9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (649+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Bangladesh must strategise carefully for the next Ganges treaty Why is water-rich Bangladesh running short of water? Part 5 / Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (248+ words) Presenter and actress Samia Afreen, who has been battling cancer for the past five years, recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer again. Having previously overcome colon cancer, Samia said she has now been diagnosed with uterine cancer…...

1+ day, 33+ min ago   (431+ words) More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst outbreak of the deadly disease ever, according to figures released Saturday by Congolese authorities. But the government also suggested that the spread of the disease may…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (311+ words) A cigarette may be burning in the hand, but some of its damage can unfold far from the lungs; in the liver. Smoking and fatty liver may seem like an unlikely pair, yet the source article warns that tobacco can…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (142+ words) Six more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am today, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,036 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified all six latest fatalities as…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (431+ words) Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview. The Microsoft co-founder turned billionaire philanthropist said wiping out the killer childhood disease had previously…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (169+ words) At least eight dengue patients died in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the second-highest single-day death toll from the disease this year, while 1,733 new cases were reported, the highest daily tally so far. The latest fatalities have brought the number of…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (122+ words) Two schoolchildren drowned in a pond in the Batkhekhali area of Satkhira town yesterday. Habiba Khatun Lima, 9, a third-grader, and Mir Labib Hossain, 10, a fourth-grader of Satkhira Mission Government Primary School, were the victims, locals said. Family members said the…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (225+ words) A hospital bed may be where illness is treated, but the battle for health can begin much earlier; at the dinner table. Unsafe food is more than an unpleasant meal. In Bangladesh, adulterated, contaminated and poor-quality foods may contribute to…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (875+ words) The government is planning to conduct an intensified measles-rubella catch-up vaccination campaign from the last week of this month amid a growing number of measles infections and deaths across the country. The drive is planned to start on September 26, but…...