Dhaka May 6, 2026, 2:42 am
Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Experts at a city level advocacy meeting here have urged all the officials and others concerned to make the forthcoming June 22 National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign-2019 (first round) a total success to address vitamin deficien
The life expectancy at birth in the country has increased to 72.3 years in 2018, up from 72.0 years in 2017.
The sound of doctors boring through his skull to feed electrodes deep into his brain made Yan tremble.
Highlighting the significance of the midwife and nursing professionals in saving lives, State Minister for Health Murad Hasan today said the government is taking required measures to ensure quality midwifery and nursing servi
The World Health Day will be observed in the country, as elsewhere across the globe.
Speakers at a discussion here today urged all government and non-government organisations to work unitedly for eliminating the deadly disease Tuberculosis (TB) from the country.
The national Vitamin A-plus campaign, which was earlier postponed, began nationwide on Saturday, aiming to feed vitamin A-plus capsules to all children aged between six and 59 months.
Cancer patients are increasing day by day and at present more than 15 lakh cancer patients in the country, according to a updated estimation of World Health Organisation (WHO).
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today urged health officials for working sincerely to make all public hospitals across the country more friendly for patients.
The conjoined twins Rokeya and Rabeya will leave here for Hungary tonight for better treatment with the support of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure raise the risk of a heart attack more in women than in men, according to a latest research.
If you have tried almost everything under the sun and your fat just doesn’t seem to budge, you might want to try hypnotherapy for weight loss.
It kills millions of people and is carried by a quarter of humans, yet there has been just a handful of new drugs in decades and the only vaccine is a century old.
In a letter to BSTI, NBR's Value Added Tax (VAT) Policy Wing said consumers may be cheated, as there are no government-set specific standards for those beverages
The vaccine is expected to help boost the country's livestock sector as it incurs a loss of US$ 125 million per year due to the disease
Under the project, JICA will develop the imaging systems of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barishal, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Chattogram, Khulna and Rangpur medical college and hospitals
Both laureates studied proteins that prevent the body and its main immune cells, known as T-cells, from attacking tumour cells effectively
A cholera outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria has claimed nearly 100 lives over the past two weeks, the United Nations said Saturday.
California restaurants will soon stop providing plastic straws unless customers explicitly ask for them, under a new law signed on Thursday by the state’s environment-friendly governor.
