Disease

Disease

Airborne superbugs lurk in Dhaka hospitals

Amid the bustling corridors of Dhaka’s hospitals, an invisible danger wafts silently through the air -- drug-resistant bacteria.

7h ago

One more dies of dengue

One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to four this year.

7h ago

Cancer patients cut off from vital lifeline

All six radiotherapy machines of the NICRH have been out of order for 19 days, depriving over 200 cancer patients of their scheduled therapy every day.

1d ago

Five Reovirus cases found for 1st time in Bangladesh

The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of reovirus for the first time in Bangladesh.

1d ago

HMPV: Health check begins at Benapole port

Benapole Immigration Health Department today started to check the passengers travelling between India and Bangladesh as part of its initiative to prevent the spread of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)

2d ago

Two die of dengue

Two patients died from dengue while 70 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

5d ago

Children take a hit from winter diseases

The influx of child patients suffering from pneumonia, winter diarrhoea and other cold-related diseases has been straining hospitals.

6d ago

Mosquito menace grips Mymensingh

Unclean drains, scattered waste key contributors, say locals

1w ago

Bangladesh sees zero dengue deaths

In the last 24 hours until yesterday morning, Bangladesh reported no deaths from dengue, following five days of continuous fatalities.

1y ago

Covid-19 rates are rising again: What you need to know

With the holiday season and colder winter months looming in the northern hemisphere, 'tis the season for Covid. But then again, Covid never really left us

1y ago

Four more lives lost to dengue

At least four dengue patients died, three from outside Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue: 4 more die, 207 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, three were reported outside the capital.

1y ago

2 die of dengue

At least two dengue patients died, one of whom was from outside Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue: 2 die, 196 hospitalised in a day

1,688 deaths, 3,19,671 cases this year

1y ago

Dengue claims four more lives

At least four dengue patients died, one from outside Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue: 4 die, 239 hospitalised in a day

1,686 deaths, 3,19,475 cases this year

1y ago

Four more die of dengue

Four dengue patients died in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue: 4 die, 254 hospitalised in a day

At least four more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

1y ago