2+ day, 8+ 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…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (549+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Fed up with the funding restrictions surrounding her research on the links between climate change and health, American epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen has left the United States for Canada. The former University of Colorado researcher, now with the University…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (849+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Bangladesh needs an integrated approach that combines flood management, solid and sewage waste management, water and sanitation, land use and urban planning to address its growing urban flooding and waterlogging, instead of a siloed approach, experts said at…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (302+ words) Bangladesh needs stronger and more effective tobacco tax reforms that prioritise public health alongside revenue generation, experts said at a strategic dialogue organised by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC). Titled "Tobacco Tax Policy Reform in the Context of…...

5+ day, 5+ 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…...

5+ day, 20+ 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, 5+ min 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   (416+ words) Sunday September 06, 2026 Fisheries, Livestock, and Agriculture Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid today (4 September) said that the locally developed viral Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccine would play an important role in controlling the highly damaging disease and protecting livestock from its spread....

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (294+ words) Saturday September 05, 2026 The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has formed a six-member committee to investigate allegations that a diabetes patient died after being advised to stop insulin and follow a ketogenic diet by Health Revolution Ltd, an institution associated…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (424+ words) Saturday September 05, 2026 The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has formed a six-member committee to investigate allegations that a diabetic patient died after being advised by Health Revolution Ltd, an organisation founded by physician Jahangir Kabir, to stop insulin and…...