Bangladesh reports one more Covid death
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and three fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning...
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Maldives to phase out smoking with generational ban
The Maldives will attempt to stamp out smoking across the South Asian luxury tourist archipelago this year with a ban making it illegal for anyone currently under 19 to ever buy cigarettes...
Fund cut threatens maternal health, say UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO
The UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Health Organisation on Monday said that Bangladesh\'s progress in maternal health could be at risk due to announced and potential funding cuts by key development partners.
UK welcomes first baby born from womb transplant
A baby girl has become the first in the UK to be born from a womb transplant, after her aunt donated her uterus to her mother, a London hospital said Tuesday.
BPA demands reform in child health sector
Bangladesh Paediatric Association in a meeting in Dhaka has demanded the reform in the existing child healthcare sector of the country...
World Health Day today
The World Health Day-2025 will be observed on Monday in the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme ‘Healthy beginning, hopeful futures’...
Over 100,000 child deaths, 63,000 stillbirths annually in Bangladesh: UN
Bangladesh is facing significant challenges in maternal and newborn care, according to latest reports released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation...
Medical waste poses serious health risks
Medical waste generated in healthcare facilities poses serious health risks as many hospitals keep discharging untreated waste water into open water bodies and dumping solid wastes in nearby dustbins...
New blood test offers Alzheimer’s diagnosis, progression assessment: study
Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis and Lund University in Sweden announced the development in a study published in the journal Nature Medicine on March 26...
Battery boom drives Bangladesh lead poisoning epidemic
Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger...
Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time
The latest achievement using an implant linking brains and computers raised hopes that these devices could allow people who have lost the ability to speak to regain their voice...
