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Disease
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World
Measles by the numbers: 317 children lost to a preventable disease
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Health
Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship
6 May 2026, 08:58 AM
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Fund crunch squeezes free medicines for poor
6 May 2026, 09:06 AM
Health
Two more children die from measles
6 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Disease
Six more die from measles, measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
5 May 2026, 17:03 PM
Health
Gaibandha teacher died after contracting chickenpox, not smallpox: Health officials
4 May 2026, 21:58 PM
Disease
Reflection / What is compartmentalisation in a world full of noise?
4 May 2026, 20:29 PM
Lifestyle
17 die from measles, measles-like symptoms in highest single-day toll
4 May 2026, 17:48 PM
Disease
Winter diarrhoea in children
Most of the children experience few episodes of diarrhoea in their early age. In winter, viral diarrhoea is quite common. At present if we pay a visit to any children ward, we will find many cases of diarrhoea with different grades of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Dealing with motion sickness
People are often seen nauseating in their journey. It is a common condition that we all experience during our travel through car, bus and train. Sailors and travellers have suffered from motion sickness since the earliest times. Before, it was only known to travellers of sea and is frequently mentioned as sea sickness in Greek and Roman texts.
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Dementia loved ones benefit from visits
Spending time with loved ones with dementia is important even after they fail to recognise the faces of friends and family, a dementia charity says.
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Immunisation must be boosted in urban areas
Health experts have suggested strengthening immunisation programmes in urban areas of the country as they have lower vaccination coverage than rural areas.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM
‘I had no other options but to quit’
After forfeiting from mayoral race, an independent candidate in Dhamrai municipality in Dhaka today said he had no other way but quit.
30 December 2015, 08:08 AM
Housewife beaten to death for dowry in Jessore
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband and in-laws over dowry at Sultanpur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on
27 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Electioneering reaches its peak in 3 municipalities
Campaigning by the candidates for different posts in three municipalities of Gaibandha district has reached its peak as only two days
27 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Gonorrhoea 'could become untreatable'
Gonorrhoea can become an untreatable disease, England's chief medical officer has warned.
27 December 2015, 05:37 AM
How animals can give you tuberculosis
In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Potentially
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Symptoms of chronic kidney disease
Most people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have no symptoms because the body can tolerate even a large reduction in kidney
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Many benefits of oats
What better way to gain the strength and energy to carry you through a hectic morning schedule than with a steaming bowl of freshly
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Physiotherapy in urinary incontinence
Do you leak urine when you cough, sneeze, or laugh? Do you limit your time away from home, know where all the bathrooms are in the
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
From MDGs to SDGs
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Teen held for posting PM's doctored photo on Facebook
Local Awami League activists hand over a teenage boy to police in Rajshahi for posting derogatory comments and a doctored photo involving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
26 December 2015, 15:55 PM
How smartphone light affects your brain and body
Checking your phone at night and before going to sleep seems like a normal habitual act, but it is some harmful than you think.
26 December 2015, 05:03 AM
Man held with Yaba
Law enforcers arrested a man along with 284 Yaba tablets from Amrakhali area here on Monday night.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Three arrested on charge of killing Krishak Dal leader
Police attested three youths on charge of killing Krishak Dal leader Nazrul Islam at Adarshagram in Matiranga upazila of the district on
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
2 Chinese citizens held with 6kg gold at Dhaka airport
A preventive team with help of airport customs detains two Chinese citizens with 6kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
23 December 2015, 16:03 PM
Senior citizens still waiting for protection in practice
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called upon the government, non-government organisations, and other institutions to implement the National Policy on Older Persons-2013 to make the country "elderly-friendly".
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM
3 killed in Gaibandha culvert collapse
At least three people are killed and five injured as an abandoned culvert collapsed on them at Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha this evening.
21 December 2015, 15:57 PM