Menstrual Hygiene Day was celebrated on Tuesday to raise awareness and break the silence around menstruation, ensuring that women and girls can manage their periods safely and with dignity

A new Lancet Series calls for urgent global action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to prevent 750,000 deaths annually through available vaccines, water and sanitation, and infection control methods. Authors stressed the need for intensified efforts in promoting vaccination, ensuring access to safe water and sanitation, and implementing hospital infection control to reduce infections and antibiotic use. 

The High Court yesterday directed authorities to immediately destroy "fake" Accu-Chek Active Test Strips, Batch No 26076156, deemed hazardous to public health

Although the government has taken several initiatives to control hypertension, ensuring necessary allocation for an uninterrupted supply of medicine across the country remains a challenge, said speakers at a discussion today

The number of dengue patients in Dhaka in 2023 was 42,000 less than in 2019, according to Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen said yesterday that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is conducting a survey to determine whether recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Bangladesh are exhibiting any side effects.

Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said today that dengue tests will be more accessible to people once marketing of the locally developed testing kit starts in the country

To protect children and vulnerable populations, including expecting mothers, from heat-related health risks, the Directorate General of Health Services today announced a national guideline on heat-related illnesses

Experts at a symposium at Chittagong University (CU) yesterday (Wednesday) emphasised on collaborative efforts, informed strategies and innovative approaches to combat antibiotic resistance which has become a silent epidemic

The National Human Rights Commission has urged the secretary of the Directorate General of Health Services to halt unnecessary C-sections, enhance women’s awareness in this regard, and penalise those responsible for the abnormal spike in Caesareans.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Samanta Lal Sen today urged all keep their houses clean and directed the authorities concerned to work in a coordinated way to prevent dengue

Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan are among the 10 countries, which collectively shoulder nearly two-thirds of the global burden of hepatitis B and C, says the World Health Organization’s latest report on the viral infection

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued six directives to prevent anaesthesia-related deaths and sudden complications.

All hospitals across the country have been asked to take measures to provide proper treatment to patients infected with dengue, Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said today

At least 20 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till today morning

The High Court today ordered the government to form an independent committee led by an additional secretary of the health ministry to probe the allegation of gross negligence that caused the death of Rahib Reza at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital's Dhanmondi

The Smart Bangladesh Vision by 2041 set a new target for Bangladesh, and the Perspective Plan 2021–2041 defined the economic and social targets.

Omalizumab is a new drug that the FDA recently approved to help treat food allergies, especially peanut allergies, in the United States.

Each year, International Women’s Day calls upon us to recommit ourselves to achieving gender equality. This year’s theme, “Invest in women: Accelerate progress,”

For World Hearing Day, marked on March 3, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new technical guidance on hearing aid service delivery approaches for low- and middle-income settings.