Health

Staff Correspondent : The average life expectancy and birth rate in the country have declined in a span of a year. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) revealed this on Sunday in a report titled ‘Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics-2023’. According to the BBSA report, life expectancy at birth in 2023 has…

Rafiqul Islam Azad : A groundbreaking study conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) has revealed alarming findings: approximately one billion people in South Asia are currently imperiled by the escalating impacts of climate change on the region’s vital river basins.…

Syed Nasir Hossain : How fragile Bangladesh’s health care is needless to say. The coronavirus showed it with a finger in the eye. However, the health care picture of the country has not improved much. In the meantime, an alarming statistic was brought forward by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).…

Staff Correspondent : In 2023, the air pollution rate is highest in these three countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India-South Asia.The data released on Tuesday (March 19) showed that the amount of particulate matter in the air of these three countries is about 15 times higher than the World Health…

Mahfuz Emran : Those who produce foods are in the most food insecurity. This problem is more common in farming families than in any other profession. About 26.13 percent of households producing food grains through agriculture are moderately or severely food insecure. Apart from this, about 1 percent of agricultural…

Staff Correspondent : Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said all have to wait till today to learn about the decision on plea for BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension.“This time too they (Khaleda Zia’s family) have pleaded for her permanent release and allowing them…

Mahfuja Mukul : Bangladesh’s fragile health care has been discussed at various times. However, there has been no significant progress in this sector in the last decade.Inadequate hospital beds, shortage of doctors and nurses, shortage of skilled lab technicians, all together, the health sector of the country is in shambles.A…

Daily 8 cr ltrs short supply Staff Correspondent, Ctg : I woke up in the morning and saw that water does not come out of the water tap. The caretaker of the house said that there was no water for two days. WASA stopped water supply without any announcement. There…

Fire at S Alam Sugar Mills Chattogram Correspondent : A severe environmental crisis has emerged in Chattogram’s Karnaphuli River as burnt sugar waste from S Alam Sugar Mill has contaminated the river’s water, resulting a mass deaths of various aquatic species, including fish and crabs.Locals have been witnessing the mass…

Rafiqul Islam Azad: New clinical trial findings reveal a significant breakthrough in combating the co-infection crisis of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The trial, conducted to assess the compatibility of two potent treatments, sheds light on the effectiveness of combining dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) with 3HP, a…