A leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal was killed and five others were injured as two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed over establishing supremacy at Nangalkot upazila in Cumilla on Saturday.
URBAN centres, especially in Dhaka, face a significant rise in cold-related illness. The most vulnerable segments, the children and the elderly, bear the brunt, causing overcrowded hospitals and overextended healthcare system...
THE non-compliance of the authorities to adequately enforce the nine directives that the High Court issued in January 2020 to curb air pollution in Dhaka is unacceptable. The non-compliance has contributed to the worsening of Dhaka鈥檚 air, routinely ranked in the worst category in the world. The High Court, which expressed dissatisfaction about the...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Bidyanondo Foundation have recently partnered to provide healthcare services to over 2,41,600聽 people from char and other hard-to-reach areas through Jibon Kheya floating hospital initiative, said a press release...
The Health Sector Reform Commission in 50 days of its formation is still gathering information and opinions on several focal areas such as service improvement while public health campaigners and medical practitioners demand free healthcare at all public health facilities...
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has called on States to prioritise life-saving actions as hundreds of Rohingya stateless people from Myanmar have sought safety in the region in the first five days of the new year...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 voluntary wing Swechchhasebak Dal has expelled one of its leaders for assaulting Md Nezam Uddin, a police inspector and former officer-in-charge of Kotwali police in Chattogram....
Health rights activists, policy makers and experts at a discussion on Saturday said that the health sector reform should have a special focus on bringing universal primary healthcare coverage to people鈥檚 doorsteps...
Healthcare providers and the sector experts at a discussion on Thursday said that there were no significant negative health impacts from India鈥檚 suspension of visas after the July uprising for there were no lack of facilities in the health sector of the country...
Bangladesh has been elected unanimously to serve as a vice-president of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the prime intergovernmental body of the UN responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe...
Women suffer to get essential healthcare services from existing facilities due to lack of gender sensitiveness, said women rights activists at a discussion on Tuesday...
A group of BNP leaders and activists detained professor PM Shafiqul Islam, vice-president of the central committee of Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League, and handed him over to police on Saturday in Rajshahi...
FIFA will give $50 million to the WHO, WTO and UNHCR as part of its Qatar World Cup legacy fund, football's global governing body announced on Wednesday.
LOCAL markets having been flooded with substandard medical supplies, including surgical gloves, is gravely concerning as it poses severe risks to patients and healthcare professionals. Some quarters are alleged to be manufacturing and importing substandard and spurious surgical gloves and supplying them to hospitals and healthcare facilities...
Local markets have been flooded with substandard surgical gloves amid lack of monitoring by the authorities concerned, increasing severe safety risks to patients and healthcare professionals...
The interim government on Thursday announced that the people injured in July-August student-led mass uprising will get a lifetime free medical services at all government hospitals...
Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Iran will not negotiate under 鈥榠ntimidation鈥� as he held crunch talks with the UN nuclear chief weeks before US president-elect Donald Trump takes office....
Shukur Ali, a man from Munshiganj, has been languishing in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur though the High Court in 2012 acquitted him of the charges for...
The High Court of Bangladesh has suspended the investigation into a case filed against internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
Bangladesh鈥檚 High Court on Sunday issued a rule, asking the authorities concerned to explain why it shall not declare illegal Article 116 of the constitution.
BRAC Healthcare Limited, a concern of BRAC Enterprises, on Thursday inaugurated its third healthcare centre at Siddheswari in Dhaka.
Today is the sixth anniversary of the death of one of the Bangla rock music pioneers Ayub Bachchu.
Hundreds of anticipatory bail seekers were left in limbo on Tuesday after a two-judge High Court bench abruptly left the courtroom without hearing any of the 811 cases scheduled for the day, amid chaotic scenes.
Amazon is bolstering its e-commerce empire while continuing a march deeper into people鈥檚 lives, from robots to healthcare and entertainment...
Banglalink鈥檚 鈥楳yBL Super App: Revolutionising Healthcare in Rural Bangladesh鈥� campaign has won 鈥楨xcellence in Digital Inclusion Award鈥� at M360 APAC Digital Nations Awards in Seoul, South Korea 鈥� GSMA鈥檚 annual flagship event for the Asia Pacific region, said a press release...
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus held meetings on Thursday with the chiefs of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Labour Organisation at a...
A former Swechchhasebak League leader was arrested in Turag area of the capital in a case filed with Hatirjheel Police Station...
Bangladesh interim government health and family welfare adviser Noorjahan Begum emphasised the urgent need to reform the country鈥檚 healthcare sector.
BANGLADESH has made notable progress in its development trajectory, characterised by significant accomplishments in areas such as poverty alleviation, education, healthcare and infrastructure development. These achievements stem from the collaborative efforts of various stakeholders, including the government, non-governmental organisations, and...
A case was filed against 29 Awami League leaders and activists of Tungipara upazila allegedly for vandalising furniture of Swechchhasebak Dal鈥檚 president SM Jilani鈥檚 Patgati village house...