At least one Bangladesh Nationalist Party volunteer wing Swechchhasebak Dal central leader was killed and 22 others were injured as Awami League activists launched an attack on Swechchhasebak Dal central president SM Jilani鈥檚 motorcade at Gunapara crossing under Sadar upazila in Gopalganj Friday afternoon...
Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of National Film Award-winning actor, playwright and director Mahbub Ahmed Sadek, who is popularly known by his stage name Sadek Bachchu.
HEALTHCARE financing is the backbone of the healthcare system. The other health system components are (1) inputs: (i) human resources for health, (ii) medicine, (iii) technology including diagnostics and (iv) physical infrastructure; (2) processes: (i) leadership or stewardship, (ii) governance and (iii) health management information system, which, however, by...
A Swechasebak League leader and an activist were hacked by unidentified miscreants in Sylhet city on Sunday night...
IN 2016, I was a health intern at the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur. In that period, I dealt with refugees from different countries who came to seek various forms of help. Among the hundreds of Rohingya men and women that I met, one young gentleman particularly stood out. Maung (not his real name) was a 17-year-old Rohingya who got separated...
ISRAEL鈥橲 assault on Gaza has now officially surpassed the gruesome milestone of 40,000 Palestinians dead, but in counting only those killed in direct acts of violence that number captures just a fraction of the human loss...
Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus sought United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi鈥檚 support for the 鈥榙ignified and voluntary鈥� return of more than one million Rohingya people, currently living in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar...
The doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday announced that they would resume outpatient healthcare from today, after two days of work stoppage...
IN THE 21st century, demographic transition, not an esoteric fact any more, has become a critical issue for policymakers and economists worldwide. The process affects every aspect of society, from the labour market and economic growth to healthcare systems and social security to the extent that supranational organisations such as the World Bank...
Manchester United will travel to Turkish giants Fenerbahce, now coached by Jose Mourinho, among their eight games in the league phase of the new-look Europa League, the draw for which took place in Monaco on Friday.
On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh鈥檚 renewed commitment to supporting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as outlined by chief advisor to thr interim government professor Muhammad Yunus...
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month...
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the birth of Bangla rock music pioneer Ayub Bachchu.
A Swechchhasebak League leader was stabbed to death in an attack by unidentified assailants in Bhedarganj Upazila of Shariatpur on Wednesday night....
The High Court on Sunday dismissed a writ petition seeking an order not to shoot protesters but gave some observations in this regard.
The High Court has observed that the government 鈥榤ay take necessary step by framing rules/guidelines to ensure the participation of backward sections of the citizens in the recruitment process of the government.鈥�..
The Appellate Division has set today to hear a fresh petition seeking a stay on a High Court verdict that directed the government to restore a 30 per cent quota for...
Health and family welfare minister Samanta Lal Sen said on Saturday that construction on a 100-bed burn and plastic surgery unit would begin in Chattogram after prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 China visit....
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that her government reached the healthcare services to the people鈥檚 doorsteps across Bangladesh....
Researchers, practitioners and activists at a discussion on Friday said that investment in mental healthcare remained neglected over the years in the...
Public health experts, at a dialogue on Tuesday, asked for collective efforts of all stakeholders, including government, non-government agencies and citizens to combat dengue threat in the forthcoming rainy season...
THE health ministry asking hospitals and healthcare providers across the country to keep hand fans in stock for use during power outages shows the hollowness of the often-vaunted energy security. The instruction came in a national guideline issued by the ministry...
The health ministry on Sunday issued a national guideline for safeguarding the health and well-being of people during extreme heat, while asking healthcare providers across the country to keep...
A local leader of Swechchhasebak League was killed and at least 7 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute at Nagarpur upazila in Tangail on Thursday....
Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League, youth front of the ruling Awami League, relieved its two leaders of their posts for their alleged involvement in abducting and torturing a chairman candidate in the forthcoming Singra upazila parishad in Natore elections....
Religious affairs minister Md Faridul Haque Khan Dulal was accorded a reception by Bangladesh Sugarmill Akhchashi Federation on Thursday...