Health

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has increased the prices of 24 medicines manufactured by Libra Pharmaceuticals Limited. The medicine price hike comes at a time when people in general are already affected by the soaring prices of essentials and services as well.

Four dengue patients died and 606 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease across the country in the last 24 hours Monday (Nov 21). In the 24 hours, 289 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka, said the DGHS release. However, 317 dengue patients were admitted outside the capital. According to DGHS, 1,258 patients are undergoing ...

Four dengue patients died while 646 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year. “As many as 320 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 326 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during ...

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded zero Covid-19 death for three consecutive days while it reported 18 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 1.10 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 1,640 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in ...

Three more deaths from dengue were reported by health authorities on Friday morning, raising this year’s total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 220, reports UNB. During the period, 250 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The number usually drops significantly in the counts released on Fridays. With the new ...

Sperm count among men worldwide is falling at an accelerated rate after halving over the last 40 years, a large new study said Tuesday, calling for action to stop the decline. The study, led by Israeli epidemiologist Hagai Levine, updates 2017 research which had come under scrutiny for only including North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The new study ...

Three dengue patients died while 767 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year. “As many as 464 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 303 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during ...

Eight dengue patients died while 692 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year. “As many as 372 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 320 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during ...

Bangladesh on Monday recorded two Covid-19 deaths while it reported 38 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 0.92 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,139 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital ...

Six dengue patients died while 918 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). “As many as 530 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 388 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,” a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. ...