Healthcare in the country has become a poor state. There is a huge shortage of equipment for expensive tests including MRI, echo and CT scan in major hospitals including Dhaka Medical College. Necessary medicines are not available. Beds are not available during patient admission. When this situation continues in government hospitals, the money allocated for the ...more

The lowest temperature of the country was recorded at 9.9 degrees Celsius in Naogaon’s Badalgacchi upazila on Saturday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).Hamidul Haque, an officer of the Badalgachhi Upazila Weather Observatory Center in Naogaon, said the local Met office recorded 9.9°C at 9 am on Saturday, which is the lowest temperature this ...more

This year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease dengue surged past 500 on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the disease in Bangladesh to 504 this year.Among the recent fatalities, ...more

People have to take some medicine every day due to illness or grief. In this rising market of daily necessities, where it is difficult to provide three meals a day to the common man, life is even more miserable when they have to buy medicines at double or triple the price to save their lives. ...more

Eleven more people have died from dengue in the last 24 hours till last morning, marking the highest single-day death toll this year. With the latest casualties, the number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh this year now stands at 459.In the recent fatalities, four were reported in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), ...more

Prices of several medicines have been increased once again. In the last few days, the price of a single tablet of some companies’ medicines, including strong painkillers, antibiotics, diabetics, vitamins, gastric and various types of medicines and injections, has been increased from Tk 120 to Tk 200.That is, it has increased by up to 67 ...more

Reconditioned (used) AC compressors were imported from China and brought to Bangladesh by concealing the information. Later it was released as new product from Chittagong port. By pointing a thumb at the principle that no old or reconditioned electronic products other than cars can be imported, the duplicate version of one of the most important ...more

The approval of Operational Plan (OP) for the current financial year of the country’s health sector development program has become uncertain. It was supposed to be approved last June. It hasn’t happened yet. Sources said that the approval may not be given in this financial year. This means that 14,000 CHCPs working in community clinics ...more

Different countries of the world have been successful in controlling dengue. But even though the dengue problem has been going on for almost two decades in our country, there is no success in this regard. This is very disappointing and sad.According to reports published in the media, about two and a half new people have ...more

As the dollar market has started to getting normalized gradually after the interim government coming on power, pharmaceutical sector in the country is now trying to turn around again. Meanwhile, the sector has started to see the symptoms of recovery from the losses caused by severalobstructions including dollar crisis, political and recent labour unrest. Experts said, if ...more