World Liver Day 2026 – “Solid Habits, Strong Liver”
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Did You Know? / Pancreatic fat raises alarm over childhood obesity risks
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Food for thought / The dangerous escape of emotional eating
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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A broken heart is not just a feeling, it’s a medical emergency
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Junk food trap / Ultra-processed meals linked to rising teen obesity
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Pain today, disability tomorrow? The risk of ignored joint injuries
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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MPs sound alarm over failing health facilities in their constituencies
16 April 2026, 18:18 PM
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Fit or just trending? The reality of gym culture among the youth
12 April 2026, 06:41 AM
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icddr,b and the government scale up life-saving bubble CPAP to combat measles and pneumonia in children
12 April 2026, 06:36 AM
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While at the hospital
Ask some essential questions, particularly before undergoing a surgery or any procedure. This is a universal right - even when you go outside of your country. Feelings of uneasiness are not uncommon, but you would not get a chance after the operation. Educate
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Is knuckle cracking harmful?
The straight answer is "No". Many people have misconception about it. The interphalangeal and the metacarpophalangeal joints in the
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Lab-grown skin sprouts hair and glands
Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ's working parts in place than ever before.
2 April 2016, 04:38 AM
More obese than underweight, study says
There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major study has suggested.
1 April 2016, 06:40 AM
Haat Bazar: An entrepreneurial experience like no other
Haat Bazar is an initiative of the Career & Placement Centre (CPC) and the Department of Management of North South University. Organised by NSU Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES!), the event is held every semester with the aim of giving the students a taste of what it feels like to be an entrepreneur for a day.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM
A shutterbug affair: The 4th AUW Photo Carnival
Being South Asia's first international all-women's liberal arts' university and home to students from 16 countries, international events with diversity are part of AUW's core values. Within days of the end of AUW-International Model United Nations (AUWIMUN), comes the 4th AUW Photo Carnival.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM
World’s most unwanted settings!
People consider doctors as next to God. But do not forget they are just human beings and they can make mistakes unwittingly. Today it
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Cancer scans minimise risky operations
Using a scanner rather than a scalpel could spare hundreds of thousands of cancer patients from risky surgery, a study suggests. Head and neck tumours are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but then need an operation to visually check whether the growth has gone.
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Improving health in cities worldwide
Hundreds of researchers, educators, community leaders, practitioners, and policy makers from all regions of the world will convene in
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Ending TB by 2030
World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on countries and partners to 'Unite to End Tuberculosis' on the occasion of World TB Day, observed on 24 March, 2016.
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Brazil to launch anti-Zika app for Olympics
Brazil's health ministry says it will launch a smartphone application to track the Zika virus during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and help visitors detect the disease.
25 March 2016, 09:03 AM
JS body, probe teams visit damaged Banani building site
Parliamentary standing committee on power, energy and mineral resources ministry along with two separate probe
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
All urged to join Independence Day march to help build war museum
The Libration War Museum has invited all to register to join the Independence Day march on Saturday, organised to raise fund for building the permanent structure of the museum at the capital's Agargaon.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
NSU YES! hosts Masters of Ideation for the 4th year
North South University Young Entrepreneur's Society (NSU YES!) is proud to be the organisers of the nationwide inter-university event
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Resilience S Asians' survival instinct
Like many survivors of Rana Plaza, Nazma Begum had rented a shop space and opened up a grocery in Savar with donations she
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
The 7th death anniversary of Sirajul Islam Babul, a businessman, will be observed at his residence tomorrow after the
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Protect Sundarbans from profit seekers
The world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, can not be protected if the profit seekers can enter into it in the
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Husband, forensic expert indicted
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday pressed charges in Wahida Sifat murder case against four
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
6,000 TB deaths in 2015: Govt report
Tuberculosis is still a persisting cause of mortality in Bangladesh as a government report reveals today it caused 6,000 deaths in 2015 alone.
23 March 2016, 10:01 AM
S Korea confirms first Zika case
South Korean health authorities say a man who recently returned home from Brazil has been confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus.
22 March 2016, 06:49 AM