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Health is fundamentally linked to both the demographic and longevity dividends. Photo: TBS

FY27 budget gets healthcare right, now comes the hard part

From increased health spending and preventive care to pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical education, the proposed FY2026-27 budget signals a stronger commitment to healthcare. The real...

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Healthy diet unaffordable for 38.6% Bangladeshis, South Asia’s second-highest: UN report

Baby Anifa Akter, Photo: Collected

PM takes responsibility for treatment of child with rare congenital disease

File image of Ardra Kurien, chief executive officer of Unico Hospitals. Sketch: TBS

'We want patients to get int'l-standard care in Bangladesh'

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One dengue patient dies, 242 hospitalised in 24hrs

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a briefing held with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (not pictured), amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Hegseth announces testosterone screening for US troops

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Health minister advises mosquito nets, full-sleeved clothes to combat dengue

A woman walks by the Meta Lab in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Cole

Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who was born into U.S. political royalty and lost his father and uncle to assassinations, ascended to the role of health secretary in 2025.

Inside RFK Jr's push to dismantle decades of US vaccine policy

An Aedes mosquito, the primary carrier of the dengue virus. Photo: Collected

One dengue patient dies, 329 hospitalised in 24hrs

A typhoid vaccine vial is pictured at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on 12 October 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS/File

Typhoid vaccine to join routine EPI programme from 1 August

Barishal medical students lock health director’s office over 'opposing July Uprising' Photo: TBS

Barishal medical students, doctors lock health director's office over 'opposing July Uprising'

Trade Minister Khondokar Abdul Muktadir addresses a review meeting on the overall operations of Sylhet Medical University and other government health institutions. Photo: TBS

Better coordination, efficiency needed in health sector: Commerce minister