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

4d 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

4d 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.

6d 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.

6d 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.

1w 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.

1w ago

Dengue Patients: City hospitals still grappling

As dengue cases continue to increase across the country, Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, like other city hospitals, is struggling with the mounting pressure of patients for the past week.

1y ago

DSCC opens control room to combat dengue

The Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday launched a dedicated central control room as part of its measures to prevent the spread of dengue fever and control the proliferation of Aedes mosquitoes.

1y ago

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 63 more cases

Bangladesh reported 63 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till this morning

1y ago

Cases cross 17,000; 5 more die in 24 hrs

With 1,239 more patients hospitalised with dengue during the 24 hours till this morning, the total number of cases crossed 17,000

1y ago

Dengue Infections: Over 1,200 hospitalised in a day

A record 1,246 people were hospitalised across the country yesterday – the highest in a single day so far this year.

1y ago

DNCC anti-Aedes drive: Tk 5.83 lakh fined on 5th day

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has imposed a fine of Tk 5.83 lakh in 16 cases after finding Aedes larvae in several establishments on the fifth day of a month-long special mosquito eradication drive

1y ago

Dengue fever: Country sees highest hospitalisation, 5 more deaths

Five dengue patients died during the 24 hours till this morning showing an alarming trend of dengue this year

1y ago

Dengue test now at half price in govt hospitals

Patients from now on can get their dengue tests at Tk 50 instead of Tk 100 in all public hospitals across the country.

1y ago

Dengue deadlier for kids

In a grim trend over the last few days, the number of child dengue patients has shot up in hospitals across the capital.

1y ago

Dengue fever: 7 patients die, most in a single day this year

Seven dengue patients died in the 24 hours till this morning, which is the highest number in a single day so far this year

1y ago