“OT practitioners provide a wide range of work placec on sultative services, such as helping employers to comply with the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act, evaluating and modifying tool and equipment design, and determining and reducing injury risk…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Saturday that the law enforcers’ drives against drug traders will continue until narcotics trading is completely eliminated from the country.
About the high-tech military challenges from China and Russia, the Pentagon is facing a fast-growing national security threat that could be even trickier to tackle: America’s obesity crisis.
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Muradpur in the city’s Panchlaish area on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Ashim Roy Babu, 29, son of Gurusdoy Roy of…
Dhaka, Oct 11 – Despite Bangladesh’s remarkable progress in improving access to water and sanitation, 41 percent of all improved water sources are contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria, which suggests a high prevalence of faecal contamination, said a…
Optimum treatment and necessary healthcare facilities for the mentally sick people are very vital to facilitate them to get back their normal life.
The Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) recently observed the World Cerebral Palsy Day.
India has reported its third Zika virus outbreak in the western state of Rajasthan since January 2017, where 22 people have tested positive and no death were reported Tuesday.
Petobo, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange was happening. First, she saw the ground suddenly begin to sink. Then the pavement split…
The cabinet today approved the draft of new Narcotics Control Act-2018 keeping a provision of awarding capital punishment for carrying, taking, selling or smuggling over 5 grams of yaba.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been suffering from several complications, including rheumatoid arthritis and out-of-control diabetes, said the five-member medical board, formed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for her better treatment, on Monday.
It was the disease to end all others, infecting a third of humanity, killing tens of millions in their beds and prompting panicked talk of the end of days across continents still reeling from war.
The five-member medical board of Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) checked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s previous medical papers at the hospital on Sunday.
Rajshahi, Oct 6 – A discussion meeting regarding the haemophilia disease held at the Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) on Saturday at 10 am at the conference room of the college.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday afternoon after prison authorities shifted her there from old Dhaka Central jail for better treatment in response to a court order.
Faced with the only chance to save a child’s life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first — transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative daughter, it was announced Thursday.
Dhaka, Oct 6 – Prison authorities are set to shift BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from old Dhaka Central jail on Saturday afternoon for her treatment in response to a court order.
by Christian Borja-Vega co-authors: Eva Kloeve In our previous blog, we looked at how water and sanitation came to be recognized as a human right, and what that means in practice. Today, we look at how formal and informal institutional…
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen has said the Bangladesh government is on high alert and it is showing ‘zero tolerance’ to the menace of drug.
A dramatic shift in the way we eat and think about food is more urgent than ever to prevent further environmental degradation and an even larger health epidemic.
Australia is set to become the first ountry in the world to eradicate cervical cancer, thanks to a wide-scalevaccination campaign and improvements made to the National Cervical Screnng Program.
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to admit BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) immediately and form a 5-member medical board afresh of for her treatment.
Health Desk Hand washing with soap can save at least a million lives annually by reducing water related diseases including Diarrhoea and pneumonia, said an article of Lancet, a UK based medical journal.
A total of 6,158 dengue patients have been admitted in different hospitals across the country, according to Public Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to James Allison of the University of Texas and Tasuku Honjo of Japan’s Kyoto University for discovering a form of cancer therapy.
Health experts on Saturday laid emphasis on early detection of cancer to save lives of the people from the killer disease.
At least 193 people have been tested HIV positive in the country’s eight southern districts, says a report released by a local voluntary organisation.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a two-day-long first aid training for the members of Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA). A total of 30 university reporters from different media outlets participated in the workshop ended here today at…
Narayanganj, Sep 29 – Police here on Saturday arrested six people including a hospital owner and doctor in connection with the death of a 5-month pregnant woman, allegedly due to wrong treatment at a private hospital in Fatullah.
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has deployed a fleet of ten new ambulances fitted with critical medical equipment to support emergency health services for Rohingya refugees and local host community residents in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.