2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (269+ words) Sunday September 13, 2026 Dhaka ranked third among the world's most polluted cities this morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 129 at 9:15am. According to the AQI ranking, the capital's air quality was classified as "unhealthy for sensitive groups". Malaysia's Kuching…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (243+ words) Sunday September 13, 2026 Dhaka ranked 11th among the world's cities with the worst air quality this morning (13 September), recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 108 at 09:15am. According to the AQI scale, the city's air quality was classified as "Unhealthy for Sensitive…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (641+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) data show 30,337 plans were approved between 2009 and 2025 – 15,437 through Authorised Officer-1 and 14,900 through Authorised Officer-2. Yet around half of the buildings deviated from approved plans, CDA officials said. They said the CDA is conducting drives…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (247+ words) Wednesday September 09, 2026 A student of Chittagong University (CU) died of electrocution while hanging a banner at the main gate of Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall last night (8 September). The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam, a student of the Zoology Department…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (649+ words) India is witnessing an unprecedented food safety crackdown, with regulators forcing many local eateries and branded restaurants to suspend operations, while a push for front-of-pack warning labels has rattled the country's more than $100 billion packaged food industry. Here's an explainer…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (846+ words) Tuesday September 08, 2026 A newborn whose mother's injection was allegedly administered to the baby due to a nurse's negligence at Chattogram's Centre for Specialised Care and Research (CSCR) has been referred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Evercare Hospital…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (480+ words) Tuesday September 08, 2026 The government considers production or import costs, raw material prices, taxes and duties, distribution costs, market prices and reasonable profit margins when setting and approving medicine prices, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain told parliament…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (290+ words) The government is pursuing a "zero tolerance" policy to protect young people and the public from the harmful effects of smoking and drug abuse, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain told parliament today (7 September). The minister made…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (979+ words) Sunday September 06, 2026 The government plans to recruit 5,000 doctors and 1 lakh health workers in phases to strengthen public healthcare services at the grassroots, alongside expanding health infrastructure at upazila level under the record Tk69,409 crore health allocation for FY2026-27. State Minister for Health…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (565+ words) Sunday September 06, 2026 A nurse at a private hospital in Chattogram allegedly administered a newborn an injection prescribed for the baby's mother, after which the infant's condition reportedly deteriorated and the child was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)....