Health

An unusual form of drug fraud has emerged in Rajshahi, where ordinary medicines costing about Tk 1 each are being coloured red or pink with markers and sold as yaba […]

Malaysia’s two-time former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 101, has been admitted to a hospital, a day after the death of his wife of 70 years, Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali. […]

  DHAKA: The Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) has called for effective implementation of the relevant provisions of the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act, 2005, as amended in […]

Six people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,942 others were hospitalised with the viral disease, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). […]

Five more people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths from confirmed measles and measles-like symptoms this year to […]

Five people died with suspected measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,084 new suspected measles cases were reported during the same period. With the latest deaths, […]

Keeping blood sugar levels extremely steady may have an unexpected downside for some people with diabetes, with new research suggesting that greater glucose fluctuations within safe limits may sometimes be […]

Anthrax infections are rising again in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, with both livestock and people being affected, according to the district health authorities. A total of 54 people have been […]

A Tk114 crore divisional children’s hospital built in Khulna to provide advanced treatment to children in the southwest has yet to begin medical services, nearly two years after construction was […]

At least 53 people in Rangpur, Dinajpur and Gaibandha have sought treatment for suspected anthrax infections over the past month, with Sundarganj in Gaibandha emerging as the main hotspot. Of […]