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...
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...