Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices
Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety.
11m ago
$27b health budget in the works
The government is preparing a $27 billion budget for the upcoming five-year health sector plan, up 52.5 percent from the ongoing programme that ends in June 2024.
11m ago
Of lost loved ones and incomplete goodbyes
Asrafullah Jamal, a dengue patient being treated at the capital’s Kurmitola General Hospital, had a difficult time bidding farewell to his son, Kazem Ashraf.
1y ago
A trip to Germany to learn fogging!
Experts have raised questions about a recent foreign trip by four government officials and a ward councillor to Germany to acquire skills in operating mosquito fogging machines.
1y ago
How others control dengue
In 2010, Kolkata city had faced its worst dengue outbreak -- an event that prompted the municipality to draw up a definitive plan to control the menace.
1y ago
Should Bangladesh try Wolbachia?
Many countries including Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil are opting for the Wolbachia method for dengue control.
1y ago
Dengue Outbreak: Platelet kit crunch delaying treatment
Treatment of seriously ill dengue patients is being affected by an acute shortage of the kit needed to extract platelets from whole blood in a method that requires only a single donor.
1y ago
Neglected, they demand fair pay, promotions
It was 2021. Braving flooding in the Padma basin which disrupted daily life and rendered vast stretches of land uninhabitable in Manikganj, a group of local health workers toiled tirelessly to safeguard the health of children disregarding their own.
1y ago
July 14, 2022
Red tape stalls vaccine plant work
The vaccine manufacturing and research plant project in Gopalganj saw no progress over one year due to red tape.
July 7, 2022
Checking Covid: Ministries not doing their bit
More than a week has passed since the Cabinet Division issued directives to check the spread of Covid, but those still remain unimplemented due to slack response from the ministries concerned.
July 5, 2022
Experts warn of post-Eid Covid spike
The mask mandate is being grossly violated at bus stops, shopping malls, markets and restaurants in the capital despite steeply climb of Covid cases and deaths almost every day.
June 25, 2022
Relief distribution in a coordinated way
All relief -- government or non-government -- is to be distributed in a coordinated way by committees formed in upazilas and unions of the Sylhet division.
June 24, 2022
Inaccessible, in distress
Thousands of people in 93 unions -- one-third of the total 336 in Sylhet division -- suffer immensely as no humanitarian aid could reach them as yet.
June 22, 2022
Flood relief operations intensified in remote areas, army says
Bangladesh army has intensified its relief operations for the flood-affected people in Sunamganj through its nine base camps.
June 22, 2022
Relief not reaching those who need it most
Shamim Ahmed, a young resident of Eklimnagar village in Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila, has been stranded with no relief since the flood hit his home six days ago.
June 21, 2022
No food aid reached Sunamganj's Eklimnagar village even in 6 days
Eklimnagar village, under Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, has been cut off since the flood started six days ago. No food aid has yet reached the village.
June 21, 2022
‘Hungry for two days’
“Sir, please note down my name. I have five daughters and we have been going hungry for two days.”
June 19, 2022
Floods hit 5 dists in North, 15 more at risk
With vast areas in five northern districts already inundated over the past two days, 15 more districts are feared to soon be hit by the floods caused by heavy downpour and onrush of water from the upstream.
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