Medical &Health

Experts laud UNFPA support in eliminating fistula from Bangladesh

Health experts at a views-exchange meeting have highly lauded UNFPA Bangladesh for extending support in eliminating obstetric fistulas from Bangladesh by 2030 next.They came up with the appreciation at the meeting arranged marking the International Da…

How COVID-19 halted labor migration

The COVID-19 pandemic brought international migration to a standstill — and migrant workers have borne the greatest cost. But Bangladeshi workers are doing surprisingly well.Abul Basar has been in Saudi Arabia for 14 years now. After failing to find a…

‘Adulterated food a major threat to public health’

Ensuring proper measurement of food and its ingredients is vital for maintaining food safety as millions of people suffer from illness by eating contaminated and adulterated foods every year.Hazardous food has been adjudged as a major threat to public…

Health Minister off to Geneva to attend World Health Assembly

Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has left early today for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 76th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body the World Health Organization (WHO).Minister Basnet is leading a six-member delegat…

Khotang prepares for next-round of booster dose against COVID-19

Khotang, a hilly district in the Koshi Province, has prepared for administering a booster dose of COVID-19. The district-level Covid- 19 Vaccine Coordination Committee decided to give a booster dose to those who have already completed six months of re…

Physicians welcome inclusion of meditation in health service

The country’s renown physicians have welcomed the government’s initiative to include meditation in the medical treatment as an alternative treatment and opined that it will likely reduce health expenditure.They called upon the authorities concerned to…

3 youths killed in Gopalganj motorbike accident

Three youth bikers died after an unidentified speedy truck hit their vehicle from opposite direction in Sonasur area on Dhaka-Khulna highway here early today.The deceased were identified as Jami Sheikh, 17, son of Shokor Sheikh, Hasan Sarder, 18, son …