliminate the most deadly form of meningitis by 2030 through increased awareness and access to treatments, global plans launched by the UN-agency on Tuesday to combat the inflammatory disease showed.

Thirty-one people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 

Two more dengue patients died while 219 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

India today reported less than 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in over seven months, reflecting the sustained downward graph of the infectious disease, Indian health ministry data said.

A nationwide mass vaccination campaign began today with a target to vaccinate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, under the COVAX facility, arrived in Bangladesh early today.

The government begins a special daylong drive at 9:00am today to administer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to 75 lakh people marking the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.