Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

Agencies asked to submit plans by August 5

After nearly a decade-long pause, the health ministry has launched a significant initiative to revise the national list of essential medicines and fix their prices to improve their accessibility and affordability.

At least 6.26 lakh vehicles did not get their fitness certificates as of July 24 this year

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical companies risk losing the chance to produce at least 15 costly biologic drugs royalty-free

The death toll from the jet crash at Milestone School and College rose to 32 yesterday, as the nation reeled from shock and grief following the country’s deadliest aviation tragedy in years.

In the aftermath of a devastating air force jet crash into a school, Dhaka’s hospitals become the frontline of a tragedy that shook the city to its core. The corridors of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery became a scene of anguish as scores of critically injured, mostly children, arrived in waves.

With the number of dengue cases and deaths on the rise, the health authorities have issued fresh directives to all hospitals, including setting up fever/flu corners in outdoor departments and keeping dedicated beds for dengue patients.

20 lose both eyes; scores of people still bear the scars of eye injury

The government is set to launch a crackdown on outdated vehicles from Sunday in a bid to reduce road crashes and environmental pollution.

Dengue cases have been reported in 60 districts as of yesterday, signalling a much wider and earlier spread of the mosquito-borne disease than in the last two years.

Intensive Care Units at 25 public hospitals across the country have remained non-functional or partially operational over the last few months largely due to a manpower crisis, depriving many critically ill patients of life-saving care.

Health experts and officials said the next two to three months will be crucial

Mohammad Mizan, 38, from Juranpur in Cumilla’s Daudkandi upazila, has been undergoing treatment for dengue at the Tropical Medicine Ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital since Friday.

As the country grapples with rising cases of coronavirus and mosquito-borne dengue, there has been a resurgence of another mosquito-borne disease, Chikungunya, in Dhaka.

With significant shifts in population distribution and demographics, Bangladesh’s health sector must realign its focus on medical care for the fast-growing urban and ageing population, says a report of the Health Sector Reform Commission.

More than 90 percent of all Covid-19 tests are now being conducted at private hospitals as many government hospitals remain unprepared to carry out the task amid a rising infection rate in Bangladesh and neighbouring nations.

Covid-19 testing will resume at four major hospitals in Dhaka and Chattogram from tomorrow, following a recent rise in infection rates in Bangladesh and neighbouring countries.

Thousands of patients have been deprived of treatment as most services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in Dhaka remained suspended for two weeks until yesterday.

Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.

The new variants accounted for approximately 7 percent of the patients attending study hospitals