- Israel to release 602 prisoners in Gaza swap Saturday: Palestinian NGO
- Fire breaks out at sawmill in Khilgaon
- Babar returns home performing Umrah
- Champions Trophy: Rickelton, Markram power proteas to 315 against Afghans
- It’s not that you will forget Bengali just by learning English: CA
- Independence won thru student-mass people's blood must be retained: Annie
- Bangladesh embassy in Tokyo observes IML Day
- Faruque warns of conspiracy if election is delayed
- Govt emphasizes preserving endangered languages and ensuring diversity: Foreign Secretary
- Saudi Ambassador extends greetings in Bengali on Feb 21
- Discussion on mother tongue held in Bandarban
- No pain, no gain? Hardly. This year’s fitness buzzword is ‘recovery’
- Poland introduces mandatory firearms training for children
- Only election can restore true democracy: Rizvi
- 25 foreign nationals pay tribute to language martyrs
- South Africa wins the toss, decides to bat against Afghanistan
- Hamas gave body of 'Gazan woman' not hostage Shiri Bibas: Netanyahu
- ADB, World Bank partner on FMRF to increase development impact
- Imported fruit prices surge by up to Tk100 per Kg ahead of Ramadan
- Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever
No escape from sound pollution
There is no escape from the grip of sound pollution. According to the World Health Organizations guidelines, the safe noise level in residential areas is 55 dB (decibels). According to a 2024 study by the Global Cities Institute, a global research organization, the pollution level in commercial...
Road safety leaders to meet in Marrakech to tackle road deaths
Heads of national road safety agencies and officials from more than 80 countries will gather in Marrakech, Morocco, next week to advance global efforts in reducing road fatalities. The high-level meeting will take place on the eve of the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, aiming...
WHO chief urges nations to halt US exit
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on global leaders to urge Washington to reverse President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw from the U.N. health body, warning that the U.S. risks losing access to vital disease outbreak information. During a closed-door meeting with...
Dhaka’s air quality turns “unhealthy” this morning
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital of Bangladesh, ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality, recording an AQI score of 181 at 9:10 AM on January 31, 2025. Todays air quality was classified as unhealthy, indicating a health threat, according to the AQI index. Over the past few...
WHO says 'regrets' US decision to withdraw from organization
The World Health Organization said Tuesdayit regretted the decision by the new US administration of President DonaldTrump to withdraw the country from the UN agency. The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the UnitedStates of America intends to withdraw from the organisation,...
Trump orders US exit from WHO and Paris climate agreement
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). The US will leave the United Nations health agency in 12 months and will stop all financial support for its work. Trump criticized the WHO for failing to act independently from...
ACC to send letter to WHO for Putul’s removal
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing to send a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting the removal of Saima Wazed Putul, the daughter of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, from her position as regional director of the WHO Southeast Asia Region. The ACC officials...
ACC to probe alleged irregularities in Putul's WHO appointment
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an investigation against Saima Wazed (Putul), the daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over allegations of irregularities and corruption in securing the position of Regional Director for the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Spike in hMPV infections: WHO issues fresh guidelines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued updated guidelines following a surge in acute respiratory infections globally, including cases of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV), Gulf News reported. Amid co-circulating pathogens such as seasonal influenza (flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),...
WHO announces new guidelines for HIV testing protocols
The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening a Guideline Development Group (GDG) to create new guidelines for the use of injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, along with updated recommendations for optimizing HIV testing services for long-acting prevention products....
WHO urges China to share Covid-19 origins data
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHOs China office noted a cluster of pneumonia cases in a statement from health authorities...
WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days, reports The Reuters. Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,...
Israeli forces killed 36 Palestinians in last 24 hours
Israeli forces again escalated their attacks on Gaza, saying forces are targeting military establishment over there. In the live war update, Al Jazeera reported citing the Wafa news agency that Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians in attacks across Gaza on Saturday, most of them in...
‘Horror must end’: WHO statement on Kamal Adwan destruction
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added its voice to the growing chorus of international condemnation of Israels attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, reports Al Jazeera. In a statement published to social media on Friday night, the WHO said Israel has systematically dismantled the health...
I was not sure actually I could survive: WHO chief on Israeli strike on Yemen
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, did not know whether he would survive an air strike on Yemens main airport carried out by Israel on Thursday, reports Al Jazeera. Tedros told the media that he had received no warning of the Israeli strike and the...
Israel targeting health system in Gaza: WHO
Spokesperson for the UNs World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Harris has expressed concern about the deteriorating health situation in Gaza, after reports of Kamal Adwan Hospital being evacuated by the Israeli military, reports Al Jazeera. We are witnessing the targeting of civilians and the...
Israeli strikes hit Yemen airport as WHO chief prepares to leave
Israeli air strikes hit rebel-held Sanaas international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the UNs World Health Organization said he and his team prepared to fly out. Yemens civil aviation authority said the airport planned to reopen on Friday after the strikes that it...
WHO issues alert on falsified IMFINZI cancer drug in eastern Mediterranean, European regions
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alert on Monday (Geneva local time) concerning falsified IMFINZI (durvalumab) injection 500mg/10ml, discovered in Armenia, Lebanon, and Türkiye. These counterfeit products, identified in the unregulated supply chain and reported to WHO in November...
WHO urges greater efforts to prevent drowning in South-East Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries in the South-East Asia Region to enhance efforts to prevent drowning, a leading cause of death that disproportionately affects children and vulnerable populations. According to WHOs first Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention, the region...
Dhaka ranks second in global air pollution index with ‘Very Unhealthy’ air quality
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 258 on Friday morning, making it the second most polluted city in the world at 10:58 am. The air quality was categorized as very unhealthy, a trend that has persisted over the past few days, according...
1,438 new HIV/AIDS cases reported in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh observes World AIDS Day, new statistics reveal a troubling rise in HIV infections. This year, 1,438 new cases of HIV/AIDS have been reported, with a notable shift in the demographics of those affected. While migrant workers and intravenous drug users were once the highest-risk groups,...
WHO wants bird flu surveillance stepped up
The World Health Organization urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child in the United States. A small but growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections have been detected in humans around the world in recent years, WHO epidemic and...
Global coalition forms to fight oral diseases
Delegations from over 110 countries are coming together to produce national roadmaps and negotiate a joint declaration on oral health at the first-ever global oral health meeting organized by the World Health Organization (WHO). The historic event aims to produce national roadmaps and a joint...
WHO chief condemns attacks on northern Gaza hospital
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the ongoing attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have resulted in 14 more injuries in the past 48 hours, which includes the hospitals director and several other healthcare workers, reports Al...