Health

49 freedom fighter quota MBBS candidates skip certificate verification

TDS Desk: A total of 49 candidates who passed the MBBS admission test under the freedom fighter quota for the 2024-25 academic year did not appear for certificate verification at

US medical team arrives Dhaka to treat July uprising injured

TDS Desk: A medical team has arrived in Dhaka from the United States to provide treatment to those injured in the July uprising. The eight-member team from the US is

Rape survivor children face lifetime of trauma

TDS Desk It has been four months since then, but her eight-year-old daughter has not had a proper night’s sleep even once, Nadia’s (pseudonym) voice chokes with emotion as she

Farmers in Tangail are shifting from rice to tobacco

Tangail Correspondent Farmers in Tangail are transitioning from cultivating rice to tobacco due to higher profitability and changing market demands. In the past, various crops, including rice, were grown in

How secondhand smoke puts children at severe health risk

TDS Desk Smoking a cigarette takes a huge toll on the body. But when children are around, the airborne particles of cigarettes can affect them as much as the smokers

Dengue claims 1 more live; 32 hospitalised in 24 hrs

TDS Desk: One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to nine this year.