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The government has initiated a measure to provide medical services to people at private hospitals using public funds. Concerned officials said the initiative has been taken to reduce the huge pressure of patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). However, questions remain as to why patient

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) charge-sheeted accused Md Nasir Uddin has been appointed as the chief of the Bureau of Health Education under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has appointed him to the post despite his having been named i

IFIC Bank’s dues from Plummy Fashions Limited in Narayanganj have reached around Tk 267 crore. As it faces financial difficulties, the loan has been classified as “bad/loss” by the bank. Now, the company’s Managing Director and FBCCI administrator Fazlul Hoque has sought waiver of around Tk 133 cror

A non-government development organisation, BRAC, has erected a boundary wall around land owned by local farmers in Mashuri village of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj. As a result of the wall, the farmers are unable to access their own land, bringing their hopes of farming there to a halt. The p

Apart from the agriculture, livelihood and household suffering, the ongoing gas and power crisis has crippled the industrial sector of Bangladesh. Thousands of workers were laid off or temporarily suspended as factories have postponed their production due to the acute gas and power crisis in differ

Bangladesh's ready-made garment exports grew by more than 5 percent despite the ongoing global economic challenges triggered by the Iran-USA conflict and Russia-Ukraine war. Stakeholders said, though the achievement is lower than the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGME

Over half of the upazila health complexes in the country run without adequate number of physicians which caused severe suffering among the patients. The data of the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS) showed there are 8,452 posts of the physicians are vacant among the 16,784 posts ti

In the beginning, facebook, as well social media was considered as an entertainment or contact media, but nowadays, there are no scope of thinking so. In the present era, this social media reflects the users’ political views, religious beliefs, purchasing capacity, social status, lifestyle, occupa

Sand traders Shamim Khan was picked up through motorcycles by plain clothes police on 26 August night at 8:23 from in front of UCB bank in Mirpur section-1 while he was talking with others. But in police FIR it was showed that he was arrested on 28 August early in the morning with arms. The plain

Local lawmakers have proposed to rename Bogura University as ‘Begum Khaleda Zia University’. To implement the decision of the lawmakers, the University's VC Professor Dr Md Kudrat-e-Jahan recently sent a proposal to the education ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to rename the univ

Irregularities worth around Tk 165 crore occurred at the University Grants Commission (UGC) during the 2024–25 fiscal year. The irregularities included expenditure beyond allocation, unplanned expenditure, excessive overtime and fuel use, irregular withdrawal of advances, violations of procurement

80-year-old farmer, Ainal Haque, of Pardilalpur village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, Only for involving BNP’s politics Enforced disappearances of two brothers, no trace even after 10 years An 80 years old farmer Ainal Haque of Pardilalpur village in Shibgonj upazila of Chapainwabgonj d

Expelled Passport Department Director Md Abdullah Al Mamun and his wife, Shahan Ara, own assets worth around Tk 50 crore, including 14 flats in Dhaka alone. Mamun also acquired substantial assets in his home district of Tangail and in his father-in-law’s area of Morelgonj in Bagerhat. These findin

Jewel Rana, 45, has been riding a motorcycle for more than a decade and relies on ride-sharing as his sole source of income. He rides for around seven hours a day and has developed pain in his knee joints and muscles as a result. To get relief, he started using a massage therapy device purchased fr