The condition of persons with leprosy in Bangladesh indicates that the country’s outstanding economic growth is not reaching the entire population, UN expert Alice Cruz said yesterday

Monetzar Rahman, 53, of Bogura returned home yesterday after a life-saving liver transplant at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2023 banning the sale of antibiotic drugs without a prescription from a registered doctor.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has decided to offer dialysis treatment to 100 kidney patients per night for Tk 1,000 per session.

Interns and student nurses have been staging demonstrations for the third consecutive day today demanding removal from Pabna General Hospital of agents of private clinics and diagnostic centres.

Eighteen-year-old Julekha Begum, of Tejgaon slum, was married off at 15 and is currently in the ninth month of pregnancy.

Evercare Hospital Chattogram has successfully replanted an amputated hand of a patient.

Following the agitations and 24-hour ultimatum issued by interns and fourth-grade employees, the director of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) was transferred today.

Interns and fourth-grade employees at Rangpur Medical College Hospital staged a demonstration for an hour today demanding the removal of the hospital's director.

From March 1, government doctors will be allowed to perform private practice at their hospital offices, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said this afternoon.

A new outpatient department complex for the 250-bed district hospital in Cox’s Bazar, funded by UNHCR, began operations yesterday.

The authorities at BSMMU Super Specialized Hospital will start admitting patients from January 23, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Protesting the recent cost hike for dialysis at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, kidney patients and their relatives staged demonstrations in front of the hospital today once again.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque told parliament today that there are no unauthorised clinics operating in the capital.

The Prime Bank Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic initiative of Prime Bank Limited, is set to build an international standard 500-bed hospital at a cost Tk 700 crore in Dhaka Ashulia.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two separate cases against a couple, both government healthcare professionals, for amassing around Tk 5 crore illegally.

The Tannery Workers Union (TWU) yesterday demanded a 50-bed specialised hospital for the treatment of workers at the Savar tannery hub,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her Awami League government always keeps the development of health sector as its top priority.

The treatment arrangement for cancer patients could not be arranged in a planned way due to the absence of comprehensive research and a database on this fatal disease in the country, speakers at an event said yesterday.

Sheikh Abdul Alam, 96, was admitted to a private hospital on December 20, 2021, with a broken hip from a fall.