Staff ReporterWith Asia’s economies booming in all areas, not the least in infrastructure, it is essential to integrate HIV and AIDS preventive measures into infrastructure projects and continue to focus on prevention, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss told an international conference in Sri Lanka.Infrastructure is critical to economic growth, international competitiveness, and [...]

Following the flood in Bangladesh there has been a remarkable increase in disease and death. [Read more]

Following the flood in Bangladesh there has been a remarkable increase in disease and death. [Read more]

Staff ReporterAs the number of diarrhoea cases in the city has been rising constantly, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) now faces growing difficulty to cope with so many patients at its Dhaka Hospital, popularly known as Cholera Hospital.The ICCDR,B now needs generous financial support of the donor countries and agencies, the [...]

Staff ReporterAs the number of diarrhoea cases in the city has been rising constantly, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) now faces growing difficulty to cope with so many patients at its Dhaka Hospital, popularly known as Cholera Hospital.The ICCDR,B now needs generous financial support of the donor countries and agencies, the [...]

The death toll in Bangladesh from this year’s monsoon flooding has risen to at least 500. [Read more]

Shahidul IslamIn an evil atempt to maximise profit in exchange of human life, unscrupulous traders and suppliers have created in market of the capital and flood affected areas of the country an artificial crisis of medicines, essential for treating waterborne diseases.Knowledgeable sources, including government officials, opined that the crisis was created by big hoarders, some [...]

The death toll in Bangladesh from this year’s monsoon flooding has risen to at least 500. [Read more]

Padma takes serious turn in Faridpur. Hundreds of homesteads, bazaars, schools and shops in some 13 villages of Aliabad in Sadar upazila and Char Bhadrasan upazila have already been devoured by dangerous Padma making thousands of people homeless. Erosion has been increasing with the receding of floodwaters. Water in 16 rivers, including four major [...]

In Bangladesh, tens of thousands of people have been admitted to hospitals this month with diarrhea and other water-borne diseases. [Read more]