Health

Life comes to a standstill in Khulna for fall of temperature

Hosneara Parvin Khuku from Khulna: The first cold spell of this season has begun adding to the misery of the poor and disadvantaged people in the south-western part of the

PROGGA – ATMA welcome Tobacco Control Law Amendment, Urge Swift Gazette

TDS Desk: Research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and the Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) have welcomed the government’s approval of the ‘Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment)

DPHE: Goal of ‘Integrated Sanitation and Hygiene Project in 10 prioritized municipalities’ may not be achieved

Rehennuma Tarannum Rifat: Questions have been raised about the success of ‘Integrated Sanitation and Hygiene project’ in the 10 prioritized towns of the country including Sirajganj under the Department of

Hypertension burden shifts to poorer countries, Bangladesh at growing risk: Speakers

Staff Correspondent: Hypertension is increasingly shifting from high-income countries to low- and middle-income nations including Bangladesh, posing a serious public health challenge, speakers said at a seminar in the capital

Big players reshaping Bangladesh’s retail pharmacy landscape

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s retail medicine market was once dominated by small, independent neighbourhood pharmacies. Consumers largely depended on nearby drugstores where professional pharmacists were often absent, quality assurance was inconsistent,

BD Leads Asia in Fulfilling Global Tobacco Control Promises: Calls Intensify for Quick Law Amendment

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh is the first and only country in Asia that has classified cigarette filters as “single-use plastic (SUP)”. This timely decision was adopted as a move towards implementing