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Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

gas leak explosion Bangladesh

Survival odds grim for victims of gas fires

10 hour(s) ago
With up to 40 percent burns to their bodies, three cousins from Chattogram’s Halishahar have been fighting for their lives at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) in the capital.
10 hour(s) ago
Bangladesh e-health card benefits

e-Health Card: What is it and how will it benefit you?

4 March 2026, 21:48 PM
All medical records will be stored permanently on the card
4 March 2026, 21:48 PM
Bangladesh contraceptive shortage

Contraceptive shortage turns alarming

28 February 2026, 01:52 AM
An acute shortage of contraceptives has hit the country as more than one-third of the 487 upazilas have run out of all types of government-supplied contraceptives, raising fears of a spike in unwanted or unplanned pregnancies.
28 February 2026, 01:52 AM
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Surge in mosquitos: Health ministry to test insecticide effectiveness

25 February 2026, 02:59 AM
Amid a surge in mosquitoes over the past month, the health ministry has initiated a move to check whether the insecticide used to kill mosquitoes is effective.
25 February 2026, 02:59 AM
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Amid mosquito surge, health ministry to test insecticide effectiveness

24 February 2026, 21:33 PM
Heath minister and state minister to inspect Dhaka city corporation storage facilities
24 February 2026, 21:33 PM
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No new vehicle registration without scrapping old one

17 February 2026, 00:00 AM
No one will be allowed to register a new or used motor vehicle without scrapping a vehicle that has exceeded its economic life, according to a new government guideline.
17 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Inefficiency, poor planning waste 80% of health budget

10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh’s healthcare system has become capable of meeting the majority of domestic demand, but chronic mismanagement and poor planning are draining nearly four-fifths of the sector’s public spending, according to AM Shamim, general secretary of the Bangladesh Private Hospital, Clinic and Diagnostic Owners Association.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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New guideline to regulate posting, transfer of doctors

10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The government has, for the first time, formulated a posting and transfer guideline for government doctors to make human resource management in the health sector more effective, transparent and people-orientated.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Govt moves to revise essential drug list, price

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.
31 July 2025, 18:45 PM
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Road crashes, deaths unabated as laws, guidelines ignored

At least 6.26 lakh vehicles did not get their fitness certificates as of July 24 this year
27 July 2025, 18:22 PM
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Patent waiver till Nov 2026: Local pharmas may miss window for 15 costly drugs

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical companies risk losing the chance to produce at least 15 costly biologic drugs royalty-free
26 July 2025, 18:38 PM
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Nation mourns lost children

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.
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
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Hospital corridors echo with grief and groans

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.
21 July 2025, 18:16 PM
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Hospitals to set up ‘fever, flu corners’

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 July 2025, 21:00 PM
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Atrocities during July uprising: Of pellets and lost eyesight

20 lose both eyes; scores of people still bear the scars of eye injury
18 July 2025, 19:37 PM
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Hunt for outdated vehicles from Sunday

The government is set to launch a crackdown on outdated vehicles from Sunday in a bid to reduce road crashes and environmental pollution.
17 July 2025, 18:39 PM
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Wider dengue spread sparks concerns

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.
8 July 2025, 18:04 PM
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Life-saving care hampered in 25 govt hospitals

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.
4 July 2025, 18:12 PM
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Act now or hospitals may get overrun: experts

Health experts and officials said the next two to three months will be crucial
30 June 2025, 18:06 PM
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Dengue outbreak: Patients from outside swarm city hospitals

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.
23 June 2025, 18:06 PM
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Chikungunya resurfaces, adds to health woes

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.
18 June 2025, 18:02 PM
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Aging population, urban surge warrant healthcare overhaul

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.
16 June 2025, 18:38 PM
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Govt hospitals not ready yet for Covid testing

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.
15 June 2025, 18:38 PM
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Covid-19 testing at six hospitals from tomorrow

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.
12 June 2025, 18:20 PM
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Nat’l Eye Institute : Thousands denied treatment over two weeks

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.
11 June 2025, 18:27 PM
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Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits

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.
10 June 2025, 21:00 PM
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Govt to expand Covid testing facilities

The new variants accounted for approximately 7 percent of the patients attending study hospitals
10 June 2025, 18:27 PM
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An Eid evening at Pongu Hospital: overflowing emergency, lingering waits

The hospital, formally known as NITOR, is a 1,000-bed tertiary medical facility that receives referral patients from all over the country
8 June 2025, 05:58 AM

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