The facility is offering free medical treatment to patients suffering from heat-related illnesses.

Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, executive director of icddr,b, has been named to the 2025 TIME100 Health list -- the annual list by TIME magazine recognizing 100 most influential individuals in global health – published yesterday. 

More than 80 percent of humanitarian programmes funded by USAID worldwide have been scrapped.

Although Bangladesh has made significant progress in immunisation coverage, 16 percent of children still remain outside the coverage, warranting stronger efforts in this regard, health experts said yesterday.

They also postponed their hunger strike for tonight and will announce new programmes tomorrow

"This is the most comprehensive molecular testing service of its kind in the country"

At least two people died of dengue and 22 were hospitalised across the country in the 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising this year’s death toll to 16 and the total number of cases to 2,074, according to the DGHS.

The total number of case has risen to 2,044 this year

Although Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable reduction in its maternal mortality rate, this progress could be jeopardised by current and potential funding cuts from key development partners, according to a new UN report.

A recent UN study revealed that Bangladesh records over 63,000 stillbirths each year, meaning there is one stillborn in every 41 births, the highest rate in the region.

The Director General of Health Services on Tuesday issued a 16-point directive to ensure uninterrupted healthcare services across the country during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays.

A seven-day-old infant died this morning at the Neonatology Ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), allegedly due to the negligence of a ward maid

Additionally, the influx of Rohingya refugees has further strained the healthcare system

The health ministry has proposed holding a special BCS exam to recruit 2,000 doctors, alongside the ongoing hiring of around 3,500 others through three BCS exams.

A patient at Cumilla Medical College Hospital died after accidentally falling from the fourth floor’s corridor to the ground on Friday night.

Sayedur Rahman said DCs pointed out the shortage of manpower despite infrastructural developments, overcrowding in hospitals, and the demand for establishing and operationalising Institutes of Health Technology in various districts

PFAS are synthetic chemicals first developed in the 1940s to withstand intense heat and repel water and grease

Lung cancer is the commonest form of the disease, with 2.5 million people diagnosed in 2022

Says Prof Sazzad Yusuf, head of radiotherapy at CMCH

Bangladesh needs at least 170 cancer treatment centres, as per the World Health Organization’s recommendation of one per million people, but has only 20.