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

3d 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

3d ago

One dies of dengue

57 hospitalised in the last 24 hours

5d ago

HMPV detected in Bangladesh

30-yr-old from Kishoreganj undergoing treatment

5d 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.

5d 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.

5d 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.

6d 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.

6d ago

Dengue menace: City corporations fine 44 establishments Tk 11.73 lakh

The two Dhaka city corporations today fined 44 established owners of the month-long anti-dengue drive

1y ago

Dengue: Country sees record 8 deaths; 1,589 hospitalised

The country today saw eight more deaths and 1,589 more hospitalisations due to dengue fever in the last 24 hours, making it the deadliest day of this year.

1y ago

Covid: 1 death, 80 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19 death and 80 fresh cases in 24 hours till this morning

1y ago

Spectre of deadliest dengue year looms

The Dhaka city corporations seem to have learned little from the past when it comes to controlling Aedes mosquitoes, as early measures were not taken to avert this year’s deadly dengue outbreak, experts say.

1y ago

Get tested for dengue at first sign of fever

Amidst the ongoing dengue outbreak, medical professionals have recommended individuals to promptly get tested upon the earliest onset of fever.

1y ago

Dengue: Record 1,623 patients hospitalised, death toll reaches 100

Bangladesh reported 1,623 new dengue cases in the 24 hours till this morning, the highest number of hospitalisation in a day from the mosquito-borne disease this year

1y ago

Covid: 1 death, 36 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19 death and 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till this morning

1y ago

Aedes larvae: Under-construction buildings under DNCC fined Tk 4 lakh

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has imposed fines of Tk 4 lakh as it found dengue vector Aedes mosquito larvae at two under-construction buildings

1y ago

Dengue: 449 hospitalised in one day

At least 449 dengue patients were hospitalised, 265 of which were outside, in the last 24 hours till this morning

1y ago

'End of AIDS' possible by 2030: UN

"The end of AIDS" is still possible by 2030, the United Nations insisted Thursday, but cautioned that the world's deadliest pandemic could only be halted if leaders grasped the opportunity

1y ago