Prime Bank clients to receive BRAC Healthcare benefits
Prime Bank PLC recently entered into a strategic partnership with BRAC Healthcare Limited to offer exclusive discounts on a range of health screening packages for its valued customers...
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ADCOMM employees to get benefits at UNICO Hospitals
ADCOMM Limited signed a partnership agreement with UNICO Hospitals PLC to provide trusted healthcare and holistic care to employees of ADCOMM, said a press release...
Govt must strictly regulate use of antibiotics
ANTIMICROBIAL resistance has become a major health concern because of poor healthcare standards, compounded by the misuse and abuse of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance results in a decreased ability to treat infection, leading to increased illness, death and an increased cost of treatment. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025 finds that several widely...
UIU holds seminar on breast cancer awareness, inaugurates healthcare platform
The United International University organised a seminar on breast cancer awareness titled From AWARE to EMPOWER and inauguration ceremony of the AI-based preventive and primary healthcare platform 鈥楽uswastha鈥� for UIU family at the UIU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
BL Orange Club members can now avail discounts at BRAC Healthcare
Banglalink has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with BRAC Healthcare to offer exclusive health benefits to its Orange Club members, said a press release...
BIMEX 2025 positions Bangladesh in global healthcare trade
The four-day Bangladesh International Medical Expo will begin at the ICCB, Dhaka on November 6, featuring international brands, local enterprises and key decision-makers from the medical industry...
Silent flight of healthcare workers
IN THE crowded wards of Dhaka鈥檚 hospitals, where young doctors juggle endless shifts for little pay, the cracks in Bangladesh鈥檚 healthcare system are becoming impossible to ignore. The problem is not merely about overburdened infrastructure or inadequate facilities; it is about the human resource crisis brewing at the very heart of the system. Doctors and nurses, the...
UNOPS, Takeda launch $7.1m healthcare waste management project in Bangladesh
The United Nations Office for Project Services, in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has launched a transformative healthcare waste management initiative in Bangladesh.
BMU VC committed to providing safe healthcare in Bangladesh
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme at the BMU in Dhaka on Wednesday said that BMU was committed to providing safe healthcare services across Bangladesh...
Jamuna Bank stakeholders to get healthcare benefits
Jamuna Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Apollo Clinic-licensee JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, said a press release...
In need of solution to issues that cripple rural health care
AN ACUTE shortage of human resources and essential facilities at healthcare institutions in rural areas, especially at upazila and district public hospitals, shows the systemic neglect that has rendered rural health services inadequate. The situation also disproportionately burdens the poor and low-income people as they primarily depend on these hospitals. Ill-equipped...
Bangladesh health adviser asks doctors to prioritise duties
Bangladesh interim government health and family welfare adviser Nurjahan Begum on Friday urged doctors to refrain from political involvement and prioritise their responsibilities as healthcare providers.
Businesses seek free health sector
Private healthcare entrepreneurs on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka demanded an unregulated health sector, with prices of medicines and services left to the market forces.
Govt to set price of essential medical tests: Sayedur
The government is working to prepare a list of essential medical tests in order to set their prices and bring down healthcare expenses, said professor Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the interim government chief adviser, on Tuesday.
Midland Bank, BRAC Healthcare sign deal
Midland Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with BRAC Healthcare, said a press release...
Praava Health celebrates 8th anniv
Healthcare brand Praava Health has recently celebrated its 8th anniversary, said a press release...
Secure green future
A SECURE green future is not a slogan. It is a road map for any country that wants prosperity to last. As societies digitise everything from banking and energy to healthcare and education, two questions must be asked together, not separately. Does this system protect people鈥檚 data and livelihoods? And, does it minimise harm to the environment? If the answer to either...
Inhabitants face healthcare crisis, lone pharmacist serves 70,000 people
Despite being home to nearly 70,000 people, Char Asariadaha union located across the River Padma at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi has a state-run healthcare centre, but there are no doctors, nurses and medicine available at the facility and...
DNCC to operate urban healthcare service
The Dhaka North City Corporation has taken the responsibility for operating urban healthcare services with an aim to make the primary healthcare more affordable and ensure better quality for its residents...
RU students stage demo for 9-point demand
Students of Rajshahi University on Sunday staged a demonstration on the campus to press home their nine-point charter of demands including better residential facilities, improved healthcare, and digitisation of administrative services...
PBPLC signs deal with Aqidah
Pubali Bank PLC and Aqidah Healthcare Limited have recently signed an agreement, said a press release...
Midland Bank, Generic Healthcare join hands to enhance healthcare access
Midland Bank PLC and Generic Healthcare Ltd, an innovative digital healthcare service provider, signed a memorandum of understanding to improve healthcare access and delivery among the underserved communities...
Soforon holds mental healthcare workshop for July uprising survivors
Soforon Foundation has recently held a workshop titled Nirban on the mental healthcare of the survivors of the July uprising at the BRAC Centre of Mohakhali in Dhaka.
Enhancing efficiency of healthcare financing
THE health sector may claim notionally to cater universal health coverage as the doors and the windows to all public health facilities are open to all citizens. The universal health coverage, however, relates to three specific dimensions, not available now in public health facilities. These are the quality of service and equitability with its two dimensions 鈥� reaching everyone...
Yunnan-Bangladesh medical education, health care prog held at BMU
The Yunnan-Bangladesh Education and Healthcare Cooperation Programme was held at Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Monday...
Transforming Bangladesh into a healthcare hub
Bangladesh, one of South Asia鈥檚 fastest-growing economies, holds immense potential in the healthcare sector. However, the country鈥檚 health system currently faces several critical challenges 鈥� particularly the high cost of treatment, increasing patient outflow to foreign countries, the rising burden of cancer and chronic diseases, and heavy reliance on imported...
Destruction of Gaza healthcare infrastructure
ON MARCH 23, 2025, Feroze Sidhwa 鈥� a surgeon working in Gaza 鈥� posted an urgent update on the social media platform X:...
Medical waste poses serious health risks
Medical waste generated in healthcare facilities poses serious health risks as many hospitals keep discharging untreated waste water into open water bodies and dumping solid wastes in nearby dustbins...
Healthcare reforms must lead to universal health coverage
UNIVERSAL health coverage aims to provide everyone with essential healthcare services without financial strain. However, despite global pledges to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, more than half of the world鈥檚 population still lacks access to basic health services. The Health Care Financing Strategy 2012...
USAID FUNDING FREEZE: Not a setback, but a wake-up call
IN BANGLADESH, the recent USAID funding freeze and the UK鈥檚 aid cuts have alarmed concerned stakeholders. Foreign assistance has long played a crucial role in healthcare, education, humanitarian aid, and climate adaptation. The fear is that without foreign aid from the giants, essential programs could collapse, leaving vulnerable communities at risk. But rather than...
