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DGHS DG’s comment on COVID-19 irresponsible, frustrating: Quader
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstah. Dhaka | Updated at 08:09pm on June 19, 2020
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the director general (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has made an irresponsible remark on...
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Health DG regrets remark
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:54pm on June 19, 2020
Directorate General of Health Services director general Abul Kalam Azad on Friday regretted the remark he made on Thursday that COVID-19 might linger two to...
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Ex-health secretary Asadul promoted to senior secretary
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:27pm on June 09, 2020
Planning Division secretary Md Asadul Islam has been promoted to senior secretary in less than a week after he was transferred to the division from...
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Health secretary changed
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:15pm on June 04, 2020
The government on Thursday transferred Land Reform Board chairman Md Abdul Mannan to the health services division as secretary, replacing Md Asadul Islam.The public administration...
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Infections rise among frontline COVID-19 fighters in Bangladesh
Ahammad Foyez | Updated at 12:09am on May 06, 2020
Frontline coronavirus fighters, including health service providers, police, armed forces personnel and journalists, are facing a serious situation as the number of infected people among...
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Slum people in Bangladesh capital in a fix as NGOs suspend health services
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 12:43am on April 09, 2020
Non-government organisations engaged in providing the slum-dwelling urban poor with different services, including health services, have suspended their activities during the coronavirus...
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Irish PM to work for health service during coronavirus crisis
Agence France-Presse . Dublin | Updated at 10:11pm on April 06, 2020
Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar has rejoined the medical register to help the health service during the coronavirus crisis, a government spokesman said Sunday. Dr...
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Edgbaston to be coronavirus testing station
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:48pm on April 03, 2020
English county cricket club Warwickshire have donated their Edgbaston ground to the National Health Service so they can carry out drive-through tests on their staff...
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PM wants to modernise health services: Mannan
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Sylhet | Updated at 01:48am on January 18, 2020
Planning minister MA Mannan on Friday said prime minister Sheikh Hasina wanted to further improve and modernise the health services in the country and the...
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Health services for women keep falling short
| Updated at 12:00am on January 13, 2020
WOMEN’S health programmes are generally reduced to family planning, pre- and post-natal services. Consequently, concerns regarding the sexual and reproductive health of women remain...