Bangladesh, home to over 17 crore people, has roughly 1.5 lakh registered doctors-translating to just one doctor for every 1,200 residents. The sheer demand for medical services creates long lines at hospitals and private chambers. Yet, while patients bear high consultation fees and often undergo costly tests, many of the nation’s highest-earning doctors have reportedly ...more

Bangladesh is facing a silent but escalating medical emergency as life-saving antibiotics increasingly fail to work on patients who desperately need them. Experts warn that the rampant misuse and overuse of antibiotics in hospitals, pharmacies, and even livestock farming is giving rise to drug-resistant bacteria that threaten to make once-treatable infections deadly again.Despite repeated alerts ...more

Bangladesh’s medical professionals are among the lowest paid in South Asia, a trend that threatens to undermine the country’s healthcare system. Despite the crucial role of doctors and nurses in national health, remuneration remains strikingly low compared to neighboring countries, prompting growing concern among experts and policymakers.Dr. Abdul Mukit, a recent MBBS graduate from a ...more

Once the lifeline of Dhaka city, the Buriganga River today resembles a vast black drain. Its waters, thick with industrial sludge and untreated sewage, emit a stench that spreads across neighborhoods. Despite the arrival of monsoon rains that typically refresh rivers elsewhere, the Buriganga continues to suffocate. The seasonal floods may dilute the filth, but ...more

A growing crisis is unfolding in the country’s medical education sector, as private medical colleges face unprecedented challenges in attracting students. Despite the expansion of MBBS seats across the country, more than half of the seats in private medical colleges remain vacant. This alarming trend points toward a deep-rooted problem of declining interest among students ...more

Bangladesh’s healthcare system is facing one of its gravest challenges in decades, as an alarming rise in deaths is being linked to the consumption of adulterated and counterfeit medicines. Health experts warn that the crisis is spiraling out of control, with fake drugs causing irreversible damage to patients’ kidneys, livers, and other vital organs - ...more

Tucked away in Baiguni village, in Kalai Upazila of northwest Bangladesh, thousands of impoverished villagers grapple with a grim reality: many have sold-or been coerced into selling-their kidneys. Lured by brokers promising a ticket out of debt and poverty, hundreds have traveled to India for transplants. Now, suffering chronic pain and betrayal, they wonder: at ...more

Each year, approximately 6.1 million people in Bangladesh fall below the poverty line due to the unbearable burden of medical expenses. Despite billions of taka spent on large-scale healthcare projects, financial assistance from international development agencies, and multiple reform commitments, Bangladesh’s healthcare system remains plagued by mismanagement, inequity, and inefficiency.From rural upazilas to bustling district ...more

Despite a slight decline in overall inflation in recent months, Bangladesh continues to grapple with stubbornly high inflation driven by rising costs in non-food services and imported goods. While food prices, especially for perishables like vegetables, have shown a degree of stability, inflation has remained above 9 percent due to mounting pressure from other sectors. ...more

The budget for the next fiscal year is seeing a significant reduction in allocation for healthcare sector. In the Annual Development Program (ADP), an allocation of Tk 5,616.97 billion has been proposed for the ongoing 14 projects of this department. Of this, the target expenditure is Tk 4,510.38 billion from government funds and Tk 1,065.9 ...more