DHAKA: The High Court directed the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary measures for stopping the sale of antibiotics from pharmacies without prescription.  The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al Jalil on Thursday (April 25) passed the order

DHAKA: A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives to make mandatory the doctor’s prescription for purchase of antibiotics from pharmacies. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon on Wednesday (April 24) filed the petition as public interest

A large-scale pilot of what has been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in Malawi. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. Earlier, smaller trials showed

DHAKA: There are 13 malaria-prone districts in Bangladesh. About 1.80 crore people of 71 upazilas of those districts are at risk of malaria disease. Even about 91 percent of the country's malaria patients are from these areas. Among the districts, three districts of CHT--

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said various initiatives taken by the government helped decrease the child mortality rate by 75 percent in the country.  He disclosed the satisfactory information at a program organized at the office of Polli Shishu Foundation (PSF) in

DHAKA: Putting emphasis on the need to make people aware about their health, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged people for having balanced diet and to do exercise regularly in a bid to prevent diseases. She was addressing the inaugural function of the National Health Service Week and

DHAKA: The government is set to observe the first ever National Health Services Week, slated for April 16-20, aims at raising awareness about health.  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Health Services Week at Bangabandhu International Conference Center around 10am on

Given the shortage of medical specialists in the country, Bhutan Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said Bhutan will request Bangladesh for specialists. “I will request PM Sheikh Hasina to support us with some (medical) specialists that will be an immediate help for Bhutan”, said

DHAKA: Most of the people are becoming antibiotic resistant that is antibiotics are not working for the disease. As a result, health sector or public health is facing huge threats, experts said. The horrifying information was revealed this at a seminar organized at the Sasakawa

Sydney Brenner, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who helped decipher the genetic code and whose research on a roundworm sparked a new field of human disease research, has died. He was 92. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California, where Brenner spent part of his

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said medicine for tuberculosis will be produced in Bangladesh soon. The minister said, “A project has been taken for the production of tuberculosis medicine. Besides, diseases which are not contagious are increasing day by day.

Failing to apply moisturiser with sun protection factor (SPF) and sunscreen properly to the face, particularly around eyes, could be putting people at risk of skin cancer, a study suggests. Researchers found differences in the way people applied sunscreen and SPF moisturiser. More

Mozambicans lined up Wednesday to get cholera vaccines in the cyclone-hit city of Beira, at the start of a drive to inoculate nearly 900,000 storm survivors as part of efforts contain an outbreak of the deadly disease. Beira's Mayor Daviz Simango was among those who swallowed the

DHAKA: The government has appointed Prof Abul Kalam Azad as Director General (DG) for health services for the second term, on contractual basis. Health and Family Welfare Ministry issued a press release, in this regard, Wednesday (March 27). Public Administration Ministry’s

JASHORE: A woman gives birth to twins at a Jashore hospital, 26 days after she gave birth to a baby boy at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). Earlier on February 25, Arifa Sultana Eti, wife of Sumon Biswas of Shymalgachhi village in Sharsha upazila, gave birth to a baby boy at

A clinical psychologist has warned the public not to watch horrific footage of the massacre in a Christchurch mosque today. Ian Lambie shared the message, along with advice on how to cope after at least two gunmen opened fire at two central Christchurch mosques. Dozens are feared dead.

DHAKA:  Approximately five children die of kidney disease every hour in the world, said doctors of Pediatric Nephrology Society of Bangladesh (PNSB). “There is a child afflicted with kidney disease among every 10 children,” PNSB also said at a press conference organized on the

DHAKA: All the government hospitals, clinics and healthcare centers, at the outdoor departments, will provide free treatment on Sunday (Mar 17), marking 99th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day 2019. The health ministry

The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates, according to research, meaning toxic air is killing more people than tobacco smoking. The scientists used new data to estimate that nearly 800,000 people die prematurely each year in Europe because of

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (Mar 12) has directed authorities concerned to set up Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in all the state-run hospitals countrywide. The premier issued the order so that the commoners can be privileged with ICU care at comparatively low cost.