Health

Nutrition is crucial for the development of our health, and it’s vital that we pay attention to whether the foods we consume are actually meeting our nutritional requirements. Of the many organs we have, the brain requires specific components for its development. Discussed below are some of the most important compounds and their food sources needed for good brain health.

A 2025 study finds that 5-15 per cent of Bangladeshi women diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome or disease (PCOS/PCOD) experience menstrual irregularities, weight gain, infertility, ovarian cysts, insulin-resistance, and various cardiovascular complications. In light of growing PCOS diagnoses in the country, a gynaecology and obstetrics specialist shares her insight that could help patients curb flare-ups and maintain a healthy lifestyle. ...

Social media users have been extolling the virtues of going to bed early and giving yourself lots to do there before you drift off. But should our beds just be reserved for sleep and sex? Name: Bedtime stacking. Age: Of the moment. Appearance: Like a full workday for a consumptive 18th-century novelist. The name makes me think TikTok is involved. ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain Bakul has formally inaugurated the nationwide emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to tackle the ongoing outbreak, targeting approximately 1.8 crore children aged between six months and 59 months. The campaign was inaugurated at around 8:15am on Monday (20 April) at Little Angel Seminary in Jinda Park, Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj. Similar inaugural ...

Depression often isolates people. It slows movement, dulls motivation, and disconnects individuals from their surroundings. But a growing body of research suggests that something as simple and human as dancing — especially with others — can help reverse that process. Not because it distracts the mind, but because it actively changes how the brain functions. Scientists are beginning to understand ...

Questions have emerged over the recent surge in measles infections and rising child deaths in the country, with an inquiry suggesting that the crisis is not solely due to vaccine shortages but also linked to controversial policy decisions taken during the tenure of the former interim government. Findings indicate that the situation stems largely from the sweeping authority exercised in ...

The nation’s health sector is in a state of disaster, opposition leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said on Saturday after visiting the country’s only specialized children’s hospital in the capital. Speaking to reporters following his inspection of Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dr. Shafiqur said the facility lacks critical diagnostic services such as MRI ...

More than 1,500 members of drug mafia networks who remain at large have become increasingly dangerous, while over a hundred foreign nationals are allegedly operating drug businesses in Bangladesh under the cover of legitimate professions. These findings have emerged from sources within the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and intelligence agencies. Recently, the DNC arrested ...

Three cases of meningitis B have been confirmed in the south-west of England, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and young people in the area have been offered vaccinations against the disease. The cases, which have all been confirmed to have occurred between the 20 March and 15 April in Dorset, have been treated. Those affected are said ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has announced that a nationwide measles vaccination campaign will begin on April 20, assuring that there is no shortage of vaccines in the country. He made the remarks on Friday during a press briefing at the ministry’s conference room at the Secretariat. “There is no shortage of vaccines in the country, ...