Negligence

Negligence

Narrowing gender gap an economic necessity, speakers say

Narrowing the gender gap is not only a social imperative but also an economic necessity, as changing mindsets and increasing women's participation could boost the country’s GDP, speakers said at a seminar yesterday..“Women’s empowerment remains central to building a prosperous future,” sai

3m ago

Without technicians, X-ray machines going to waste for 28 years

An upazila health complex, responsible for providing medical care to at least five lakh people in and around the upazila, has been unable to perform X-rays for the past 28 years due to the lack of a technician

1y ago

Audit questions Tk 193cr Covid expenditure

The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised objections about Tk 193 crore spent by the Covid-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. 

2y ago

Emergency medical equipment left unboxed for years: HC asks health ministry for probe

The High Court today ordered the health ministry to conduct an inquiry into allegations of keeping 28 emergency medical equipment for detecting diseases in boxes at 16 hospitals in the country over the years and to submit a report to the court in 60 days.

3y ago

Probe body formed over pregnant woman being allegedly kicked at Bogura hospital

The Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) administration have formed a four-member probe body today to look into last night’s incident at the hospital's gynecology department.

3y ago

Pregnant woman allegedly kicked by intern doctors at Bogura hospital during altercation with her family

A pregnant woman, her family members and policemen were allegedly beaten up by over 50 intern doctors of Bogura's Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) last night.

3y ago

Relief Gone Bad: Singair UNO served show-cause notice

Manikganj’s Singair Upazila Nirbahi Officer Runa Laila has been served a show-cause notice as relief materials kept in her garage were found rotten.

4y ago

Super Specialised Hospital: Project staring at long delays

The government will again extend the period of a project taken to set up a modern healthcare facility at the capital Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after the project authorities failed to complete the work on schedule mainly due to the pandemic.

4y ago

Expired medical testing kits seized from 3 firms

A medical product supply company in the capital has been importing expired testing kits and supplying those to government and private hospitals tempering the expiry dates.

4y ago

Big reshuffle in civil admin

The government yesterday transferred as many as 50 public servants ranging from secretary to senior staff nurse with new tasks.

9y ago

Natore child marriage prevented

A 13-year-old girl was saved from underage marriage following a timely intervention of Natore Sadar upazila administration yesterday.

9y ago

Baby boy 'changed' with stillborn girl at hospital

A father yesterday brought allegation against some staff of a city hospital of changing his newborn baby boy with a

9y ago

No tolerance for doctors' negligence: BMA

Leaders of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) of Chittagong here in a views-exchange yesterday said the organisation would not

9y ago

Scuffle among staff delays surgeries at BSMMU

Surgeries at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday were delayed by over two hours as anesthetists of the

9y ago

95 rail bridges risky

Around 95 bridges on the Sylhet-Kulaura-Akhaura rail route have become vulnerable, posing a danger to the lives of people travelling over those every day.

9y ago

Rajuk can’t shrug off responsibility of rampant commercialisation: Minister

The housing minister says Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) cannot shrug off the responsibility of rampant commercialisation in Dhaka’s residential areas.

9y ago

Illegal rail crossings make Dhaka-N'ganj travel risky

Apart from the unauthorised level crossings across the 16km long Dhaka-Narayanganj rail tracks, poor signaling

9y ago