Medical &Health

Seven dengue patients hospitalized in last 24 hrs in Khulna

Seven dengue patients were admitted to the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in the city during last 24 hours till 8 am today.Some nine patients were released from the hospital during the period, Dr Suhash Ranjan Halder, residential medical offic…

Bir Hospital to operate OPD service at 8.00 am from July 17

Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet said Bir Hospital will run OPD service at 8.00 am from coming July 17. Stating that the timing change is expected to resolve the problem of the hospital doctors and health workers ‘no reporting t…

Lumpy skin-infected 125,000 cattle treated

As many as 125,091 cattle infected with contagious Lumpy skin disease were provided with treatment in 10 districts of Karnali province.According to the Karnali province government’s Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative Ministry, 9,901 cattle w…

US officials’ visits to Bangladesh signal close ties: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the visit of the US officials to Bangladesh is a sign of close relations between the two countries.”Many US officials have recently visited …

2 held with 743 bottles of Phensedyl in Rajshahi

District police, in an anti-crime drive,detained two alleged drug peddlers, including an Indian national, with 743bottles of Phensedyl in the district early today, police sources said thisnoon.The arrested persons were identified as Chapal Ali, 35, so…

Salman urges Pakistan to apologize for 1971 atrocities

Prime Minister’s Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman has commented that that Pakistan needs to apologize for the atrocities committed in 1971 to improve relations with Bangladesh.The adviser made the comment in a meeting wit…

HC orders to pay arrears of BSMMU non-resident doctors

The High Court (HC) today ordered the authorities concerned to pay the outstanding salaries and allowances of around 1,500 non-resident doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).A High Court division bench comprising Justice SM Ku…

Deadly dengue outbreaks strike Rohingya camps, Bangladesh cities

Bangladesh has seen a spike in dengue cases and deaths in less than a month, according to government health figures released on Monday that did not include infections in Rohingya refugee camps, where cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been climbi…