Health

Retired government officials and health advocates have urged swift passage of proposed tobacco control amendments following alarming statistics showing tobacco kills 442 people daily in Bangladesh whilst leaving 400,000 disabled annually. Development Organisation of the Rural Poor-DORP and Bangladesh Retired Government Employees Welfare Association hosted the discussion meeting on Monday at Obosor Bhaban in the capital’s Dhanmondi, highlighting six crucial ...

Despite growing awareness of healthy eating, vegetable consumption among children in Bangladesh remains alarmingly low, posing serious threats to child nutrition and long-term health, nutritionists and public health experts have warned. Recent estimates suggest that more than 1.5 crore children across the country are at nutritional risk due to the lack of vegetables, fruits, and milk in their daily food ...

A new 15-member central committee of the social organization Nirapod Hospital Chai (NIHACH) has been announced, along with the formation of an advisory board. The announcement was made on Saturday during a general meeting held at the National Press Club in Dhaka. F. A. Shahed has been elected as the new President, while Sohanur Rahman (Shuvro) will serve as the ...

Vehicle movement on the Dhaka-Barishal highway was suspended as students blocked the highway for the third consecutive day on Saturday to press home their three-point demands. The students took to the highway at Nathullabad Bus Terminal area 11:30AM, disrupting vehicular movement of Barishal with six southern parts of the country. They also chanted various slogans during the protest. A huge ...

Chinese authorities in Yunnan Province have pledged to strengthen healthcare cooperation with Bangladesh, offering enhanced support for Bangladeshi patients seeking treatment in China. The assurance came during a visit by a 23-member delegation of Bangladeshi journalists to First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University on Thursday. The team, led by Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, Deputy Press Secretary to the Chief ...

Actress Dur-e-Fishan Saleem has spoken out about body image, self-confidence, and the pressures of showbiz, saying that fitness doesn’t mean being thin—it means feeling healthy and confident. In a recent interview, she said she is happy with her natural body type and has never felt the need to change herself for the industry. Dur-e-Fishan, who is known for her fuller ...

Three more people have died from dengue in the past 24 hours, raising the national death toll from the disease to 92 this year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Wednesday. The latest fatalities were reported in Chattogram Division (outside city corporation), Rajshahi Division (outside city corporation), and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). In the same period, ...

The government has decided to reduce the prices of 10 types of coronary stents produced by three international companies for cardiac treatment in Bangladesh. The move will lower the cost from two producers by amounts ranging from Tk 3,000 to a maximum of Tk 88,000. When blood flow through the artery is blocked, a stent or coronary stent is placed ...

The UK government is set to announce plans to evacuate hundreds of children from Gaza for medical treatment, reports Arab News. Up to 300 children will be given free healthcare on the National Health Service, in a scheme running “in parallel” with the group Project Pure Hope, a source told The Times. So far, just three children from Gaza have ...

Bangladesh has recorded one new death from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of fatalities this year to 31, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) The deceased, a woman aged between 61 and 70, had been under treatment at a government hospital in Dhaka Division. No new cases were detected during this period, despite ...