World Liver Day 2026 – “Solid Habits, Strong Liver”
19 April 2026, 09:21 AM
Star Health
New research challenges long-held childhood obesity theory
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
Did You Know? / Pancreatic fat raises alarm over childhood obesity risks
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
Food for thought / The dangerous escape of emotional eating
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
A broken heart is not just a feeling, it’s a medical emergency
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
Junk food trap / Ultra-processed meals linked to rising teen obesity
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
Pain today, disability tomorrow? The risk of ignored joint injuries
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Healthcare
MPs sound alarm over failing health facilities in their constituencies
16 April 2026, 18:18 PM
Parliament
Fit or just trending? The reality of gym culture among the youth
12 April 2026, 06:41 AM
Healthcare
icddr,b and the government scale up life-saving bubble CPAP to combat measles and pneumonia in children
12 April 2026, 06:36 AM
Healthcare
Seven 'wartime' grenades found in Naogaon
Police recovered seven grenades and ammunition from a septic tank at a compound of Sadar Hospital in Naogaon
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM
13 student bodies demand fair investigation
Two alliances of 13 student organisations yesterday demanded a fair probe into the recent death of a Dhaka University student and election to all student unions at universities and colleges.
3 March 2016, 21:03 PM
BSHRM to organise BSHRM-MetLife International Human Resources Conference
Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM) organised a press conference last Saturday, February 13 to announce the date of their biggest event of the year.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Career Crafting Session organised by SevenSages
“There is only one thing common among us all, that is, we are all unique. Each one of us is promised a destiny, a unique place to belong and to excel. Jobs we do are mere spaces of exploration helping us to uncover this destiny. And being guided by this destiny is what makes our journey magical.”
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Moments of joy 'can damage heart'
The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests.
3 March 2016, 07:26 AM
Huge quantity of foreign cigarettes found in container at Ctg port
Custom officials seized a container full of foreign cigarettes worth over Tk seven crore at Chittagong port on charge of
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Meningitis B petition rejected
Offering the meningitis B vaccine to all children is "not cost effective" and would be a waste of NHS money, the government says.
2 March 2016, 11:29 AM
Factbox: Why Zika virus is causing alarm
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas.
2 March 2016, 05:12 AM
Zika 'might cause' neurological disorder: study
New research gives the first evidence that Zika virus might cause a severe neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
1 March 2016, 04:54 AM
FM Alamgir new governor of Rotary
Rotarian FM Alamgir has been elected new governor of Rotary International District-3281 Bangladesh for 2018-2019 session.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
First sexually transmitted Zika case detected in France
France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official says.
28 February 2016, 05:06 AM
Mindfulness for good health
Mindfulness improves mental, psychological and physical health — lowers rates of fatigue and burn out, lowers blood pressure,
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Excessive vitamin A can cause severe damage to the body
Vitamins are a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition. They are required in small quantities in
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Modern HIV prevention: What’s next for women?
Recently, some of the world’s leading scientists and researchers gathered in Boston at the Conference on Retroviruses and
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Two-stage injections cause children less pain
Many people are afraid of needles, but children are especially fearful. As a result, dentists are continually looking for ways to make
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Health News
Labaid Hospital organised a patient awareness programme on osteoporosis in Dhaka by leveraging the slogan — Life is movement,
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
US surgeons perform country’s first uterus transplant
Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the America’s first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy.
27 February 2016, 07:17 AM
Rio Olympics to charge teams for mosquito screens to prevent Zika
The organising committee for the August Olympics in Rio de Janeiro said it will charge national delegations to have mosquito screens on athletes' rooms.
27 February 2016, 04:32 AM
Oil-laden truck looted in Munshiganj
An oil-laden truck was looted on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria of Munshiganj early yesterday.
26 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Ex-minister Enamul Haque passes away
Former Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid passed away at a hospital in the capital yesterday at the age of 78.
25 February 2016, 21:26 PM