The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday formally recognised the role of its staff in keeping diseases in check at a ceremony at its Mohakhali headquarters in the capital, reports BSS. Md Serajul Huq Khan, secretary, Health Services Division, Ministry…

Five hundred runners yesterday participated in the 5 km run at Hatirjheel to promote good health, fitness and positivity among the young generation putting forward the demand for safe spaces for them, reports UNB. Enduring early morning rain, runners from different ages joined the event organised by…

Rajshahi: A female student of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her house at Daspukur in the city on Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Fahima Akhter Chandni, 24, an MBBS final-year student and wife of Salehin…

KHULNA: Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor Dr Moshiur Rahman yesterday  paid rich tributes to former whip Mostofa Rashidi Suja and said he (Suja) had worked throughout his life for establishing secular and democratic Bangladesh, reports BSS. Suja was a veteran parliamentarian and worked for…

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque yesterday demanded for getting the public transport system rid of irregularities and mismanagement to ensure safe streets, reports BSS. In a statement in the wake of students’ streets protest, Hoque called for quick implementation…

President M Abdul Hamid visited ailing Dainik Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar at a city hospital on Thursday, reports UNB. Hamid went to Labaid Specialised Hospital around 9:30pm and spent 15 minutes by Golam Sarwar inquiring about his health condition," President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin…

RAJSHAHI: Many slum people have started living in brick-built house driving out their long-lasting living life in thatched or mud-house in the city, reports…

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA organised a High-Level Leadership Seminar on Tobacco Control in Bangladesh in collaboration with the National Tobacco Control Cell and Bangladesh Center for Communication Programmes (BCCP) in a hotel in the capital on Thursday, says a press release.…

Successful kidney transplantations of two patients in laparoscopic method held at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital for the first time, reports BSS. India’s Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) Kidney Transplant Surgeon Dr Pranjal Rohon Lal Modi led the operation,…

A total of 34 teachers from different public and private universities will get UGC gold medals for their outstanding contribution to the fundamental research and publications on higher education. Among them 18 teachers will get award for the year 2016 and 16 teachers for 2017. The decision was taken…

MBBS admission test on Oct 5, BDS on Nov 9 The admission test for medical colleges will be held on October 5, with the exams for the dental on November 9. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Health Ministry on Tuesday with the Health Minister Mohammad Nasim in the chair. The online application…