Health

Farmers cry for rain Special Correspondent: In the Bengali calendar, these two months of Ashar-Shravan are the rainy season. During this time, there will be torrential rains, people will suffer, and they will give joy. Water will overflow in canal-bil-pond. Farmers will have a busy time planting seeds in mud…

Staff Correspondent: The government has distributed free seeds and fertilizers worth Tk 11 crore to 1.85 lakh farmers in 17 districts affected by recent floods.In the first phase, 94,000 farmers have been given Amon seeds and fertilizers worth Taka 5.88 crore 88 lakh. In the second phase, 700 farmers of…

Each drowning death is preventable: WHO, UNICEF Industry Desk: Marking the World Drowning Prevention Day, WHO and UNICEF yesterday called on the governments, development partners, communities and individuals each to do their part to raise awareness and work to prevent the untimely deaths of thousands of children across the country.Each…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical sector is expected to become an industry of $5 billion in the next five years, experts told a seminar organised by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI).Addressing the seminar titled ‘Export of pharmaceutical sector upon LDC Graduation: Strategies and Way Forward’ at the DCCI…

Golam Mostafa Jibon: Social media especially facebook, twitter, whatsApp and messenger have now turned into a hub of illegal kidney business due to lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned.The incident drew the attention of law enforcers, while five people, who were suspected involved in kidney selling and purchasing…

International Desk: Delhi yesterday reported its first case of Monkeypox. With this, the country’s Monkeypox caseload has risen to four. According to official sources, the man (in his 30s) who tested positive has no history of foreign travel.The infected person had attended a stag party recently in Manali, Himachal Pradesh,…

Staff Correspondent: Dengue situation in the country is still under control this year due to the combined efforts of the ministry, city mayors and people, said LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday.“In the last two or three years, many people were infected with dengue and unfortunately some of them died.…

Staff Correspondent: Medicines are essential in healthcare. Due to the spread of corona infection and dengue fever, the health complications of people have increased. In the meantime, the government has decided to increase the prices of 53 brands of 20 generic drugs that are widely used in primary care. According…

Industry Desk: According to a recent report, around 76% of Bangladeshis cannot afford healthy food.A Bangladeshi has to spend an average of Tk 276 to buy healthy food daily, according to a report titled “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022”.The report was published jointly by…

Diplomatic Correspondent: The Embassy of China in Bangladesh, on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), has donated US$ 200,000 to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist those affected by recent floods.Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming handed over the donation to BDRCS chairman Major General…