A month ahead of the Aman harvesting season, prices of rice have gone up by Tk 1 to 3 per kg over the last one week in the capital’s kitchen markets.

With 1,558 new dengue cases reported yesterday, the total number of dengue cases has surpassed 2.5 lakh, marking yet another milestone for the mosquito-borne disease this year.

Azizul Haque, a resident of Mirpur-14, went to a nearby kitchen market to buy vegetables yesterday morning.

12 more die, 1,558 hospitalised in a day

At least eight dengue patients died, seven from Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Says commerce minister

Chattogram Custom House auctioned off around 24.5 tonnes of apples for Tk 5.05 lakh, where the price per kilo was Tk 21, in an open auction on Wednesday

1,214 deaths, 2,49,543 cases this year

Mohammad Kawsar Hossain, 65, a resident of Jhenaidah, has been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital since Saturday, after he was admitted with dengue.

16 more die, 2,495 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, four were reported in the capital

At least 12 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

Death toll now 1,181; total cases 2,42,089

At least 11 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme was “Mental health is a universal human right”.

In areas where babesiosis (an illness caused by a parasite of the Babesia spp., which infects and destroys the red blood cells) is prevalent, neurological complications associated with this disease are not uncommon.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primarily responsible for the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses.

According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers have found a concerning link between gestational diabetes (GD) and an increased risk of early death. This study, based on data from the Nurses’ Health Study, observed 91,000 women who had been pregnant at age 18 or older. Of these, approximately 7% reported experiencing GD during their pregnancies.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.”

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has revealed that women who identify with an “evening chronotype,” meaning they prefer staying up late at night, face a higher risk of developing diabetes compared to those with a “morning chronotype,” who prefer going to bed early. This association remains significant even after accounting for other known risk factors.