Bangladesh braces for water-borne disease epidemic
Dhaka - Doctors, paramedics and health workers were braced Friday across Bangladesh to face a raging epidemic of water-borne disease that causes rapid dehydration of the body and can be fatal, health...
View ArticleFirst Bangladeshi baby from frozen embryo born
Dhaka - A team of doctors in Bangladesh delivered the country's first baby born of a frozen embryo in a local hospital, after failing in five earlier attempts, officials said Saturday.The baby girl,...
View ArticleBangladesh bans Chinese powdered milk amid health panic
Dhaka - Bangladesh imposed a ban on the sale and import of powder milk from China Monday after laboratory tests found samples contaminated by a chemical substance, officials said.The Ministry of Health...
View ArticleBangladesh warns against contaminated Chinese milk powder
Dhaka - Authorities in Bangladesh have warned against using milk powder imported from China after it confirmed the presence of melamine in one of three brands of baby formula available in Bangladesh,...
View ArticleBangladesh seeks FAO help in testing for tainted powder milk
Dhaka - Authorities in Bangladesh have sought assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for testing of imported milk powder suspected of containing the...
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37 Bangladeshis died due to AIDS in 2010
Dhaka, Dec 1 : Thirty-seven people died this year due to AIDS as the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in Bangladesh rose to over 2,000, the country's health minister said Wednesday.The number of AIDS...
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Amartya Sen links Dhaka movement with his fight against cancer
Dhaka, Feb 2 : Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has linked his fight against cancer to the movement for protecting Bengali language and culture in then East Pakistan, saying the two coincided in 1952.Sen was...
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Bangladesh's 'Tree Man' has successful surgery, hopes to return to work!
Dhaka: A 26-year-old Bangladeshi father, dubbed as 'Tree Man' due to massive barb-like warts growing on his hands and feet, underwent a successful surgery last Sunday.It is said that the warts started...
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Two cases of bird flu found in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan.24 : The Government of Bangladesh has confirmed two outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry in the last week.According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and...
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