Disease

Disease

One dies of dengue

57 hospitalised in the last 24 hours

18h ago

HMPV detected in Bangladesh

30-yr-old from Kishoreganj undergoing treatment

21h ago

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.

1d ago

1 more dies of dengue

At least one dengue patient died while 57 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1d 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.

2d 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.

2d 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)

3d ago

Two die of dengue

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

6d ago

Dengue: 10 die, 1,357 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, four were reported in the capital

1y ago

Dengue claims 15 more lives

At least 15 dengue patients, four of whom are from outside Dhaka, died in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue: 15 die, 1,728 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, four were reported in the capital

1y ago

Dengue Vaccine: 2nd phase trial gets promising results

The second phase trial of the dengue vaccine has got promising results.

1y ago

Dengue: 7 die, 1,903 hospitalised in a day

Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,355 this year

1y ago

Bangladesh becomes first country to eliminate 'black fever'

Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar (black fever), a life-threatening neglected tropical disease

1y ago

Curbing Dengue Menace: Govt shifting blame on people for its failure

The government failed to effectively control Aedes mosquitoes, instead they are shifting blame on the country’s people and imposing unethical fines on households, said Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh, at a press conference yesterday

1y ago

Dengue Outbreak: 6 more die, 1,818 get hospitalised

At least six more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday.

1y ago

Dengue: 6 die, 1,818 hospitalised in a day

At least six 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

Dengue: 10 more die, 1,800 get hospitalised

Ten more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,327 this year

1y ago