Infant’s death prompts move to reopen ICU at Dhaka’s Infectious Diseases Hospital
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Two patients die minutes after pre-surgery injection at SBMCH Barishal; nurses suspended
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Health
Study Findings: Obesity linked to higher risk of severe infections
15 March 2026, 00:17 AM
Healthcare
Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
15 March 2026, 00:16 AM
Healthcare
Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
15 March 2026, 00:14 AM
Healthcare
Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
15 March 2026, 00:12 AM
Healthcare
Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
15 March 2026, 00:11 AM
Healthcare
The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
15 March 2026, 00:19 AM
Healthcare
Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
15 March 2026, 00:08 AM
Healthcare
Prices of meat jump before Eid
14 March 2026, 05:45 AM
Price of essentials
30 more get hospitalised with dengue
Thirty dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning, four of whom were from Dhaka
22 January 2024, 14:00 PM
Another dies of Covid-19, positivity rate 5.14pc
One death from Covid-19 was reported in the 24 hours till 8:00am today, making it the second Covid death in two days, according to the Directorate General of Health Services
22 January 2024, 12:21 PM
Country logs Covid death after a week
Another Covid-19 death was reported in the country yesterday while the infection rate has been on a steady rise for the past month.
21 January 2024, 18:00 PM
1 die of dengue, 32 hospitalised
One dengue patient died while 32 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning
21 January 2024, 13:10 PM
One dies of Covid-19; positivity rate 5.92pc
The death was reported from Chattogram division. It was the third Covid death reported this year, after one death each on January 11 and January 14
21 January 2024, 11:32 AM
Dengue claims two more lives
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 13 this year.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM
COVID-19: Infection rate goes up by 5pc in a month
With 13 new cases recorded yesterday, the Covid-19 infection rate has shot up to 5.83 percent from last month’s 0.66.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Unveiling latent autoimmune diabetes: breaking barriers to accurate diagnosis and treatment
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex disease spectrum, encompassing classic insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes (T2DM).
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Dengue claims 2 more lives
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 13 this year
20 January 2024, 13:27 PM
Eighteen more hospitalised with dengue
Eighteen dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning, five of whom are from Dhaka.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
22 more Covid cases reported in 24 hours
Bangladesh reported 22 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
18 more hospitalised with dengue
Eighteen dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning, five of whom are from Dhaka
19 January 2024, 14:39 PM
JN.1, new Covid subvariant, is here now
The new subvariant of the coronavirus -- JN.1 -- has been detected for the first time in Bangladesh.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Dengue fever: One dead, 29 hospitalised in 24 hours
One more dengue patient died while 29 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning
18 January 2024, 13:11 PM
Covid-19 vaccination campaign to restart: DGHS
The government has decided to restart distribution and administration of Covid-19 vaccines amid recent rise in infection across the country
18 January 2024, 12:43 PM
Bangladesh reports first case of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1
Bangladesh has reported its first case of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today
18 January 2024, 12:36 PM
Dengue looks ominous even in lean season
At least 10 dengue patients have died and about 756 new patients were hospitalised in the first 17 days of the year, portending an ominous trajectory of the mosquito-borne disease in 2024.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Dengue fever: 2 dead, 23 hopitalised in 24 hours
Two more dengue patients died while 23 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till this morning
17 January 2024, 13:09 PM
Video gamers at risk of permanent hearing loss: Study
Gamers exposed to such high-intensity sound levels for long periods may be risking permanent hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
17 January 2024, 12:05 PM
Close all illegal hospitals, clinics
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen yesterday directed the authorities concerned to shut down all unregistered hospitals, diagnostic centres, and clinics.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM