8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (596+ words) Prime Minister's wife and Vice President of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation Dr Zubaida Rahman today stressed the need for making quality healthcare accessible to every citizen of Bangladesh irrespective of income, location or social status, saying health is not a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (268+ words) Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Mohd Shuhada Othman today called on Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hussain at his office at the Secretariat, with both sides stressing the need to enhance mutual cooperation in the health sector....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (707+ words) Dhaka Medical College, the country’s oldest medical education institution, is set for a major facelift as the government has taken up a Tk 1,154.83 crore project to replace its ageing and unsafe structures with modern academic, residential and support facilities. The…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (175+ words) A student of Chittagong University (CU) died of electrocution while hanging a banner at the main gate of Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall last night. The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam, a student of the Zoology Department of the 2024-25 academic…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (319+ words) The Cabinet has approved the draft National Strategy and Multi-Year Action Plan for a Lead-Free Bangladesh (2026-2035), aiming to reduce lead exposure, protect vulnerable groups and control and eventually eliminate lead pollution in the country. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (373+ words) Health and Family Welfare State Minister M A Muhit on Wednesday said Bangladesh may need at least two to three months to bring measles under control and improve the overall situation. “We have to work within this period, reduce the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) Discussants at a policy dialogue at the Independent University, Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday highlighted a critical gap in the nation’s healthcare system, warning that investment in medical oxygen has failed to keep pace with rising demand. The event, titled…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (258+ words) Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has warned that no irregularities will be tolerated in his ministry. He made the warning while speaking as the chief guest at the 'Annual Conference 2026' of the Alumni Association of the…...

10+ hour, 34+ min ago   (550+ words) The government is set to introduce dialysis services for kidney patients at all district and upazila levels across the country soon. Under the plan a three-month training programme is underway for 5,000 nurses and medical technologists on dialysis care, Director General…...