Disease

Disease

HMPV: Medical team deployed at Hili checkpost

Following instructions from the health ministry, a medical team, led by Md Jahangir Alam, a sub-assistant community medical officer from the upazila health complex, initiated its activities

1d ago

HMPV virus: Passengers urged to wear masks at Dhaka airport

The directives were issued one day after a case of HMPV virus was detected in the country

2d ago

One dies of dengue

57 hospitalised in the last 24 hours

3d ago

HMPV detected in Bangladesh

30-yr-old from Kishoreganj undergoing treatment

3d 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.

3d 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.

3d 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.

4d 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.

4d ago

Dengue fever: 15 dead, 2,944 hospitalised in a day

The disease has so far claimed at least 767 lives this year

1y ago

Dengue: 11 more die, 2,956 hospitalised in a day

At least 11 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today

1y ago

THiNK launches mosquito awareness campaign

In a bid to combat the surge in dengue cases in Bangladesh, THiNK Limited, a local innovation company committed to public health and safety, has launched a first-of-its-kind mosquito awareness campaign

1y ago

Dengue cases cross 1.5 lakh this year

11 more die, 2,944 hospitalised in 24 hours

1y ago

Dengue fever: 14 dead, 2,993 hospitalised in a day

Of the 14 deaths, eight were reported in the capital

1y ago

Dengue fever: 10 dead, 2,748 hospitalised in a day

Of the 10 deaths, four were reported in the capital

1y ago

Dengue death toll now 706

At least 15 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 outbreak: Country records 2nd highest daily fatalities

The country yesterday recorded the second-highest daily fatalities with 20 more deaths as a month-wise comparison shows a spike in the death toll.

1y ago

Dengue: 20 die, 2,689 hospitalised in a day

At least 20 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

Bangladesh hit by worst dengue outbreak on record

Bangladesh is experiencing its most severe dengue outbreak on record, the World Health Organization said yesterday, partly blaming climate change for contributing to the spread of such mosquito-borne diseases.

1y ago