Health

A Special Judge Court in Dhaka has sentenced Abdul Malek, a former driver at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to 13 years in prison for amassing wealth beyond known income sources. Judge Zakaria Hossain of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-6 on Sunday delivered the verdict. Malek received 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for illegally acquiring wealth, alongwith a fine ...

Number of cancer patients is on rise in Bangladesh due to food habits, unaware lifestyle, and negative impact of industrialization and technology. World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the number of cancer patients more than 15 lakh, mostly children and teenagers. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, about one-third of cancer patients are children and adolescents of 01 to 19 ...

Rafiza Ahmed, a resident of Mohammadpur in the capital, said she came to know that she is suffering from diabetes when her blood test was conducted eight weeks after conceiving. “At the beginning, I had to take insulin thrice before having meals and then another insulin after the dinner. Simultaneously, I had to follow balanced diets,” said the 33-year-old wo ...