Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

At least 38 children have died of measles and related complications this year as the infectious disease is spreading in the capital and several other districts.

A 50-bed hospital is operating with only one duty doctor, with no emergency department. Its licence expired in June 2025.

Health minister pushes for inspections, strict attendance

Around 4:45pm on Eid day, Mohammad Rubel and his wife were anxiously waiting in the emergency queue with their daughter, Fatema, aged two years and eight months.

Muktijoddha Tower-1, a residential-slash-commercial building in Mohammadpur’s College Gate area, houses five private hospitals and two blood banks on its first to fifth floors, along with a residential hotel.

From broken limbs to emergency surgeries, injured riders overwhelm hospital services

The Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Dhaka is struggling to cope with a surge in measles cases, with infections rising since January.

Eight-month-old measles patient could not access critical care as staff contracts expired and the unit remained inoperative for over a year

The outdoor department of the country’s premier respiratory treatment facility in the capital’s Mohakhali was so packed with patients that staffers were struggling to manage the crowd.

The health ministry has taken a series of initiatives to ensure uninterrupted medical services and safeguard the supply of medicines and vaccines amid concerns over power supply triggered by the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran.

92% of families with kidney patients face financial struggles; cases rising every year

Doctors say inhalation injury, higher burn percentages reduce survival chances

All medical records will be stored permanently on the card

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.

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.

Heath minister and state minister to inspect Dhaka city corporation storage facilities

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.

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.

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.

When major political parties highlighted health issues prominently in their election manifestos, many of their plans lacked clarity in terms of implementation, with some pledges appearing highly ambitious, experts said.