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Govt must look into decrease in availing birth control services

Maintaining the continuity of any success achieved in any sector is one of the prime challenges of this country. Whatever we may claim about sustainable development, there remains a huge lacking

Nutrition status in Bangladesh

Doubt about meeting 62pc of nutrition target

Bangladesh has fallen behind in meeting the global nutrition goal. There are doubts about meeting up 62 per cent of the goal in this regard. Bangladesh has no alternative to integrated initiatives to ...

An health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a six-year-old child

Covid-19 Vaccination of children aged 5-11 years from 11 October in districts

The government will start inoculating children aged between 5 to 11 years against Covid-19 in districts and upazilas from 11 October

Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque

Covid vaccine First dose won’t be available after 3 October: Health minister

Almost 3.3 million people are yet to get the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but the government has decided to stop administering the first dose by 3 October, health minister Zahid Maleque said on ...

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Pharmacies to remain open 24 hrs: Health minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has declared that the pharmacies will remain open round the clock in the capital. If the Dhaka city corporations said anything in this regard, the issue would be settled ...

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Rate of child mortality to decrease further by 2030: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Malik said the rate of child mortality in the country was 30-32 per 1000 live births and it will be brought under control to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals ...

While the number of dengue patients is less compared to 2019, the severity of the symptoms is much more, physicians say. Over a thousand dengue patients have been admitted this year to Sir Salimullah College and Mitford Hospital in Dhaka

92 new dengue cases reported

Some 92 more were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning

Senior citizens growing in numbers, no attention to healthcare

Senior citizens growing in numbers, no attention to healthcare

Experts have long been talking of taking special initiatives for the protection of senior citizen’s health. But, there are no preparations in the country to tackle the health problems faced by people ...

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Govt to launch two liquid oxygen plants: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque said two liquid oxygen plants will be established in the country for more development of the health sector

Editorial

Selling kidneys online: Govt cannot avoid responsibility

The promptness of the law enforcement agencies in using social media to prevent various sorts of crimes is quite eye-catching. However, it is quite surprising that an illegal kidney market has ...

A man reacts before the body of his father, a ward master at Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka, who died under treatment at the hospital after showing coronavirus symptoms. The deceased was Covid-19 positive in the test report received after death.

Coronavirus: 32 died in five days

The country is seeing deaths from coronavirus every day now. Seven people died on Tuesday. The number was 12 a day before on Monday

People sit as they come to a coronavirus testing center in the Mugda Medical College and Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 July 2020

Covid: Bangladesh logs 3 more deaths with 1,280 cases

Bangladesh reported three more Covid-linked deaths with 1,280 new infections in 24 hours till Saturday morning

Health minister Zahid Maleque

4,000 medical teams ready to provide health care in 11 flood-hit districts

Health minister Zahid Maleque said on Sunday that 4,000 medical teams of the Health Services Division are ready to provide services in 11 flood-hit districts of the country, especially the worst-hit ...

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Cholera vaccination drive to begin 26 Jun: Health Minister

Cholera vaccination drive is set to begin from 26 June across the country, said health minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Remain alert as Covid cases rising: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque on Monday urged all to maintain health protocols as the number of Covid cases started to rise in Bangladesh

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