Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS)

Time to declare a health emergency over dengue surge

Lack of comprehensive, sustained efforts to control dengue may prove disastrous

Can we contain the dengue epidemic?

Preventive measures must be taken immediately and rigorously

Guards up as new Omicron strain looms

The new coronavirus subvariant that is ripping through China has compelled the government to step up guard.

Why this lukewarm response to the rising threat of dengue?

The dengue situation deserves proper response from the authorities

Rising Covid cases should worry us

Authorities should respond properly to the emerging threat

Closure of unregistered hospitals: Knee-jerk reaction not the answer

DGHS needs a realistic plan to bring unauthorised hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres under regulation.

DGHS lowers Covid quarantine period from 14 to 10 days

Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) has lowered the Coronavirus-related quarantine period, from 14 to 10 days, considering the current infection rate.

ACC files 2 cases against DGHS driver Abdul Malek, his wife

Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two cases against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife.

DGHS driver on 14-day remand for possessing illegal firearm, fake notes

A Dhaka court today placed Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), on a 14-day remand in two separate cases filed on charges of possessing an illegal firearm and trading fake currencies.

July 17, 2023
July 17, 2023

Time to declare a health emergency over dengue surge

Lack of comprehensive, sustained efforts to control dengue may prove disastrous

July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023

Can we contain the dengue epidemic?

Preventive measures must be taken immediately and rigorously

December 26, 2022
December 26, 2022

Guards up as new Omicron strain looms

The new coronavirus subvariant that is ripping through China has compelled the government to step up guard.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

Why this lukewarm response to the rising threat of dengue?

The dengue situation deserves proper response from the authorities

June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022

Rising Covid cases should worry us

Authorities should respond properly to the emerging threat

May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022

Closure of unregistered hospitals: Knee-jerk reaction not the answer

DGHS needs a realistic plan to bring unauthorised hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres under regulation.

January 30, 2022
January 30, 2022

DGHS lowers Covid quarantine period from 14 to 10 days

Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) has lowered the Coronavirus-related quarantine period, from 14 to 10 days, considering the current infection rate.

February 15, 2021
February 15, 2021

ACC files 2 cases against DGHS driver Abdul Malek, his wife

Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two cases against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife.

September 21, 2020
September 21, 2020

DGHS driver on 14-day remand for possessing illegal firearm, fake notes

A Dhaka court today placed Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), on a 14-day remand in two separate cases filed on charges of possessing an illegal firearm and trading fake currencies.