IN BANGLADESH, the culture of gift-giving is deeply embedded in our social fabric. We give as gestures of respect, gratitude, or goodwill. Yet when these exchanges start to influence how doctors treat their patients, we cross into far more troubling territory that demands urgent public scrutiny...
The aedes mosquito population may increase to an alarming level during the monsoon if the authorities do not take pragmatic steps immediately to control the dengue situation across the country, said entomologists...
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar at the BMU in Dhaka on Monday said that an advanced emergency room or department or emergency medicine was very important to save lives by providing emergency medical services to injured patients...
THIS is the last chapter of the genocide. It is the final, blood-soaked push to drive the Palestinians from Gaza. No food. No medicine. No shelter. No clean water. No electricity. Israel is swiftly turning Gaza into a Dantesque cauldron of human misery where Palestinians are being killed in their hundreds and soon, again, in their thousands and tens of thousands, or they will be forced out never to return...
More than 90 per cent of people in the country thinks that the government must contain the 鈥榚xtremely high鈥� expenses for affording medicines, diagnostics, surgery and doctor鈥檚 fee by setting limits on their prices, according to the public opinion survey on health sector reform 2025...
PRICES of various brands of the same medicine vary. They vary depending on on the manufacturers. And, this suggests the absence of proper oversight on drug pricing. This remains a concern as the Directorate General of Drug Administration has only 117 essential drugs on its platter to set the maximum prices for. An earlier estimate shows that Bangladesh manufactures...
The 6th international conference of the Bangladesh Society of Critical Care Medicine was held at the Shaheed Abu Sayeed Convention Hall of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Sunday...
The meeting of the Bangladesh Board of Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine was held on Wednesday morning at the association鈥檚 office under the chairmanship of joint secretary Mallika Khatun, chairman of the board...
The government on Sunday published the admission test results of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery where girls outshone boys...
The aim is to reduce or eliminate the amount paid by beneficiaries of Medicare, a health coverage program available to Americans over the age of 65...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said that the government was reviewing the issue of VAT rates, increased recently on some essential items and sectors like medicine and restaurants, as those affect the common people...
THE price of essential medicines, especially medicines for high blood pressure, heart diseases, diabetes, cough, antibiotics, painkillers and vitamins, has soared by as much as 110%, with an...
Entomologists and public health experts on Sunday said that there was no alternative to public engagement in preventing dengue which had been taking heavy toll on people...
Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country to a developing one, in itself, is unlikely to increase the prices of medicine on the local market, but it may affect the exports of the products, according to a study...
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Day was observed on Wednesday with student-led mass uprising victims, who were injured during the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Md Sayedur Rahman at a roundtable in Dhaka said that cancer medicine should be provided free of charge from hospitals as...
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving...
THE pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh has undergone an impressive transformation. The journey from being led by multinational companies to now local firms meeting 98 per cent of the domestic demand is nothing short of commendable. Along with being the largest white-collar employer in the country...
A High Court division bench on Monday ordered to take necessary measures against the ongoing price hike of all types of medicines in the country....
Patients in the United Kingdom and European Union are facing shortages of vital medicines such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication, research published on Thursday found....