Health

The number of people infected with dengue has been rapidly increasing in Chattogram, where more than 50 percent of the cases in the year occurred in just one month of August. This increasing trend started in June and continued till September. According to the latest data from the Office of the Chattogram District Civil Surgeon, 78 more cases of dengue ...

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched a dedicated bus service on four routes to facilitate commuting for doctors, nurses and other employees of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital. The service was initially launched with three double-decker buses. DMCH Director Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman inaugurated the service at the hospital’s Garden Gate on Tuesday afternoon. At the inauguration ceremony, the ...

United Healthcare, located at United City on Madani Avenue, has successfully performed Bangladesh’s first-ever robotic surgeries, marking a historic milestone in the country’s healthcare sector. Two robotic surgeries were successfully conducted on August 31, introducing advanced AI-driven robotic surgical technology to Bangladesh. A press conference was held at the hospital on September 1 to commemorate the landmark achievement. The two ...

Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed to make that happen, critics say. The widespread failure to provide at-home end-of-life care is forcing children who want to die at home to instead do so in hospital. Campaigners ...

Six more people died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,231 new cases were reported, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new cases, 1,159 people developed measles symptoms, while 72 were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the DGHS said in its regular measles situation report on Tuesday. Since March ...

  Six more children died with measles-like symptoms across the country and 1,162 new suspected cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the country’s health authorities said on Monday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, 94 cases of measles were confirmed between 8am Sunday and 8am Monday, with no confirmed deaths during the same period. ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain (Bakul) made a surprise inspection visit to Charbhadrasan Upazila Health Complex in Faridpur. During the visit, he inquired about overall hospital activities and interacted with patients while touring various wards. The Health Minister arrived at the health complex around 8:30 AM on Sunday (August 30). He stayed at the facility for nearly two hours ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain Bakul on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the unhygienic conditions at Habiganj Sadar Hospital during a surprise inspection. The minister visited the hospital at around 12:30 PM and inspected its medicine store, pharmacy, paediatric ward, emergency unit, pathology department and kitchen. He also expressed dissatisfaction after finding no pharmacist on duty at the ...

Three more children with measles symptoms have died at two hospitals in Sylhet, taking the fatality count among patients with such symptoms in the division to 141. Another 10 deaths have been recorded among patients whose measles infections were confirmed through laboratory tests, according to the Directorate General of Health Services, bringing the two categories combined to 151. The three ...

The Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS) organised its flagship National General Assembly 2026 (NGA’26) at North South University (NSU) in the capital on Friday, bringing together more than 800 medical students and young healthcare professionals from across the country. Held under the theme “One Pledge, One Bond: Doctor’s Rights Above All,” the day-long assembly brought together participants from more than ...