Health

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.

Journalists Demand Quick Passage of Tobacco Control Law Amendment

TDS Desk Journalist organization Aviation & Tourism Journalists’ Forum Bangladesh (ATJFB) has called for the swift passage of the amendment to the Tobacco Control Law to address the health and

HSIA Director: Saudi work visa holders do not need meningitis vaccine

TDS Desk: Group Captain Muhammed Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, on Tuesday said expatriates travelling to Saudi Arabia on work visas do not need to take

Effective Role of Media a Must for Tobacco Control

Speakers at a Journalists’ Workshop Press release: Tobacco is the largest contributing factor to preventable deaths. Globally, it claims over 8 million lives each year. Apart from the loss of